Since the beginning of the year, Tanzania has been facing a health security threat in light of the recent outbreak of the Marburg virus in its Kagera region, which borders Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. This year’s virus emergence comes nearly two years after breaking out in Tanzania in early 2023,
Last week, Ivory Coast followed other West African states in officially expelling hundreds of French troops from its territory, publicly denouncing France’s persisting influence as a former colonizer throughout the region. Thus, dismissing French troops from January 2025 onward is a powerful statement that Ivory Coast has made, and interestingly
On 19 December 2024, a refugee boat carrying approximately 80 people sank near Morocco’s coast while attempting to reach Spain from North Africa. The tragedy claimed the lives of at least 69 people, with only 11 survivors. Every year, thousands of Africans risk the dangerous journey across the Atlantic Ocean,
On December 9, a heavy airstrike caused tremendous bloodshed at a busy market in Kabkabiya, a town located in the west of the Sudanese city El-Fasher, killing at least 100 people, including women and children. Worrisomely, this disastrous attack is part of a larger power struggle between the governmental Sudanese
Since early November, hundreds of illegal artisanal miners have been hiding in a 2.5-kilometre-deep mine in Stilfontein, about 145 kilometres southwest of Johannesburg, as South Africa intensifies its crackdown on illegal mining activities. The police have fully surrounded the site, threatening to detain anyone attempting to emerge. However, for most
On 9 October 2024, Mozambique held its highly anticipated general elections, during which citizens voted for a new president, 250 parliamentary representatives, and members of 10 provincial assemblies. Despite growing tensions in the pre-election environment between the main competing parties, namely the ruling Frelimo (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique),
As Ghana approaches its presidential and legislative elections on 7 December 2024, with incumbent president Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (N.P.P.) in the final months of his second term, citizens will elect a new president from the 13 candidates approved by Ghana’s Electoral Commission (E.C.) along with 275
