Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/stark-divide-that-south-africas-land-act-seeks-bridge-2025-02-09/ Earlier this month South African president Cyril Ramaphosa signed an expropriation act, aiming to redress the gaping land inequalities in a region of the State. Fateng Tse Ntsho is a township in South Africa that houses over 7,000 Black South Africans. These people live in huddled houses with metal rooves and nothing but miles of grasslands… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00091735.html On January 20, 2025 US president, Donald Trump, and his administration issued an executive order to freeze foreign aid for 90 days. This in turn reduced funding for critical programs that address hunger, health, and education in needy regions of the world. Africa has been one of the regions to benefit the most from the US’s… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00091809.html Earlier in the week a ceasefire agreement was reached between Congo and The M23 Rebels. This was a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds for a safe passage of the hundreds of thousands of displaced people from these conflicts. However recent events have shown that the Rwandan backed rebels aren’t following it. They gained ground on Eastern Congo… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202501080380.html On October 9, 2024, Moyembique held their presidential election. The candidate named Daniel Chapo won over the candidate Venância Mondlane. This caused many of mozambique’s people to become frustrated and confused; they feel that the results do not accurately represent the will of the people and therefore they believe this election to have been fraudulant/rigged. Ten… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/france-chad-military-senegal-sahel-russia-85f2cf5066033db4b0bd044a7ed80438 France has had a major sphere of influence in Africa since decolonization in the 1960s. However recently they have been experiencing some turmoil with their military presence in states they had previously considered their closest African partners. First off Chad announced on its independence day that it would be regaining its sovereignty by ending defense cooperation…. Read more »
Link to article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpq9x94gj2no Niger’s military leader Brig Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani has accused Nigeria of working with France to undermine their security by destabilizing their military agreements. Tchiani interveiwed on Christmas day saying, “Nigerian authorities are not unaware of this underhanded move.” However Nigeria has denied all accusations made. In response to the comments Nuhu Ribadu, Nigeria’s security advisor, stated… Read more »
