South Sudan Issues Stringent New Demands to UN Peacekeeping Mission, Grounds Spy Aircraft

5 President Salva Kiir wants a change in mandate of the UN system in his country JUBA, South Sudan – The government of South Sudan has presented a sweeping set of demands to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Juba wants immediate...

POWER OF FAITH: The Phenomenon of Marian Apparations

by Andrew Koslosky KGCHS, Contributing Writer Across the centuries, stories of the Virgin Mary appearing to individuals or groups have captured the devotion, imagination, and faith of millions. These Marian apparitions form a significant part of...

Effi & Associés joins ALPi as the Group expands into Francophone West Africa

Effi & Associés, a leading business law firm based in Abidjan, has officially become the tenth member firm of Africa Law Practice International (ALPi), the fast-growing Pan-African legal and professional services network. The onboarding ceremony...

AFC–M23 Strongly Rejects France’s Announcement on Goma Airport Reopening

6 Corneille Nangaa speaking in Goma at a previous event The Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) rebel movement which controls North and South Kivu provinces of eastern DR Congo, has rejected the recent announcement by French President Emmanuel Macron...

Sovereign Wealth Fund: What new Treasury Bill means for Kenya and its debt problem

The first time Kenya crafted a bill to create a Sovereign Wealth Fund was back in 2014. The bill was known as the “Kenya Sovereign Wealth Fund (2014),” and its architect was Dr. Mbui Wagacha. The first bill of 2014 envisaged a Kenyan Sovereign...

Notes from Sarajevo

The Miljacka River, narrow and winding, threads through Sarajevo like a vein of memory. Locals say its name comes from milja, meaning ‘the dear one.’ During the Siege of Sarajevo (1992-1996), the city was encircled by Bosnian Serb forces,...

We will never forget you: A tribute to Abiodun Aremu

It is sad that we lost you, Comrade Abiodun Fidelista Aremu. You were exceptional in your generation of the Nigerian left. You fought many battles against neocolonial forces and their local collaborators. We who were in the trenches with you on...

Army watching Myanmar border

1,500+ foreigners flee amid KK Park raids PUBLISHED : 2 Nov 2025 at 04:53 Tak: The Royal Thai Army's (RTA) Naresuan Force is monitoring the Thai–Myanmar border in Mae Sot district as over 1,500 foreign nationals have fled from KK Park to Thailand,...

The tycoon investing £2bn in the UK … despite Labour’s tax hikes

Surinder Arora was playing golf with President Trump a fortnight ago. Now he is waving a letter he’s recently received from HM Revenue & Customs telling him he’s entitled to a £200 winter fuel payment. “I’m going to give the money to charity,” he...

Paris push for Africa's Great Lakes peace falters amid gunfire, distrust

This file photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept. 21, 2025 shows a member of the March 23 Movement (M23) walking at the airport of Goma, North Kivu Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Photo by Alain Uaykani/Xinhua)A major...

World Cities Day 2025: Inside Africa’s Urban Revolution — Mapping the Smart City Agenda

“The future of Africa will be written in its cities — not just in their skylines, but in how they serve their people.”— António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General From the bustling streets of Lagos to the green corridors of Kigali,...

Visible from space, bloody sands expose the slaughter of tens of thousands in Sudan

The RSF did not respond to NBC News’ request for comment about Musa’s account. Arjan Hehenkamp, the Darfur crisis lead for the International Rescue Committee in Sudan, said in a video call Thursday that about 5,000 people have made their way out...

Spotted: New face in the Kaizer Chiefs first team

Who doesn’t love a kid from the junior ranks? It seems Kaizer Chiefs may have quietly promoted another youngster, and this one could be stepping straight into the matchday squad. 19-year-old goalkeeper Naphtali Mokoena was spotted arriving at King...

From Premier League to AFCON: High-Profile Foreign Coaches Who Applied for Zimbabwe Warriors Coaching Job

Foreign Coaches Vying for Zimbabwe Warriors Head Coach Role The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has received more than 200 applications for the vacant Warriors head coach position, drawing interest from both local and international coaches....

Classrooms Scattered, Records Burnt, Sudanese Higher Education Fights for Survival

Khalid Mustafa Medani’s grandfather once served as dean of what would become Sudan’s University of Khartoum, helping transform Gordon Memorial College from a colonial training ground for civil servants into one of Africa’s leading universities....

What’s happening behind Israel’s yellow line in Gaza?

Under US President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan, a yellow line has been traced along the inside of the enclave's land borders. It designates more than half of Gaza as territory controlled by Israel. Until recently, that line had been...

Food Systems Are the Missing Link in Social Development

Food and Agriculture, Food Systems, Global, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals Opinion Crops growing at farmers’ cooperative, Baidoa, Southwest State, Somalia. Credit: FAO / Arete / Mahad Saed Dirie MOGADISHU / ROME, Oct 31 2025 (IPS) - Food...

Macron’s great lakes peace push falters amid gunfire and skepticism over Goma airport plans

At a high-profile Paris conference aimed at stabilising Africa's Great Lakes region, President Emmanuel Macron announced €1.5 billion in humanitarian aid and pledged to reopen the airport in Goma for humanitarian flights. However, the ambitious...

Paris push for Africa’s Great Lakes peace falters amid gunfire, distrust

DRC refugees KINSHASA | Xinhua | A major conference on peace and stability in Africa’s Great Lakes region drew to a close in Paris on Thursday, with a particular focus on the protracted crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)....

Eight Years on, Cabo Delgado Insurgency Persists

Under the cover of darkness, a small group of Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) fighters targeted a neighborhood on the outskirts of Mocímboa da Praia in Cabo Delgado province on September 22. They went from house to house, reportedly looking for...