Uganda was left in shock and grief this week after a man posing as a parent gain entry to a kindergarten in Kampala and fatally stabbed four young children. The attack, which took place at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program School in the Makindye district, has sent waves of horror across the country and […]
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With just days to go before Benin’s presidential election on April 12, the country’s main opposition parties are engulfed in a deep political crisis that threatens to further consolidate an already weakened democratic space in the West African nation. The crisis centres on the electoral commission’s decision to exclude the primary opposition candidate from standing
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Sudan’s army has appointed a new chief of staff in what represents its most significant military reshuffle since the civil war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted nearly three years ago. General Yasser al-Atta, a deputy to army chief and de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in the ruling Transitional Sovereignty Council, will head
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Kinshasa is negotiating a deal that would see the Democratic Republic of Congo receive migrants expelled by the United States, according to sources who spoke exclusively to The Africa Report. The discussions, which have been underway for nearly a year, are part of a broader diplomatic and economic process aimed at restoring peace in eastern
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In the 40-year rule of President Yoweri Museveni, the Ugandan military has rarely been a place where anyone answers for corruption — least of all its senior generals. But in late March 2026, something remarkable happened: the army chief himself ordered the detention of up to 20 senior officers, including two major generals, on accusations
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Burkina Faso has long been one of the world’s most overlooked crises. A country of roughly 23 million people, it has been caught in a grinding conflict involving jihadist insurgents, government forces, and community militias that has defied easy solution. Now a major new Human Rights Watch report has laid out in damning detail the
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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa launched Operation Prosper in February 2026 — a military deployment targeting the gang-ridden, crime-scarred townships of Cape Town and surrounding provinces. Three months on, the operation has produced modest results, sparked fierce debate about civil liberties, and exposed the deep structural failures that have allowed organised crime to take root
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While the Sahel burns and West African democracies wobble, Senegal is quietly building something different — a gold sector that has grown from a minor footnote to a major driver of national export revenue in less than a decade. Production in 2025 reached 10.4 tonnes, cementing gold as the country’s primary mineral resource and attracting
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Benin is heading into one of its most consequential presidential elections in years — and its main opposition is in disarray. With just days left before polls open on April 12th, the political landscape in this West African nation has been dramatically reshaped by court rulings, electoral exclusions, and a popular backlash that has filled
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Four children aged three and under were killed in a machete attack at a nursery school in Kampala’s Ggaba district on Thursday, in a brutal incident that has shocked Uganda and reignited debate about child safety and mental health.
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Kenya’s Lamu Port has recorded a staggering 974 percent increase in cargo throughput over the past year, transforming a chronically underutilized facility into a critical global shipping hub as the Strait of Hormuz becomes increasingly hazardous.
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More than 1,800 civilians have been killed in Burkina Faso since 2023 in attacks by both jihadist insurgents and government security forces, according to a comprehensive Human Rights Watch report documenting an escalating humanitarian catastrophe.
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