White South Africans start relocating to US under Trump ‘refugee’ programme

The first batch of 49 White South Africans deemed ”victims of racial discrimination” by President Donald Trump fly to the US on Monday.
12 May, 2025
Gunmen kill at ‘least 23 people’ in central Nigeria in latest violence

Red Cross says the attacks happened in four villages resulting deaths and injuries.
12 May, 2025
Why Côte d’Ivoire joined Niger, Mali in erasing French street names

The move by Côte d’Ivoire comes as French influence in West Africa declines rapidly.
12 May, 2025
Sudan says it may halt South Sudan oil exports after RSF attacks

Sudan’s army-aligned government has told energy firms to prepare to stop handling crude oil from South Sudan, which relies on its neighbour for exports.
11 May, 2025

Armed assailants kill 12 people, injure 17 others in South Sudan

Algeria expels two French intelligence agents over fake diplomatic passports

At least 62 people dead, 50 others missing after floods devastate eastern DRC

South Africa road accident kills eight people, injures 16 others

Fires at key Sudan fuel depot ‘fully contained’: civil defence
11 May, 2025
Burkina Faso’s Traore seeks ‘exponential’ growth in ties with Russia
Ibrahim Traore urges stronger trade and tech cooperation and praises Russia’s international role despite Western sanctions.

10 May, 2025
Heavy rains leave trail of destruction in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu
Friday’s rains went on for about eight hours, leaving waist-high waters in neighborhoods where some residents were trapped and others were forced to move to higher ground.

10 May, 2025
Nigeria’s Borno state bans sale of petrol to curb militant attacks
The ban is part of the state government’s strategic response to counter insurgency operations, an official statement said.

10 May, 2025
Sudan’s Darfur air strike leaves 14 family members dead at camp
The members of the same family were killed after the Abu Shouk camp came under “intense bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces on Friday evening”, a rescue group said.

10 May, 2025
South Africa rearrests Nigerian pastor acquitted of rape
Timothy Omotoso was released last month, nine years after he was jailed to be tried on charges of raping and sexually assaulting several young women from his church.

10 May, 2025
Central African Republic detains rebel leader Sayo on war crime charges
Rebel leader Armel Sayo, who was wanted in connection with attacks on the army, was detained in Cameroon before being transferred to the Central African Republic, officials say.

9 May, 2025
South Africa protests to US over resettlement of white Afrikaners
The fresh twist comes after US media reported Donald Trump’s administration plans to welcome the first group of white South Africans next week, after the US president accused Pretoria of “racial discrimination” against them.

9 May, 2025
Zambia says taking action over medicines theft after US cuts aid
It comes after the US cut $50 million in annual health funding to Zambia over the “systematic” theft of medicine and other supplies meant to be handed out for free

9 May, 2025
African leaders join Putin for Russia’s Victory Day parade
African leaders were among foreign leaders who gathered in Moscow to mark 80 years since the surrender of the Nazis in World War Two.

9 May, 2025
Sudan war: More drone strikes hit Port Sudan as conflict rages
The renewed attacks have sparked fears of fuel shortages and worsening of humanitarian crisis.


