Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/women-bearing-brunt-sudans-acute-hunger-crisis-un-says-2026-01-09/ Female-headed households are three times more likely to struggle for food and about 3/4ths don’t have enough to eat. Societal gender inequalities have been compounded by years of civil war, making food insecurity an even greater issue. UN agencies are desperately calling for help, especially in cities on the forefront of conflict and also in those which serve… Read more »
Article: https://apnews.com/article/china-russia-iran-south-africa-naval-drills-bbb566d8f5374dca040b6d4714b99a71 As the title states, Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and South African ships have amassed around the southern tip of Africa to engage in naval exercises meant to deepen cooperation between BRICS members, though some other key states like Brazil, India, and the UAE were notably not present. The naval drills were originally planned to take place several months ago,… Read more »
Article: https://www.trtworld.com/article/e3b98147788b The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Algeria, Bangladesh, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Gambia, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, the Maldives, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia Sudan, Turkey, and Yemen have all joined together to condemn Isarel’s recent visit to Somaliland in which they became the first state to recognize Somaliland as an independent and sovereign… Read more »
Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/12/benin-settles-after-failed-coup-attempt-regional-concerns-remain One week prior to the writing of this article, a failed military coup was held in Benin. A group of soldiers seized control of the nation’s television station and announced their intents, however the group was quickly encircled and eliminated with the assistance of the Nigerian Air Force. France and the Ivory Coast also offered support, but Benin… Read more »
Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g99kp897do In a joint operation between US and Ghanaian authorities, Frederick Kumi, a social media influencer from Ghana, was arrested over allegations that he was involved in starting a romance scam that cost elderly Americans over $8m. It is reported that he used AI tools in order to create false identities which he later used to target elderly victims… Read more »
Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gk34k9k23o Despite a peace deal recently brokered by Donald Trump in the first week of December, the Tutsi Congolese rebel group M23 seized the important city of Uvira on the eastern border of the DR Congo. The city has served as an important logistics hub for resources coming from Burundi, who has continually assisted the DR Congo’s efforts in… Read more »
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 »
