Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-trump-pepfar-hiv-aid-freeze-0d9def2a63b0e2f53bfda9441baf584d Millions of people in South Africa are currently being affected by Donald Trump’s global foreign aid freeze. People are worried about the inevitability of patients missing crucial HIV treatments and HIV infections going up ultimately causing a rise in deaths. South Africa counts more than 7.5 million people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS,… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/congo-m23-rebels-bukavu-southkivu-14527185304baa9a5e40eff4cfccba85 The M23 Rwanda-backed rebels have somewhat taken their second major city in eastern Congo. The rebels have stationed themselves at the governor’s office in the city of Bukavu, vowing to “clean up after the old regime”. Many residents cheered the group upon entering the city (after their march from Goma, a city they seized last month)…. Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/trump-south-africa-afrikaners-0120efec17122b47e3371e0e39fe1db8 A plan that President Donald Trump announced which offered refugee status in the United States to South Africa’s white minority, was rejected in a recent response by the group. Trump signed an executive order that halted all aid to South Africa in punishment for Trump’s team’s claims of “rights violations” by the South African government on… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/china-development-bank-releases-255-mln-nigeria-rail-project-2025-01-08/ A loan of $254.76 million has been given to Nigeria for a railroad project that aims to connect the two cities of Kano and Kaduna. China’s foreign minister is expected to meet with the Nigerian president and government officials tomorrow as part of his annual tour of Africa for the New Year. The whole railroad project… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rebels-seize-key-town-eastern-congo-2025-01-05/ Recently, a Tutsi led rebel group named M23, backed by Rwanda, has taken a strategically placed town near one of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s provincial capitals, Goma. Since 2022, the group M23 has been fighting in eastern Congo. Both the UN and Congo declare that Rwanda is giving the rebels their own troops and weapons…. Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/ivory-coast-french-troops-3118a507ce4d1232d1982ebe574ba059 After decades of military presence in Ivory Coast, France has been asked to withdraw their troops from the country. Ivory Coast was a former colony of France and has been the latest country in Africa to move towards less ties with France. With around 600 troops in Ivory Coast, France will start to pull out at… Read more »
