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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Fishermen Injured as Navy Opens Fire Near Beira Mozambique’s navy opened fire on a cluster of small fishing boats near the port city of Beira this week, according to fishermen’s cooperatives and regional maritime monitors, an incident that has stoked already elevated tensions between Mozambican coastal communities and naval forces who appear to be enforcing
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Across vast stretches of Sudan, families are being torn apart not by bullets or bombs but by the invisible poison of contaminated water and toxic mining runoff. A growing body of evidence points to environmental poisoning from gold mining operations as a significant driver of illness and death in communities that depend on local water
At a displacement camp in eastern Chad, a young mother named Fatima cradles her newborn son under a torn mosquito net, surrounded by dozens of other pregnant women with nowhere else to go. She walked for six days to reach this location after armed men burned her village in the Darfur border region. She is
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Tunisia tourism sector, a cornerstone of the national economy, is facing mounting headwinds as escalating regional conflict deters European visitors and disrupts a recovery that had been gaining momentum in the years following earlier crises. Hotel occupancy rates along the country Mediterranean coast have fallen sharply in recent weeks, and travel operators are reporting a
Across the continent, a concerted push is underway to establish Africa as a producer of its own vaccines rather than relying on imports that have repeatedly left nations at the back of the queue during global health emergencies. The effort, backed by governments, development banks, and international health bodies, is beginning to translate into concrete
A mountain gorilla in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has given birth to twins in a development that conservationists are describing as a significant boost for one of Africa most most endangered species. The birth, confirmed by park officials and wildlife researchers operating in the Virunga National Park region, comes at a time when the
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In the early hours of Thursday morning, heavily armed gunmen stormed a secondary school in Mussa town, located in Nigeria restive Borno State, and abducted dozens of children, some as young as toddlers. The attack sent shockwaves through the region and renewed urgent calls for the Nigerian government to strengthen the protection of civilians in
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Namibia’s telecommunications regulator has rejected an application from Starlink, the satellite internet company owned by billionaire Elon Musk, to operate commercially in the country, in a decision that industry analysts are describing as a significant setback for the company’s expansion plans across the African continent. The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) said the application
Nigeria’s health authorities are battling a persistent and deadly Lassa fever outbreak that has now claimed more than 191 lives since the start of the year, with case numbers running significantly ahead of the same period last year and health workers bearing a disproportionate share of the casualties. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
In a ceremony that observers called long overdue, South Africa formally handed over dozens of stolen cultural artefacts and human remains to Zimbabwe, bringing back to Harare objects that had been held in South African museums for decades — some dating to the colonial era, others tied to the violent extraction of Black African labour
Malawi’s government has found itself at the centre of a mounting political storm after officials acknowledged the use of tear gas to disperse supporters of former president Lazarus Chakwera during a commemoration event, a confrontation that has reignited debate about the state of democracy and civil liberties in the southeast African nation. The incident occurred
