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://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 »
Africa has always been an unstable region, especially since the modern era, but the continuing rising temperatures and change of weather patterns across the world is only helping to contribute to this instability, all while Africa itself develops and starts to produce fossil fuels of their own. In Ethiopia, the effects of consecutive droughts are taking their toll as less… Read more »
Last week, the Rwandan and Ethiopian governments reported having abnormally more women participation within their respective parliaments. Both states have led the African continent in the quintessential ‘gender-inclusive’ model. Ethiopia has broken barriers by appointing Aisha Mohammad as Defense Minister, the first woman to hold this position in “the history of Ethiopia, and probably in Africa,” says Ethiopian Prime Minister… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/ethiopia-prime-minister-abiy-ahmed-cabinet-appointments-women-a8586876.html Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced a political reshuffle which means women ministers now make up a record 50 percent of the new cabinet. The sweeping changes saw 10 of the 20 positions going to women. It included the appointment of Aisha Mohammed as defence minister-the first woman to hold that position in the country. What is behind… Read more »