Conflict & Security

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M23 rebels have extended their grip on eastern DR Congo, threatening Goma once again and deepening a humanitarian crisis that has displaced over seven million people.

At least 35 people were killed when armed gunmen attacked a church congregation in Nigeria’s Kaduna State on Easter Sunday, in a strike claimed by ISWAP.

With 6.5 million people needing emergency aid and food insecurity spiralling, Burkina Faso’s humanitarian crisis is deepening faster than the world is noticing.

While global health headlines focus on pandemic preparedness and disease outbreaks, a slower but far larger catastrophe is unfolding across Africa: antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is now killing more people on the continent than HIV, malaria, or tuberculosis individually, and the toll is climbing steeply. A feature published by France24 this week placed AMR squarely

Egypt is quietly implementing some of the most sweeping energy rationing measures in its modern history, as the knock-on effects of the Iran-Middle East conflict drive up fuel costs and expose the fragility of an economy that was already struggling under a mountain of debt. Starting in late March, the Egyptian government ordered shops and

Kenya’s private sector slipped back into contraction in March 2026, the first time activity has shrunk since August 2025, as the fallout from the Middle East conflict hammered consumer demand and disrupted supply chains across the region. The downturn, measured by the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index, puts East Africa’s largest economy on a fragile footing

At least 60 people have been confirmed dead following a wave of coordinated attacks across multiple villages in northwest Nigeria, in one of the deadliest episodes of violence to hit the region this year. The attacks, which spanned several days and targeted communities in both Kebbi and Niger states, have sent shockwaves through the area

The Iran war is delivering a severe economic shock to Africa, with oil prices whipsawing on ceasefire hopes, sub-Saharan growth forecasts being revised downward, and countries across the continent scrambling to manage soaring fuel costs that threaten to wipe out hard-won poverty reduction gains, according to multiple reports published this week. On Tuesday, oil prices

At least 20 people have been killed and an unknown number of villagers abducted after armed men carried out a wave of coordinated attacks on communities in northwestern Nigeria on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, according to Reuters reporting and confirmed by local officials and community leaders in the affected states of Kebbi and Niger. The