Sudan’s RSF militia agrees to humanitarian truce proposal by US-led mediators, army declines
Massad Boulos, a US adviser for African affairs, said the US was working with the Sudanese army and RSF to bring about a humanitarian truce and could have an announcement “soon.”
With 150,000 people killed and 12 million displaced, Sudan’s Darfur region stares at another genocide
Two-and-a-half years since the war started, the situation is at its most volatile, exacerbating the suffering of the Sudanese people and threatening regional stability. African and international action has been slow. Unchecked, history is doomed to repeat itself.
Africa Edge Summit attracts experts to Nairobi to discuss continent’s fast-growing digital economy
Mark Elliott, Division President for Africa, Mastercard, said Africa’s digital economy is scaling fast and Mastercard is keen to be a trusted technology partner powering the growth.
Another election, more suffocation: After neutering opposition, Guinea’s junta leader enters December presidential race
Guinea is one of a growing number of African countries, including Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where soldiers who staged coups have consolidated their grip on power and reneged on earlier promises of a quick return to democracy.
Domino effect: Neighbours close borders after Trump threatens to enforce Christian freedom of worship in Nigeria militarily
Chadian Armed Forces have been placed on maximum alert with troops, armoured vehicles and surveillance drones deployed along key border routes. President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno was quoted as saying that “no armed group or foreign force will be allowed to enter Chadian soil under any disguise.”
Africa election thievery: Paradox of continent with world’s youngest population ruled by oldest presidents
A former vice president who rose to the presidency after the death of predecessor John Pombe Magufuli, Hassan’s emergence as Tanzania’s first female president in 2021, at first brought hopes to millions after the government’s repressive tactics against opposition leaders, civic groups, journalists and others.
Trump threatens Nigeria with potential military action, escalates claim of Christian persecution
Nigeria’s population of 220 million is split almost equally between Christians and Muslims. The country has long faced insecurity from various fronts including the Boko Haram extremist group, which seeks to establish its radical interpretation of Islamic law and has also targeted Muslims it deems not Muslim enough.
Trump: Only 7500 per year will be granted refugees status in US, priority given to white South Africans
An internal document drafted by US government officials in April suggested the administration could also prioritise bringing in Europeans as refugees if they were targeted for expressing certain views, such as opposition to mass migration or support for populist political parties.
More than 2,400 youth leaders of Gen Z protests in Morocco to face charges of armed rebellion
Moroccan Association for Human Rights has denounced the arrests and called them random, while Gen Z 212 has demanded the release of all the protests’ detainees.
Celebrated African novelist Wole Soyinka, from Nigeria, reveals his US visa has been revoked by Trump regime
Soyinka, who has taught in the US and previously held a green card, joked on Tuesday that his green card “had an accident” eight years ago and “fell between a pair of scissors.” In 2017, he destroyed his green card in protest of President Trump’s first inauguration.
