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Sudan’s Army Retakes Strategic Town Near Ethiopian Border in Major Blow to RSF

Sudan’s national army has retaken a strategic town near the Ethiopian border in what military analysts are calling a significant turning point in a conflict that has devastated the country for more than two years. The capture of the town — located in southeastern Blue Nile state — represents a rare major battlefield success for […]

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Africa’s Quiet Space Race: The Continent’s Emerging Ambitions Beyond Earth’s Atmosphere

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From the Ground Up For years, Africa watched from below as other continents claimed the skies. Satellites launched by European, American, Chinese, and Indian space agencies orbited overhead, collecting data about African weather, crops, forests, and conflicts – information that Africans themselves had limited access to and even less control over. That is beginning to

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Joint US-Nigeria Operation Eliminates ISIL’s Shadow Commander in West Africa

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A Targeted Strike in the Sambisa Corridor Military officials from both the United States and Nigeria announced on May 16 that a joint special forces operation in northeastern Nigeria has resulted in the death of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, identified as the second-in-command of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and the group’s principal operational

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Ebola Returns to DR Congo: WHO Declares International Health Emergency as Outbreak Spreads

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A Deadly Resurgence The World Health Organization has declared the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern, triggering a wave of alarm across central Africa and beyond. The declaration, made on May 17, 2026, comes after the hemorrhagic fever claimed at least 80 lives in three

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Uganda Speakership Race Pits Veteran Politician Against Legal Heavyweight

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Uganda’s political landscape is bracing for one of the most consequential parliamentary battles in the country’s recent history. As President Yoweri Museveni begins his record seventh term, a quiet but intense succession contest is already underway inside the halls of parliament itself — one that will determine not just who leads the legislature, but how

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Kenya Matatu Strike Threat Deepens as Fuel Shock Sends Transport Costs Soaring

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Kenya’s public transport system is on the brink of collapse. Matatu operators across the country have announced a sweeping 50 percent fare hike, warning of a nationwide strike within weeks if the government does not intervene. The threat has sent shockwaves through a country where minibus taxis remain the primary mode of transport for millions

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Ebola Returns to Central Africa: Inside the Outbreak That Has Triggered a Global Health Emergency

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The World Health Organisation’s declaration of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern has sent a chill through global health circles — and rightfully so. The virus, which killed more than 11,000 people across West Africa in the 2014-2016 epidemic, has returned to central Africa

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Africa Is Transforming, But Is the World Ready to Listen?

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Something significant is happening across Africa, and the continent is increasingly frustrated that nobody seems to be paying attention. A compelling new commentary published this week makes the case that Africa is undergoing a transformation of historic proportions — but that the dominant global narratives about Africa remain frozen in a story of crisis, dependency,

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Inside Sudan’s Drone War: How Armed UAVs Became the Primary Killer of Civilians

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In Sudan’s grinding civil war, a new killer has emerged as the leading cause of civilian deaths: armed drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles, deployed by both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the rival Rapid Support Forces, have fundamentally altered the character of the conflict, turning streets, IDP camps, and civilian infrastructure into targets that can be

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BRICS Summit Fractures Over Iran War as Alliance Splinters on Middle East Crisis

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BRICS Fractures Over Iran War as Alliance Splinters BRICS foreign ministers meeting in India ended without a joint declaration for the first time in the grouping’s recent history, exposing deep fault lines over the Iran military conflict that has escalated into a full-scale proxy war threatening global energy markets. The breakdown marks a significant setback

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Dangote Sounds Alarm on China Credit Machine as African Nations Fall Deeper in Debt

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The Perpetual President Problem A frontal debate has broken out across Africa about why the continent’s leaders struggle to step aside voluntarily, with analysts, civil society groups and ordinary citizens asking whether deeply entrenched political cultures are fundamentally incompatible with the democratic transitions that have defined other regions of the developing world. The timing of

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Africa Reckons With an Era of Presidents Who Cannot Let Go

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Kagame’s Direct Challenge to the Dependency Model President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has used a major continental summit to renew his call for African nations to stop seeking salvation from external powers and instead build the economic and institutional foundations for genuine pan-African independence, in a speech that was widely interpreted as a broadside against

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