https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20230430-south-africa-unclear-on-its-future-status-as-a-member-of-the-icc South Africa has offered many conflicting comments on whether or not they will remain in the ICC. The African National Congress announced that it would begin the process of removing South Africa from the ICC, before South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that this was not the case. It would seem that there was a miscommunication in which the… Read more »
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20230417-rwanda-promises-military-assistance-to-benin-to-combat-sahel-jihadist-threat Benin was promised military support, by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, due to increasing islamic rebel group led attacks along Benin’s northern border. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has already, in 2022, dispatched the Rwandan military to help quell similar instances of general unrest in Mozambique and the Central African Republic. Many nations along the Western African Coast, the most applicable… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/22/uganda-passes-tough-antigay-law-bans-identification-as-lgbtq Ugandan parliament has passed a law that heavily criminalizes homosexuality, with some punishments even being life in prison or execution. The bill is regarded as one of the most extreme anti-gay laws in the world and many countries have spoke out against the bill. In Uganda, same sex relationships were already outlawed, but this bill criminalizes even identifying as… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/ghana-finance-minister-travels-china-debt-talks-source-2023-03-20/ Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister of Ghana will travel to Beijing to discuss the repayment of nearly 1.7 billion in debt that Ghana owes to China after a Bilateral loan that Ghana took from the IMF. Ghana is currently in the midst of its worst economic crisis in decades. The IMF agreed to loan Ghana 3 billion in December,… Read more »
A United Nations Security Council team has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as rebel forces advance in the country. The team is meeting with president Felix Tshisekedi to discuss ways to protect civilians and create stability in the region. Lots of these efforts are centered around the eastern city of Goma, where M23 rebels have nearly cut… Read more »
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230315-un-nuclear-watchdog-says-2-5-tonnes-of-uranium-missing-from-libyan-site A UN nuclear watchdog found that 10 barrels containing 2.5 tons of natural Uranium ore concentrate have gone missing in Libya. The inspection of the site had to be pushed back from last year because of the security issues of the area. Libya has been in almost constant civil war since a 2011 NATO backed coup ousted Muammar Gaddafi,… Read more »
