Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/21/qatari-emir-arrives-in-dr-congo-after-rwanda-visit The Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in the DRC following a deal between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and the DRC government. The emir was welcomed by the president of the DRC after having spent the previous day in Rwanda, and his visit is a part of a larger effort by the United States… Read more »
Article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00094591.html Recent evidence suggesting the mass killings and torture of civilians fleeing North Darfur have led to condemnation of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan. The RSF is currently embroiled in a civil war with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), with the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudia Arabia, and the United States attempting to solve the issues diplomatically…. Read more »
Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07m7pl3njmo New Yorker Article: https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-forgotten-movement-to-reclaim-africas-stolen-art Twelve artifacts kept by a German family for over 100 years have been returned to Ethiopia. The German family collected the items in the 1920s when Franz Weiss and his wife were envoys to Ethiopia and they collected crowns, shields, and paintings which the Ethiopian authorities had requested be returned. Professor Ramon Wyss, son… Read more »
Article: https://apnews.com/article/g20-south-africa-us-trump-summit-65208c325cac682d0423b929fbe63349 As the first leaders of 18 nations arrive in South Africa, the press has been much more interested about the growing rift between the United States’ leadership and South Africa’s, both having grown further apart following South Africa’s membership in BRICS and subsequent self-development. The Trump Administration has cited the main source of the boycott as the mistreatment… Read more »
link to article: https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-trump-g20-summit-johannesburg-fdf9ded7217e3e72050113eb0270cc06 Although this AP article focuses on Africa’s first G20 summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa, it was greatly overshadowed by the boycott of the US president, Donald Trump, and his administration. Trump criticized South Africa’s government stating that the country discriminates against white farmers based on allegations made by President Cyril Ramaphosa as baseless. The US… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/mali-timbuktu-manuscripts-extremism-culture-islam-5d67428058eeaadd9445a4d460fa78d2 The AP report of the dramatic rescue of 28,000 Timbuktu manuscripts during the 2012 al-Qaida occupation of Timbuktu. Abdoulaye Cisse and his colleagues risked their lives to move the 28,000 manuscripts from the Ahmed Baba Institute to Bamako to protect centuries of western African intellectual history. The manuscripts reflect debates between scholars, governance practices, and medical… Read more »
link: https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-health-migration-hospitals-dudula-24aa36cade936d51f7f7be74b261df42 The AP article describes Operation Dudula, an anti-immigrant group in South Africa, which is now stopping immigrants from going to public health facilities. Members of the group have started checking for IDs at public clinics, and if they can’t find one that indicates the person has South African citizenship, they won’t allow them to receive treatment. This group… Read more »
Source: Eswatini is first African country to get twice-yearly HIV prevention shot | AP News On Tuesday, Eswatini made history by becoming the first African country to receive the effective twice-yearly HIV prevention shop, Lenecapavir. The rollout is backed by international organizations such as the Global Fund as well as the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), making the… Read more »
Source: Congo-Kinshasa: Dozens Killed in DR Congo After Bridge Collapses at Copper, Cobalt Mine – allAfrica.com At least 32 people are dead after a bridge collapsed at Copper Cobalt Mine, in the Southern area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tuesday. According to officials, unauthorized artisanal miners had forcibly entered the site when military gunfire rang out, prompting a… Read more »
Source: Africa: Terrorism in Africa, a ‘Growing Global Threat’ – allAfrica.com Terrorism-related violence is expanding across Eastern Africa and the Sahel region, with over 19% of terrorist attacks and over half of terrorist-related casualties worldwide occurring within that region of Sub Saharan Africa alone. This increasing threat is grabbing the attention of many international actors, such as the United Nations…. Read more »