Africa News Stories
Burkina Faso’s army executed more than 200 civilians: Rights group
Burkina Faso’s military forces “summarily executed” 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages in February, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a new report. The mass killings took place on February 25 in the northern villages of Nondin and Soro, according to the report...
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US, Niger to discuss withdrawal of American troops: Pentagon
US officials will meet Thursday with members of Niger's government on the withdrawal of American troops from the African country, said a Pentagon spokesman. "Per the U.S. State Department, U.S. Ambassador to Niger Kathleen FitzGibbon and...
photo: US Army / Sgt. 1st Class Mary S. Katzenberger, 3rd Special Forces Group
Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows
Sudan had the world’s largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023 as conflict and displacement drove food insecurity globally, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The war between rival generals meant Sudan accounted for two-thirds of the additional 13.5...
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UN: Guns fueling rape of children, women in war zones
UNited NationsActor and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador Danai Gurira told diplomats Tuesday that finding a child to sexually abuse in a conflict zone can cost less than one dollar. She urged policymakers to curb the illicit flow of weapons as one way to prevent these crimes. “Eighty cents. When was the...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
Unbecoming American: Did Apartheid Really End in 1991? The Vanities of Academic Politics
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800,000 people in Sudan city in ‘extreme, immediate danger’: UN warn
UNITED NATIONS: Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in “extreme and immediate danger” as worsening violence advances and threatens to “unleash bloody intercommunal strife throughout Darfur,” top UN officials warned the Security Council....
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Burkina Faso junta expel 3 French diplomats over alleged subversive activities
DAKAR, SenegalThe military Junta ruling Burkina Faso have expelled three French diplomats for alleged subversive activities, according to a government document posted on social media Thursday. The Junta named the three diplomats, two of whom are political advisors,...
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Jacob Zuma’s nine lives: How South Africa’s ex-president keeps coming back
In March, South Africa’s electoral commission barred former president Jacob Zuma from running as a parliamentary candidate in next month’s general elections due to a previous criminal conviction which rendered him ineligible under the law. However, just days later, the Electoral Court declared that...
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Food fight: Russia’s ‘grain diplomacy’ reshaping global markets
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “grain diplomacy” continues to cause headaches for the European Union while potentially reshaping global trade dynamics and markets more in Moscow’s favor. Significantly, the European Commission has recently proposed to increase tariffs on certain Russian and...
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Deadly Sahel heatwave caused by ‘human-induced’ climate change: Study
Human-caused climate change contributed to an unusually intense and lethal hot spell throughout West Africa’s Sahel region in April, according to a study by World Weather Attribution (WWA), an international network of scientists focusing on extreme weather events. The heatwave caused temperatures in...
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