South Africa’s ex-leader Jacob Zuma teams up with Traoré to ‘liberate Africa’

The event aimed to reconnect people of African descent from around the world with the continent and its future.
5 Nov, 2025
‘No one could stop it’: Sudanese describe mass rapes while fleeing Al Fasher

At least 150 cases of sexual violence have been documented since the fall of Al Fasher, with rights groups denouncing over two decades of impunity for such crimes by the RSF.
5 Nov, 2025
Intercommunal clashes kill at least 33 people in Chad: report

At least 33 people have been killed in intercommunal clashes in southwestern Chad over a disputed well, according to local media.
5 Nov, 2025
‘Trump wasn’t on the ballot’: US president reacts to Democrats’ key elections sweep

Democrats win New York City mayoral race, governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia, and California’s Proposition 50 on redistricting.
5 Nov, 2025

Sudanese cargo plane with military supplies crashes, killing crew

At least 40 people killed in attack on mourners in Sudan: UN

US commends Mali’s fight against terror as ties warm up

Starving, wounded survivors from Sudan’s Al Fasher recount their harrowing escapes

Tanzanian police warn against sharing images following election protests
4 Nov, 2025
Eswatini frees prominent opposition leader pardoned by king
A prominent former opposition lawmaker in Eswatini has been freed after being pardoned following more than four years in prison over what he termed “pro-democracy protests” in 2021.

4 Nov, 2025
Sudan defence minister says army to keep fighting after US truce proposal
Sudan’s defence minister has said that the army would press on with fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after the country’s security and defence council met to discuss a US proposal for a ceasefire.

4 Nov, 2025
South Sudan to face serious hunger crisis in 2026, UN report shows
A new report has warned that more than half of South Sudan’s population will face a crisis or worse levels of hunger during the 2026 lean season.

4 Nov, 2025
French priest accused of sexually abusing minor refugees in Morocco
The Catholic Archbishop of Rabat says he has “fully cooperated” with Moroccan and foreign authorities after a French priest was accused of sexually abusing underage refugees in Casablanca.

4 Nov, 2025
Nigeria rebuffs Trump’s ‘Christian persecution’ claim, warns against ‘Sudan-style division’
Nigeria also faces a long-running armed conflict in its predominantly Muslim areas, meaning most of the victims are Muslims.

4 Nov, 2025
Phobias: Why what scares us can feel impossible to explain
A young African’s lifelong phobia of buttons reveals how the most ordinary objects can become the most extraordinary prisons.

4 Nov, 2025
South Sudan President Kiir sacks 8th finance minister after two months
No reason was given for the eighth change of finance minister since 2020.

4 Nov, 2025
Sudan army, RSF agree to humanitarian truce plan: US adviser
‘Both parties have agreed in principle… We are now focusing on the fine details,’ says Massad Boulos.

4 Nov, 2025
Is RSF’s strategy in Al Fasher about power projection?
Sudan’s civil war has intensified with the Rapid Support Forces’ takeover of Al Fasher after months of fighting the Sudanese army since 2023.

4 Nov, 2025
RSF drone strike kills dozens in Sudan’s North Kordofan province
The UN agency for migration estimates that more than 38,000 people have already fled North and South Kordofan.


