April 06, 2023
Sudan: Sudan Delays Signing Civilian Rule Agreement - Again
The agreement was delayed after parties failed to iron out details on the military restructure. Plans for returning to civilian rule were reached late last year, after persistent… Read more »
April 05, 2023
Africa: New Study Identifies Source of Brass Used to Make Benin Bronzes
Many of the famous Benin Bronzes pillaged by British colonial officers in 1897 are made of brass manillas from the German Rhineland, new research shows. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Central Bank Battles to Limit Cash-Crunch Fallout
As Nigeria's Central Bank tries to rebuild trust following a disastrous introduction of new naira bills, customers' faith in the financial system is being tested, as many still… Read more »
April 04, 2023
Zambia: Controversy Surrounds Highway Project
The contract to rebuild the Lusaka-Ndola road has been awarded to a Chinese consortium. However, the announcement that two Zambian pension funds would finance the… Read more »
April 02, 2023
Algeria: Court Jails Prominent Journalist for Three Years
Journalist Ihsane El Kadi was given a jail term for "foreign financing of his business" in a case that was denounced by rights groups. Read more »
Burkina Faso: Authorities Expel Two French Journalists
The French dailies Liberation and Le Monde said authorities did not give a reason for the expulsion. Relations between Paris and Ouagadougou have been strained since two military… Read more »
April 01, 2023
Africa: U.S. V-P Kamala Harris Announces Private Sector Climate Fund for Africa
In addition to private investment totaling some $7 billion, US Vice President Kamala Harris announced that Washington would provide federal investment to boost access to climate… Read more »
March 31, 2023
East Africa: Kenya Protests - Tanzanian Traders Wary of Impact to Business
Tanzanian traders doing business in Kenya have raised concerns that the weekly demonstrations by the opposition are negatively affecting their business. Kenya is the main… Read more »
March 30, 2023
Senegal: Opposition Leader Gets Suspended Sentence for Libel
The libel trial and another separate case against Ousmane Sonko have spurred violent protests nationwide. Sonko was given a suspended prison sentence and a fine for libel of a… Read more »
Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina, Who Inspired Hotel Rwanda Film, Arrives in U.S.
Paul Rusesabagina, whose efforts to save people during the 1994 genocide inspired the Hollywood film "Hotel Rwanda," has arrived in the US following his release from a Rwandan… Read more »
March 28, 2023
Kenya: Ruto Urges End to War in Ukraine
The Kenyan leader is on a visit to Germany and he called on China to encourage Putin to end the war in Urkaine. He also downplayed the anti-government protests rocking the East… Read more »
March 27, 2023
Burkina Faso: Junta Suspends French Broadcaster Over Interview With Al-Qaeda Leader
The country's ruling accused the French broadcaster of "acting as a mouthpiece" for an al-Qaeda affiliated group. France 24 has denied the allegation and condemned the move. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Young People Are Registering as Voters, Electoral Commission Says
Zimbabwe's merged president and parliamentary elections are five months away. Ongoing registration is giving young people, especially first-time voters, a chance to get involved in… Read more »
March 26, 2023
Africa: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris Kicks Off Africa Trip
Vice President Kamala Harris arrived to cheers in the Ghanaian capital on Sunday, the first leg in her weeklong trip to the continent aimed at deepening US ties. Read more »
March 25, 2023
South Africa: 'Facebook Rapist' Not Dead, Has Escaped Jail
Last year, South African authorities thought convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester had set himself alight in a prison cell and died. Now, they've admitted that he is alive and… Read more »
March 23, 2023
Uganda: New Anti-LGBTQI+ Law Restricts Media and Activists Too
Uganda's new and stricter laws to punish lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people puts draconian restrictions on the media and advocates for LGBTQ rights too. Read more »
Namibia: Germany Stands By Genocide Deal Despite Court Case
The Nama and Herero have asked Namibia's highest court to stop a planned genocide 'reconciliation' deal between Namibia and Germany. A decision is pending but Germany appears set… Read more »
Africa: How Digitalization Improves Remittances to Africa
Remittance flows to Africa are a driver of recovery in the continent. Such transactions are still expensive but digital services are spurring on the market. Read more »
Uganda: Germany Condemns Uganda's New 'Draconian' Anti-Gay Law
The new anti-gay legislation in the East African country would mean long prison terms or even death for people who identify as LGBTQ. Read more »
March 22, 2023
Tanzania: Clarifying German Colonial-Era Atrocities in Tanzania
The process of coming to terms with German colonial-era crimes in Tanzania is intended to strengthen relations. The two countries are also in talks on reparations. Read more »
March 21, 2023
East Africa: East Africa's LGBTQ Community Under Siege
In East African countries, people with diverse sexual orientations live in constant fear. Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric is on the rise in in the region as lawmakers in Uganda vote to pass… Read more »
March 20, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Continue to Overpower DR Congo's Defense Forces
As Angola sends troops, Congo hopes that new military alliances can stop the violence in its eastern regions. Massacres are increasing, humanitarian aid is paralyzed and a new mass… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Deepening Unemployment Crisis
One in two young people in South Africa are unemployed while more than 1.2 million graduates are without jobs in Uganda. More own initiatives could ease unemployment in Africa,… Read more »
Ethiopia: U.S. Concludes 'War Crimes' Committed in Ethiopia's Tigray War
The US human rights report has no immediate implications but supports calls for prosecuting allegations of war crimes, after finding all parties to the two-year war complicit. Read more »
Kenya: Arrests Made in Anti-Government Protests
Nairobi police sought to disperse demonstators protesting the cost of living crisis as well as accusing President Ruto of stealing last year's election. Authorities arrested… Read more »