The COP31 climate summit has opened in Antalya, Turkey, in a climate of tension between developed and developing countries over climate finance, with poor countries demanding more money to combat the effects of climate change.

African countries are using the summit to pressure developed nations to provide predictable, accessible and

Natural diamonds have been losing their sparkle since 2023 as global prices plummet, driven largely by competition from cheaper lab-grown alternatives and depressed demand in China. That is why President Duma Boko's announcement this week that Botswana would double its stake in De Beers to 30% seemed counterintuitive, writes Peter Fabricius for the Institute for Security Studies.

Diamonds have long been the

Kenya has discharged its last Ebola patient, bringing the total number of recoveries to seven and marking a major step towards containing the outbreak. The country has now begun a 42-day countdown before it can officially be declared Ebola-free. No new confirmed cases have been reported since 20 October.

Health authorities said that all

The vehicle ferrying the head of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, was blocked in London by aggrieved Nigerians in the diaspora. Amupitan was leaving Chatham House, where he had participated in a panel discussion, when he was confronted by protesters who accused the commission of compromising its independence.

The recent

Armed men have attacked a campaign event organised by Nigerian opposition presidential candidate Peter Obi's Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) in Lagos, assaulting supporters and journalists ahead of the January 16, 2027 election.

The attackers reportedly stormed the venue carrying axes, clubs and machetes, triggering clashes that spilled into the streets before police arrived and dispersed the crowds with

Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza did not use artificial intelligence to write his award-winning short story, The Blue Fighter. 

The Caine Prize for African Writing investigated Kundizeza after allegations that he used artificial intelligence to produce his award-winning short story, The Blue Fighter.

The controversy followed an article published by The Atlantic that criticised the story and raised

Tens of thousands of Nigerian refugees are worsening a deepening humanitarian crisis in Niger and other neighboring states, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has warned. UNHCR's director of external relations, Dominique Hyde, has said during a press conference that nearly 64,000 people arrived in the West African country, fleeing attacks by armed groups in Nigeria.

''They are adding to the growing humanitarian needs in a country already hosting more than half a million refugees and

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned that funds meant to fight the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are not reaching frontline workers and affected communities. The charity said that health workers remain unpaid, poorly trained and short of essential supplies, while some ambulances have run out of fuel.

More than 5,400 people have died, and

According to a circular issued by the organisers, demonstrators will demand answers over persistent fuel shortages, foreign currency scarcity, electricity blackouts, shortages of essential medicines in public hospitals, water supply disruptions and alleged passport scandals.

President Felix Tshisekedi has signed a law easing the requirements for holding constitutional referendums, opening the way for possible changes to the country's constitution ahead of the 2028 elections.

Opposition parties have blasted the move, accusing him of trying to clinch a third term as president, despite constitutional