Conflict & Security

Nigeria has launched an emergency evacuation operation to bring home around 130 of its citizens from South Africa after a wave of xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals spread across several South African cities, prompting diplomatic protests from multiple African nations. The evacuations, coordinated through Nigerias foreign ministry, were confirmed after reports of violence against migrants […]

As drought and conflict continue to force Somalis from their homes, the camps around Mogadishu are facing a deepening nutrition and humanitarian crisis.

Zambia’s government has drawn a firm line in negotiations with the United States, insisting that any health cooperation agreement must be treated independently from Washington’s demands for access to Zambian copper and cobalt—key minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy infrastructure. Speaking at a press conference in Lusaka on Monday, Zambia’s Minister of

After years of relative quiet, Somali piracy has returned to the headlines with a vengeance. A surge in hijackings and armed boarding incidents in the Indian Ocean has prompted shipping companies, navies, and international regulators to sound the alarm—raising the question: why is piracy rising off Somalia again? The numbers tell a stark story. The

Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has issued a stark warning that the ruling party led by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko risks tearing the nation apart, fueling fears of a full-blown political crisis in one of West Africa’s most stable democracies. In a nationally televised address on Monday, Faye accused Sonko’s party of pursuing a “soloist”

At least 130 Nigerian nationals have applied for voluntary repatriation to Nigeria following a wave of xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, the Nigerian government confirmed on Monday. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs announced that the government is coordinating emergency repatriation flights in response to the escalating violence, which has seen mobs attack