Africa
UN Patrol Ambushed in South Sudan as Civil War Fears Rise
Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed when armed men ambushed a UN Mission in South Sudan patrol travelling toward Pajut…
Why Kenya’s Olkaria data-centre plan is raising water concerns
A proposed Microsoft-G42 data-centre campus in Olkaria, near Kenya’s Lake Naivasha, remains uncertain after the project stalled in May 2026…
Thirty people die in Conakry waste-dump landslide
A landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, killed 30 people after heavy overnight rain caused the…
Roadmap sets steps for DR Congo-M23 peace negotiations
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and an M23-led rebel alliance have agreed on a roadmap setting out sequenced steps…
First group in Liberia-US transfer deal faces unanswered questions
Twenty people sent from the United States to Liberia arrived at Roberts International Airport near Monrovia on Thursday under an…
Aid cuts deepen Somalia’s child hunger crisis as clinics shut
Admissions of children with severe acute malnutrition and complications in Somalia rose by 32 percent in the first six months…
Can Egypt shape Ethiopia’s next Blue Nile hydropower projects?
Egypt is responding to Ethiopia’s reported plans to advance three proposed Blue Nile hydropower projects through diplomacy, international pressure and…
Why 70,000 Ervebo doses are being sent to the DRC
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is set to receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine from the global Ebola…
Liberia receives first group in planned transfer of up to 1,200 US deportees
The first group of 20 deportees from the United States has landed at Roberts International Airport in Monrovia, Liberia. The…