Several communities in Rivers State, Southern Nigeria, have been affected by an oil spill from a crude oil pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( Read more »

A superior court has upheld a decision to deny bail to prominent Rwandan vlogger Jean Bosco Sengabo, alias 'Fatakumavuta'. Sengabo was arrested on October 18, 2024, for ... Read more »

Uganda's oil project, first identified in the Albertine Rift in 2006, is making significant strides toward commercialization, writes Ronald Musoke for The Independent. < Read more »

Civil society and climate experts have expressed their dismay at the latest text concerning climate finance, calling it "a slap in the face" and "an Read more »

Two boats carrying mostly Somali nationals capsized off the coast of Madagascar, killing more than 20 people. It is believed that the engines failed. Somalia's Fore Read more »

President William Ruto has signaled plans to shake up the senior civil service in order to acommodate more opposition members. The decision to "restructure", which was announ Read more »

The growing demand for services from Ugandan Members of Parliament, which falls outside their mandate, is driving many of them to experience financial distress, according to repo Read more »

Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Ukrainian Nobel Laureate, has urged South Africa to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom, citing shared values and histories of resistance.< Read more »

President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Gen. Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, has praised the Russian position supporting Sudan at the UN Security Council, expressing ... Read more »

The UN Humanitarian Affairs Office, OCHA, reports that the death toll of humanitarian workers in 2024 has become the "deadliest on record." Humanitarian workers are Read more »