UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher has warned South Sudan is at risk of full-scale famine as fighting between rival factions displaces hundreds of thousands and aid deliveries are disrupted.
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When the guns fell silent for a few hours in April 2023, following the outbreak of fighting between Sudan’s Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, few imagined that the country would still be at war three years later. Today, as Sudan enters its fourth year of conflict, the humanitarian situation has deteriorated to
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The convulsions in the Middle East are sending shockwaves far beyond the region. For Africa, where energy poverty already blights the lives of hundreds of millions and constrains industrial development, the disruption caused by the Iran war has become a catalyst for a conversation that the continent has postponed for decades: whether to embrace nuclear
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*April 17, 2026 — Harare, Zimbabwe* The International Monetary Fund has approved a 10-month staff-monitored program for Zimbabwe, providing a critical lifeline to the southern African nation as it grapples with hyperinflation, currency instability, and mounting debt. The agreement, announced by IMF mission chief Wojciech Maliszewski after two weeks of negotiations in Harare, represents the
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*April 17, 2026 — Nairobi, Kenya* Kenya has formally requested emergency funding from the World Bank to buffer its economy against severe shocks from the ongoing Iran war, which has disrupted global oil supplies and triggered inflationary pressures across East Africa. Central Bank of Kenya Governor Kamau Thugge confirmed the request in an exclusive interview,
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Deep in the arid stretches of Sudan, acacia trees have for centuries secreted an amber sap that the world barely notices until it disappears. Gum arabic, the natural emulsifier harvested from Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal trees across the Sahel, is one of the most quietly critical commodities in the global food and pharmaceutical industries.
Nairobi | April 15, 2026 Two years into one of the world’s most devastating conflicts, Sudan is experiencing a humanitarian catastrophe that aid agencies describe as the worst since Rwanda — and yet international attention has largely drifted elsewhere, overshadowed by simultaneous crises in Gaza, Ukraine, and the Sahel. The war, which erupted in April
Kigali | April 15, 2026 Rwanda has dispatched hundreds of combat troops into northern Mozambique, marking one of the most significant cross-border military deployments by a sub-Saharan African nation in recent years — and raising fundamental questions about the future of regional security architecture in southern Africa. The intervention, which began in 2021 as part
Bamako | April 15, 2026 When Mali’s military junta formally ended its security partnership with France in 2022 and expelled French troops, it set in motion one of the most consequential realignments in modern African security politics. The successor arrangement — a deepening relationship with Russia’s Africa Corps — has transformed the military landscape of
Nairobi | April 15, 2026 Ghana’s economy, once on the brink of sovereign collapse, is charting a cautious but credible path toward recovery, backed by a landmark International Monetary Fund programme and renewed confidence from international creditors. The West African nation, which defaulted on its external debt in 2022 amid a catastrophic cost-of-living crisis, has
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As the war in Sudan approaches its grim third anniversary in April 2026, the humanitarian catastrophe that has unfolded in its wake has become the largest in the world — eclipsing conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and Gaza in terms of the scale of displacement and the severity of hunger. The United Nations and its partner
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As global geopolitical shocks multiply and supply chains remain strained under the weight of ongoing Middle East conflict, Sub-Saharan Africa is facing a pronounced economic deterioration that has alarmed both policymakers and international financial institutions. The International Monetary Fund issued its starkest warning yet in early April 2026, cautioning that the region — already struggling
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