The stability in Africa first started to decline with the Berlin Conference and by 1914 about 90% of Africa was under European leadership. Africa has had difficulty because the borders can be blurry. Different ethnic and cultural groups are being put together in one country and they have a hard time working collaboratively because of their different beliefs. With civil… Read more »
http://www.france24.com/en/20171110-togo-protests-continue-amid-stalemate-concerns Togo’s opposition on Thursday rounded off its third protest against the government this week amid concern about a loss of momentum after more than two months of action. Demonstrators in the capital Lome repeated promises to march for as long as it takes to force President Faure Gnassingbe to quit and end 50 years of rule by his family…. Read more »
Twelve people were killed Wednesday evening after four suicide bombers struck in the regional capital of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, rescue workers told AFP. Two men and two women blew themselves up in the Muna neighbourhood at around 1700 GMT, the chief security officer of Borno State’s emergency response agency, Bello Dambatta, said. “The total people who died in these… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41995078 Zimbabwean military generals say they are seizing control to take power away from “criminals” around President Robert Mugabe. The crisis comes a week after Mr Mugabe sacked his deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, in favour of his wife, Grace. Army chief Gen Constantino Chiwenga warned on Monday that the military would step in and take action if such “purges” in the… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42003016 The president of Angola, Joao Lourenco, has fired the daughter of his predecessor as head of the country’s state oil company Sonangol. Isabel Dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of former President José Eduardo dos Santos, is Africa’s richest woman. Mr Dos Santos was Africa’s second longest-serving leader until he stepped down in September after 37 years. President Lourenco, known… Read more »
The Boko Haram have been inciting terror and draining hope from Nigeria since 2009. The threat of terrorism in Africa has caused for the United States to pledge $60 million for Anti-terrorism Force in Africa. The Boko Haram are setting back the next generation on education which is sure to felt on a major scale in a few years. With… Read more »
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/10/nigerians-fear-sight-boko-haram-fight-171001103443489.html Babakura Lawan sat under a tree and unbuttoned his shirt to show a host of scars on his shoulder, arm and back. Lawan, who is part of a militia helping the Nigerian army in its fight against Boko Haram, the armed group that has pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known… Read more »
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/g5-sahel-counterterrorism-force-explained-171102071159524.html The US government has pledged $60m to a United Nations-backed counterterrorism force geared to tackle rebel groups in the troubled Sahel region. The initiative, known as the G5 Sahel Force, involving Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Mauritania, will see a 5,000-strong battalion of troops operate in the region, which has been hit hard by instability and illicit activity, including human trafficking, arms sales… Read more »
http://www.france24.com/en/20171102-liberia-supreme-court-stops-election-runoff-preparations-over-fraud-allegations Liberia’s Supreme Court has halted preparations for next week’s presidential run-off vote between former soccer star George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai after a losing candidate in the first round alleged fraud. The decision casts further doubt on the Oct. 10 poll that losing parties say was marred by foul play at polling stations and at the highest levels of… Read more »
http://www.france24.com/en/20171012-presidential-election-dr-congo-delayed-least-until-2019 The election to pick DR Congo’s next president will not happen before early 2019, the electoral commission said Wednesday, a delay that raises fresh security worries in the vast African nation. Polls were due this year under a transitional deal aimed at avoiding fresh political bloodshed after President Joseph Kabila refused to step down when his second mandate ended in December. But… Read more »