ODM’s suspension of coalition talks with Ruto’s UDA signals deepening crisis in Kenya’s governing alliance, with the 2027 election countdown adding urgency to already fraught negotiations.
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Over 80 Congolese soldiers face court martial for desertion and faking combat against M23 rebels in eastern DRC, in one of the largest military prosecutions since the insurgency escalated.
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Africa’s solar energy boom is driving a surge in lead poisoning from poorly recycled batteries, with communities like Owino Uhuru in Kenya still suffering from contamination a decade on.
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At least 20 people are feared dead after a boat carrying over 30 passengers capsized on Uganda’s Nguse river, with eight survivors rescued and an investigation underway.
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As Iran war disrupts global oil markets, African nations from Ghana to Tanzania impose steep fuel hikes, with the World Bank warning of the continent’s largest energy price shock since 2022.
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Mali Rebels Vow to Topple Junta as French Citizens Urged to Leave Country Bamako, April 29, 2026 — Mali’s ruling military junta faced mounting pressure on Wednesday as the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a Tuareg separatist group, declared it would bring down the government, while France issued an urgent advisory urging its citizens to leave
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African Migrants Warned to Close Shops as Xenophobic Marches Sweep South Africa Pretoria, April 29, 2026 — Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of South Africa’s capital on Tuesday in a demonstration against illegal immigration, prompting Ghana and Nigeria to issue urgent safety advisories to their nationals in the country and triggering international concern
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Twenty Years After Darfur’s First Crisis, Children Are Once Again at a Breaking Point Geneva/Port Sudan, April 29, 2026 — UNICEF launched a new Child Alert on Tuesday warning that children in Sudan’s Darfur region are facing a crisis that parallels — and in some dimensions surpasses — the catastrophe that shocked the world two
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Mali is facing its most severe security crisis in years after Russian paramilitary forces withdrew from the strategic northern city of Kidal, allowing jihadist and Tuareg rebel forces to seize control of a stronghold that had long symbolized the state’s authority over its restive north. The withdrawal, confirmed by Russia’s Africa Corps on Saturday, came
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The Horn of Africa stands at a “dangerous crossroads” as interconnected conflicts and growing geopolitical competition test the region’s peace-building frameworks, the executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) warned at a major conference in Nairobi this week. Workneh Gebeyehu, who heads the eight-member regional bloc, told delegates at the IGAD Mediation Reflection
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