Japan-Africa: Indivisible Knot for Accelerating Trade and Development
Japan has one combined distinctive goal on the African agenda—investment, trade, and development. This was indicated explicitly in most all speeches and presentations at the…
Trump administration seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda | Migration News
Immigration officials in the United States say they intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, according to a court filing, in what the man’s…
What will Uganda gain from accepting US deportees? | Human Rights News
Uganda is the latest of several countries to strike a deportation deal with the United States as President Donald Trump ramps up controversial efforts to…
Nigeria deports 60 Chinese, 39 Filipino convicted in crypto romance scams | News
Country steps up crackdown on online scammers, who lure victims using promises of romance to invest in fake cryptocurrency investments.Nigeria has deported 102 foreign nationals,…
Armed men on motorbikes keep conflict in motion in the Sahel | Armed Groups News
Parakou, Benin – Until a few years ago, the sound of Iliyasu Yahuza’s matte black Qlink X-Ranger 200 motorbike would bring the neighbourhood children out…
Senegal’s ‘schools for husbands’ aim to shift gender roles | FGM News
On a recent evening in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, an imam named Ibrahima Diane explained to a group of men why they ought to be more…
Why is Europe leading the US in military aid to Ukraine? | Russia-Ukraine war
Europe outpaces the US in military support to Ukraine. Donald Trump wants to lead in diplomacy and end Russia’s war.Europe is now pledging more military…
Hurricanes explained: How they form and differ from cyclones and typhoons | Climate Crisis News
EXPLAINERWith this year’s hurricane season under way, Al Jazeera visualises the differences between various storm systems.Hurricane Erin became the Atlantic Ocean’s first hurricane of the…
Trump, send your deportees to Europe not Africa | Migration
On August 5, Rwanda announced it had agreed to accept 250 migrants under the Trump administration’s expanding third-country deportation programme.Speaking from Kigali, government spokesperson Yolande…
Mali’s Choguel Maiga charged with embezzlement, remanded in custody | News
Mali’s former prime minister, Choguel Maiga, has been charged with embezzlement and remanded in custody as the West African country’s military leaders intensify a crackdown…
Gunmen kill at least 27 in mosque attack in northern Nigeria, officials say | News
Such attacks have become common in Nigeria’s northwestern and north-central regions, where local herders and farmers clash.At least 27 worshippers have been killed and several…
ISIL-backed rebels killed at least 52 people in eastern DR Congo, UN says | Armed Groups News
MONUSCO condemns the attacks by the ADF ‘in the strongest possible terms’, the mission’s spokesperson says.Rebels backed by ISIL (ISIS) have killed at least 52…
More than 40 missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria’s Sokoto | Shipping News
Officials say about 10 people rescued after accident in African country’s northwestern region.Rescuers are searching for more than 40 people who are missing after a…
Can a national dialogue solve South Africa’s problems? | Government
The process aims to shape the country’s next chapter of democracy, three decades after apartheid.South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa wants people to come together and…
France says Mali’s arrest of embassy worker on coup charges ‘unfounded’ | Military News
Arrest of Yann Vezilier, accused of trying to destabilise Mali, marks new low in relations between Paris and Bamako.France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs…
African courts may pave the way for holding social media giants to account | Social Media
In April 2025, the Human Rights Court in Kenya issued an unprecedented ruling that it has the jurisdiction to hear a case about harmful content…
Why is South Africa’s army chief under fire for backing Iran? | International Trade News
South African Army Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya is facing backlash in his home country following the release of alleged comments he made during an official…
‘No more food’: In northern Nigeria, US funding cuts bite for aid groups | Humanitarian Crises News
Maiduguri, Nigeria – Sometimes, it feels to Zara Ali as though her daughter was born already sick in the womb.On a recent weekday, the 30-year-old…
Mali’s military arrests generals, suspected French agent in overthrow plot | Military News
Malian minister says situation under control after plot foiled to ‘destabilising the institutions of the republic’.Authorities in Mali have arrested a group of military personnel…
Sexual violence surged amid war in DRC’s North Kivu last year: UN | Sexual Assault News
A total of 22,000 cases registered in province in 2023; in first five months of 2024, figure had already reached 17,000.Healthcare providers in the war-torn…