A team of scientists in the United Kingdom has announced an accelerated programme to develop a vaccine against the rare Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which is driving an ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has already claimed close to 140 lives. The announcement came as the World Health Organization warned […]
Mali is grappling with a severe humanitarian and security crisis as jihadist groups have established a sweeping blockade across the country north and centre, burning dozens of vehicles and triggering critical shortages of fuel and food just days before the Eid al-Adha holiday. The blockade enforced by JNIM, the group aligned with Al-Qaeda in the
Thousands of Undocumented Foreigners Flee South African Anti-Migrant Rallies as Tensions Rise Thousands of undocumented migrants in South Africa are living in fear after a series of anti-migrant demonstrations across several major cities escalated into violent confrontations, forcing many to seek shelter in police stations, churches, and community centres. The protests, organised by groups claiming
A City in Mourning After Residential Building Collapses in Morocco’s Ancient Fes A residential building in Morocco’s historic city of Fes collapsed on Thursday, killing at least nine people and injuring several others, in what officials are calling one of the most devastating urban structural failures the country has seen in years. Emergency responders worked
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Seplat Energy, the Nigerian oil and gas company that completed its landmark acquisition of ExxonMobil Nigerian upstream assets in one of the most significant sector consolidations in recent African energy history, has a message for investors: patience. The company says it is not in a hurry to expand across the continent. It wants to get
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In the pantheon of Kenya commercial battles, the rivalry between Naivas and Quickmart may not command the global headlines of corporate giants duking it out in Silicon Valley. But in the supermarkets that line the streets of Nairobi middle-class neighbourhoods and dot the highways of the Rift Valley, a fierce contest is playing out that
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In Lilongwe, Malawi capital, the queues at fuel stations have become a daily feature of urban life that people have grudgingly normalised. Cars line up before dawn. Engines are left running so drivers can sleep in air-conditioned comfort while they wait — if they can afford the fuel at all. On bad days, the queues
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Liberia has been rated among the worst countries in the world for education access and quality in a damning new global assessment, placing the West African nation near the bottom of international rankings for literacy, school completion rates, and learning outcomes. The ranking places Liberia alongside a handful of sub-Saharan African nations where basic education
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When investigators began unpacking how suspected conspirators allegedly planned to storm the Presidential Villa in Abuja, what emerged was less a conventional military putsch and more a study in amateur hour meets fatal miscalculation. According to security sources familiar with the investigation, the suspects — still being interrogated — appeared to lack any meaningful operational
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Gunmen have carried out a wave of coordinated attacks on schools in Nigeria’s northeastern region, kidnapping at least 39 students and seven teachers in a series of strikes that have once again placed the vulnerability of Nigeria’s educational institutions at the centre of the country’s ongoing security crisis. The attacks targeted a secondary school and
A major diplomatic event that had been eagerly anticipated across the African continent has been indefinitely postponed following concerns about the expanding Ebola outbreak in central Africa, with organisers citing the impossibility of ensuring the safety of delegates in the current health environment. The summit, which would have brought together heads of state, trade ministers
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has taken direct personal control of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund over the country’s mounting debt burden, in a move that reflects the depth of the financial crisis facing West Africa’s most stable democracy and the degree to which the administration has struggled to chart an independent economic course
