Sudan capital hit by drone attacks a day after RSF agrees to truce - reports
The reported strikes come as the military-led government says it would be wary of agreeing to a ceasefire.
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Kenya demands safety for its citizens after Tanzania's post-poll crackdown
Some Kenyans have reportedly been killed, injured and others detained by Tanzanian security officers.
Africa: Africa in Economic Tug-of-War Between Tobacco Farming, Taxation, and Illicit Trade
[allAfrica] Tobacco remains a cornerstone of many African economies, yet several countries in the region continue to grapple with major public health threats linked to tobacco use. This has created a persistent conflict between economic dependence on tobacco and the urgent need
Africa: Governance Failures, Not Just Guns, Driving W/Africa's Growing Crises - Experts Warn
[Vanguard] Abuja -- Experts and peacebuilding stakeholders have raised the alarm that governance failures, weak state institutions, and exclusionary politics, not armed violence alone, are fuelling the wave of instability sweeping across West Africa.
Africa: Terrorism Exerting Huge Toll On People of West Africa - Touray
[Daily Trust] Omar Alieu Touray, President of ECOWAS Commission, has lamented that terrorism and violent extremism have exerted a huge toll on the socio-economic well-being of the people of West Africa in the last decade.
Africa: Grandi Calls for Greater Refugee Protection and Funding
[UN News] The UN High Commissioner for Refugees appealed on Thursday for more solutions to address forced displacement in his final address to the General Assembly.
Africa: Who Pays for Politics? Tracing the Money Trail Online
[TI] Money fuels politics. But when it flows in the shadows, democracy is the first casualty. Across most of Africa, and much of the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, citizens are expected to vote without knowing who pays for the campaigns competing for their
Africa: Sierra Leone's Economy Shows Resilience, Private Sector Reform Key to Sustained Growth and Jobs
[World Bank] Freetown -- Sierra Leone's economy is showing signs of stability in the face of heightened global challenges, with growth projected at 4.3 percent in 2025 and reaching 4.6 percent by 2027, according to the latest World Bank Sierra Leone Economic Update (SLEU)
Africa: Namibia Named Africa's Best Adventure Tourism Destination As Swakopmund Shines
[Namibian] Namibia has been named Africa's best adventure tourism destination at the 2025 Africa Tourism Awards, also known as The Balearica Awards, held in London on 2 November.
East Africa: Harmonize Is Taking East Africa to the Grammys As He Prepares to Drop His Forthcoming Album
[Capital FM] When Harmonize, born Rajabu Abdulkahali Ibrahim, speaks about music, the unique rhythm and vibrancy of Dar es Salaam echoes in his voice. Over the last decade, Harmonize has become one of East Africa's most influential artists, shaping and redefining the region's
Africa: Kidnapped, Killed or Silenced - Africa's Journalists Increasingly Under Threat
[RFI] Across Africa, journalists are being kidnapped, tortured and killed - often by people whose identities are known but who face no punishment. Reports gathered by RFI and press freedom groups show these incidents spreading from Burkina Faso to Guinea and eastern Democratic
Africa: IMF Africa Financing a Beautiful Ugly Relationship
[New Times] The relationship between IMF financing and Africa is complex and can be described as a "beautiful ugly" one. Every time the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issues a "warning" to Africa, it lands like a concerned parent scolding a wayward child. The latest one,
Africa: New Brazil-Led Fund Aims to Put Forest Protection At the Heart of Climate Action
[UN News] Tropical forests, vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, are vanishing at an alarming rate. On Thursday, in a bid to help reverse this trend, Brazil launched a new initiative at a summit of world leaders in Belém, the gateway to the Amazon.
Africa: Battlefields to Wastelands - UN Warns Conflicts Are Destroying Ecosystems Worldwide
[UN News] From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it has also devastated natural resources such as water systems, farmland and forests.
Africa: Doha Summit Ends With Call to Turn Social Pledges Into Action
[UN News] The Second World Summit for Social Development concluded in Doha on Thursday with calls for countries to move swiftly from commitments to implementation, ensuring that the Doha Political Declaration delivers measurable progress on poverty reduction, decent work and
Africa: African Poetry Is Celebrated in a Groundbreaking Publishing Project
[The Conversation Africa] For 10 years, Ghanaian poet Kwame Dawes and his friend the Nigerian writer Chris Abani have sifted through piles of manuscripts looking for Africa's new poetic talent. Since 2014, the African Poetry Book Fund has been assembling a formidable archive of
Africa: The Secret Life of Baobabs - How Bats and Moths Keep Africa's Giant Trees Alive
[The Conversation Africa] Baobabs are sometimes called "upside-down trees", because their branches look like roots reaching skywards. Of the eight species of baobab in the world, six are confined to Madagascar, one to northern Australia and one species, Adansonia digitata, is
'Our job is only killing' - how Sudan's brutal militia carried out a massacre
BBC Verify tracks how the RSF killed unarmed people in a massacre that humanitarian officials believe left 2,000 dead.
'Flying' Sarr easing Crystal Palace's Eze loss
Ismaila Sarr shines as Crystal Palace earn first home victory in Europa Conference League this term.
Africa: Africa-Focused Early-Stage Investor Ventures Platform Raises $64m
[Daba Finance] Ventures Platform, one of Africa's most active early-stage venture capital firms, has raised $64 million so far for its second fund, with a final close target of $75 million, according to founding partner Kola Aina.
Sudan's RSF paramilitaries agree humanitarian ceasefire
The group issued the statement after an 18-month siege of the city of el-Fasher in the western Darfur region.
Sudan's life-saving community kitchens on verge of collapse
This follows confirmation by a global hunger monitor that famine conditions are spreading in conflict zones.
