Sudan’s military has appointed General Yasser al-Atta as its new Chief of Staff in the biggest wartime command shake-up since the conflict with the RSF began in 2023.
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Kinshasa is negotiating with Washington over a deal that would see the DRC accept migrants expelled from the United States — revealing the complex geopolitics driving Africa’s migration diplomacy.
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A cache of leaked documents from a network of Russian agents operating across Africa reveals a systematic campaign to place hundreds of pro-Kremlin articles in 35 West African media outlets — paying between $250 and $700 per article — in an operation that has exposed the fragility of the region’s media landscape and its susceptibility
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Benin’s main opposition parties are in crisis just days before the country’s presidential election scheduled for April 12, with their candidates sidelined and no clear replacement strategy emerging — raising serious questions about the fairness and legitimacy of the vote in one of West Africa’s most closely watched democracies. The political turmoil comes as President
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Human Rights Watch has documented the killing of at least 1,837 civilians in Burkina Faso between January 2023 and August 2025 — attributing the deaths to government forces, civilian militias, and jihadist groups alike — in a damning report released Thursday that calls for an International Criminal Court investigation into war crimes and crimes against
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President Paul Kagame has launched a scathing attack on United States sanctions targeting Rwanda’s army, calling them “insults thrown in the face” of his country and accusing Washington of applying uneven pressure on Rwanda while treating the Democratic Republic of Congo with kid gloves. In a wide-ranging interview with Jeune Afrique published Friday — conducted
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is negotiating a landmark deal with the United States that would see the Central African nation accept migrants expelled by Washington — in exchange for a major mining partnership with American companies, according to sources close to the discussions. Exclusive reporting by The Africa Report reveals that Kinshasa has been
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A vast Russian disinformation campaign targeting Ivory Coast and seeking to discredit Ukraine has been uncovered following a major leak of confidential documents from a shadowy network of agents known as The Company. The operation, detailed in 76 leaked internal documents analysed by a consortium of international journalists including The FRANCE 24 Observers team and
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Uganda was left in shock and grief this week after a man posing as a parent gain entry to a kindergarten in Kampala and fatally stabbed four young children. The attack, which took place at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program School in the Makindye district, has sent waves of horror across the country and
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With just days to go before Benin’s presidential election on April 12, the country’s main opposition parties are engulfed in a deep political crisis that threatens to further consolidate an already weakened democratic space in the West African nation. The crisis centres on the electoral commission’s decision to exclude the primary opposition candidate from standing
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Sudan’s army has appointed a new chief of staff in what represents its most significant military reshuffle since the civil war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted nearly three years ago. General Yasser al-Atta, a deputy to army chief and de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in the ruling Transitional Sovereignty Council, will head
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Kinshasa is negotiating a deal that would see the Democratic Republic of Congo receive migrants expelled by the United States, according to sources who spoke exclusively to The Africa Report. The discussions, which have been underway for nearly a year, are part of a broader diplomatic and economic process aimed at restoring peace in eastern
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