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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In a historic move that could transform child health outcomes across Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified the first-ever malaria treatment specifically formulated for newborns and young infants. The treatment—a pediatric formulation of artemether-lumefantrine, marketed as Coartem Baby—received WHO prequalification on April 24, 2026, just ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25.
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At least 29 people were killed and several others injured when gunmen attacked a football viewing party in Gombi, Adamawa State, northeastern Nigeria, on Sunday evening. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the assault, which targeted young people watching a football match on a pitch in the town. Security sources told local media
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Mali’s ruling military junta is facing the most serious security crisis in over a decade after a sweeping coordinated offensive by Tuareg separatists and al-Qaeda-linked jihadists killed the country’s defence minister, General Sadio Camara, and forced the withdrawal of Russian Africa Corps mercenaries from the historic northern city of Kidal. The attacks, launched on Saturday,
The International Criminal Court has ordered 7.2 million euros ($8.5 million) in compensation to be paid to victims of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, the former jihadist leader convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the occupation of Timbuktu between 2012 and 2013. The reparations, awarded
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Ugandan authorities have detained at least 231 foreign nationals in a two-day crackdown on illegal migration and suspected criminal activity, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Tuesday. The operations targeted a group of Nigerians living in northern Uganda and a separate group of foreigners found living in a restricted apartment complex in Kampala. Those
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Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo remains firmly under the control of M23 rebels despite a nominal peace framework signed in Qatar in late 2025, with tens of thousands of civilians trapped between advancing militant groups and a stretched government army. Goma, the capital of North Kivu province and home to nearly 800,000 people, has been
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The void left by France’s military withdrawal from the Sahel has filled with something far more dangerous than a strategic vacuum — it has filled with armed men. Three years after Paris began winding down its counter-terrorism operations across Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, the ideological and operational space once held by French forces has
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A widening Middle East conflict between Iran and a US-led coalition is sending shockwaves across Africa, with economists and security analysts warning that the continent faces a twin threat to its energy supplies and maritime trade routes — even without a full closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The warnings come as the Iran conflict
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Mali’s Defence Minister General Sadio Camara was killed along with family members when jihadist fighters detonated a car bomb at his home in the military stronghold of Kati, just outside the capital Bamako. The attack comes amid coordinated nationwide assaults on army positions, marking one of the deadliest strikes against the Malian junta since its
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Eyewitnesses reported heavy gunfire and explosions rocking multiple districts in Mali’s capital Bamako on April 25, 2026, as armed militants staged apparently coordinated attacks at several locations including the northeastern city of Kidal. The strikes targeted military installations and civilian areas simultaneously, in what Malian authorities described as a major assault by terrorist groups. The
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Pope Leo XIV’s eleven-day Africa tour drew hundreds of thousands across four nations, delivering messages of faith, peace, and sharp political critique on corruption and conflict.
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