Nowinafrica Editorial board

\n Since the October 2025 coup that brought a transitional president to power in Antananarivo, Madagascar has been drawing steadily deeper into Moscow\u2019s security orbit. Russian military equipment has flowed into the island at an unprecedented pace, and Russia Africa Corps \u2014 the rebranded successor to the Wagner mercenary network \u2014 has deployed instructors across

\n At least 35 people died in coordinated attacks on the villages of Korikori and Gomossogou in central Mali, local sources confirmed, in one of the deadliest bouts of violence to hit the region this year. The assaults, blamed on the al-Qaeda-linked Jama\u2019at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), came as Mali\u2019s ruling military junta confronted a

Farmers in Sudan are caught between the devastating effects of the country s civil war and the knock-on impacts of the Middle East conflict, as food insecurity reaches catastrophic levels across the country.

Maiduguri, Nigeria — Fighters from the Boko Haram group killed 18 loggers in northeastern Nigeria Borno State on May 7, local sources confirmed on May 8, 2026, in an attack that underscores the deepening humanitarian crisis facing communities displaced by years of jihadist violence. According to witnesses and members of a local anti-jihadist militia, Boko