South African crime busters and a sangoma or witchdoctor arrested for stealing police ammunitions
South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) national head Lt-Gen Godfrey Lebeya has expressed disappointment at the involvement of officers from the directorate in criminal activities. This comes after two officers from the DPCI, known more by its code name, Hawks, Lt-Col and a captain working at supply chain...
Half of Somalia’s population is in grip of severe food need against backdrop of drought and insurgency
Somalia’s special envoy for humanitarian issues has said more than six million people in the east African nation are affected by a devastating drought the country experiencing at present. Addressing a news conference in Mogadishu on Monday, Abdurahman Abdishakur Warsameh said the number of people suffering is fast approaching half...
Rwanda and DRC trade accusations over cross-border rebel activities as AU boss calls for ‘calm and dialogue’
African Union chair Macky Sall has called for “calm and dialogue” between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda after both sides accused the other of supporting rebel groups operating along their shared border. “I am gravely concerned by the rising tension between Rwanda and the DRC,” Macky Sall...
How Russian-shaped international order in Africa is likely to have destabilising impact on the continent
In April, Cameroon renewed a military cooperation agreement with Russia as Moscow intensified its offensive in Ukraine. The timing certainly supports Russia’s claim that its international isolation is relative. It also raises questions about Cameroon’s foreign policy at a time when African countries’ votes in the United Nations (UN) General...
How suspicion of espionage and sabotage have reduced scientific research collaborations between US and China
The number of scholars who declare affiliations in both China and the United States on research papers has dropped by more than 20 per cent over the past three years, an analysis has found. That slump seems to be part of a pattern of waning US-China collaboration that is starting...
Scientists keen on understanding if there’s a genetic basis for monkeypox’s unprecedented spread outside Africa
It’s been three weeks since public-health authorities confirmed a case of monkeypox in the United Kingdom. Since then, more than 400 confirmed or suspected cases have emerged in at least 20 non-African nations, including Canada, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom – the largest outbreak ever outside of Africa. The...
