Nowinafrica Editorial board

Uganda’s 2026 general elections have come and gone. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been sworn in for another term. The international observer missions have issued their statements — some condemning the process, others offering measured acknowledgment of a flawed exercise. But beneath the headlines about political arrests, internet shutdowns, and contested results lies a quieter

In one of the most significant blows to Mali’s military government in years, Defense Minister General Sadio Camara was killed during a coordinated assault on his residence, as jihadist militants and Tuareg separatist rebels launched a sweeping offensive that seized multiple towns and military bases across the country’s north and center. The attacks, which began

Mali is facing its most significant military challenge in years after a wave of coordinated attacks by jihadist militants and Tuareg separatist forces swept across the central and northern regions of the country over the weekend, overwhelming military outposts, disrupting transport routes, and raising fundamental questions about the capacity of the interim government to contain