Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/5/6/we-are-suffering-displaced-families-bear-burden-of-south-sudan-conflict As the civil war in South Sudan continues to escalate, it is creating a great refugee and humanitarian problem. There are now hundreds of thousands of individuals who are considered displaced persons. The attacks that are forcing people out of their homes are air strikes and bombings between Sudan’s People Liberation Army-in-Opposition and South Sudan’s People’s… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mev5ygk0yo This article focused on one of the new leaders in Botswana, Lesego Chombo. She was 2022’s Miss Botswana and 2024’s Miss World Africa. She is also a lawyer and now a cabinet minister with her position of Minister of youth and gender. Botswana has a new president, Duma Boko, who is the leader of the Umbrella… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/congo-rwanda-goma-peace-agreement-trump-minerals-3f027958dfcfdb50717d9a5174839e32 For decades, there have been escalating levels of conflict in the eastern parts of the Congo where M23 rebels have gained control and are being backed by groups in neighboring Rwanda. This area is very rich with gold, diamond and copper, but more importantly it is the world’s leading producer of cobalt. This past Monday, there… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/2/dr-congo-spares-three-convicted-us-coup-accomplices-of-capital-punishment On April 1, a commutation was issued to three Americans involved in a failed coup against the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s government six months ago. They were originally sentenced to death because of terrorism and criminal association, but that sentence has now changed to life imprisonment. The leader of the coup and a political opponent… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/chagos-islands-britain-mauritius-trump-e9adf18c4d9a5034652920a3b87e5fdd In 1965, Britain claimed the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean.The ownership of the islands has been disputed for many years between the UK and Mauritius, a former British colony. There is a very important US naval and bomber base on Diego Garcia which is the largest of the islands. Trump’s administration has agreed… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/south-sudan-riek-machar-arrest-66a34271b9b6af9893e2bc14301c6fcb This article captured a new development in the South Sudan civil war. Machar, the leader of the opposition to the current government, was put under arrest along with his wife at his house when 20 vehicles arrived. There was a peace agreement made in 2018 where the goal was to stop the fighting and come to… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/zelenskyy-ukraine-russia-putin-south-africa-a36f89478db31137edd2ea1445191620 South Africa has developed a neutral position in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and is continuing to attempt to be the mediator and host peace talks so the two can come to a peaceful resolution to end the war. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine now has a planned meeting on April 10 with South Africa’s leader Cyril… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d4z4lnxvxo This article expands on my previous and continues to talk a bit about South Sudan and its history with civil war and the current civil war. The main difference is that this article is an update to the previous, but states that Ugandan troops that were supposedly sent to South Sudan’s capital to help defend its… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/south-sudan-fighting-ugandan-troops-3e36094b4eaea9247843ea3fad86f03d South Sudan has been plagued by multiple civil wars for many years and is currently in an ethnic and political conflict. The leader of South Sudan is Salva Kiir who is a ethnic Dinka and his opposition in this civil war is his deputy Machar who is an ethnic Nuer. Uganda’s government has historically backed and… Read more »
