Article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202509120542.html On September 9th, the UK House of Commons passed the “Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill,” agreeing with the return of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius after more than 50 years. This bill has been celebrated by most Chagossians, who are the descendants of more than 2000 islanders deported in the 1960s: when the… Read more »
Link to article https://allafrica.com/stories/202506040015.html? The article talks about the apparent shift in Kenya’s global stance in relation to the United States and China. China and Kenya signed multiple agreements in relation to education and overall investments from China into Kenya. This caused outrage amongst many US officials, notably Jim Risch. To paraphrase, he said that Kenya showing a sort of… Read more »
Link to article https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ghana-agrees-accept-west-africans-deported-us-president-says-2025-09-10/ As president Trump of the United States continues to crackdown on illegal immigration to the United States, people from all over the world have been affected. With deportations sweeping America, Africans have also been caught up in the fray. Now Ghana seems to be a saving grace in a way for some of these people. In… Read more »
Article: https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250911-ghana-becomes-fifth-african-nation-to-take-in-us-deportees Ghana has agreed to accept West Africans who are being deported from the United States. President John Mahama confirmed that 14 people, including Nigerians and one Gambian, had already arrived in Ghana prior to being sent to their home countries. Ghana was requested by the US to accept third-party nationals because West Africans do not need visas to… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202509030308.html Cameroon will be holding an election this October (2025), there are major concerns that this will be a fair and equal election due to civil unrest. To start off, the problem with the election is that on one side you have President Biya who would be 99 by the end of his term. On the other… Read more »
Link to Article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202508060227.html The article reports on United States policies under the Trump administration that are pressuring African countries, such as Eswatini and South Sudan, to accept deportees convicted of violent crimes. This follows a recent United States Supreme Court decision that allows the United States to deport individuals to other countries even if they may face torture or… Read more »
Link to Article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202508290020.html The article looks at the new agreement between Mauritius and the United Kingdom over the Chagos Islands and argues that it fails to provide justice for the Chagossian people. While Mauritius could receive billions over the lifetime of the deal, the Chagossian people are only offered a one-time payment of £40 million. This amount is described… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202509110057.html The Nigeria Labour Congress (also known as NLC) has harshly condemned the Nigerian federal government following a total collapse of the national electricity grid. Nigerian National Grids has suffered collapses and disturbances 17 times since 2024, with the most notable one on September 10, 2025. In its statement, NLC accused the government of deliberately engineering the… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202509110007.html The South African parliament met in the international court of justice and discussed the situation of Israel and Palestine and what action they need to take on. The debate was very mixed with different MPs wanting to handle the situation differently. For example, MP Steve Swart who just recently visited Israel is quoted saying he was… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202509100057.html In this article, the main idea is focusing on the meeting between three prominent African leaders. Hassan Sheik Mohamud, President of Somalia, Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti, and William Ruto, President of Kenya all met in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, at the 2nd Africa Climate Summit to discuss ways to combat the current… Read more »