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Veteran Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has taken a commanding lead in early results from the country’s presidential election, according to figures released by the electoral commission on Friday, as the opposition…
Polls have opened across Uganda in a highly tense election, according to information from the BBC, though voting has been disrupted by widespread logistical delays in many parts of the country. Several polling stations…
The United States government has announced an indefinite suspension of immigrant visa processing for citizens of 75 countries, including Nigeria, Ghana and Russia, effective January 21, 2026. The move was confirmed by…
Congolese refugees living in camps in Burundi are facing a serious health crisis, with at least 105 deaths reported over the past two weeks. The information was released by the Citizens’ Organization for Peace and…
The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says it has arrested more than 8,000 people involved in criminal activities and banditry since December 2025. The arrests were made during security…
President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has been re-elected as President of the Central African Republic after securing 76.15% of the vote, extending his leadership into a third term. Provisional results from the…
Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye has publicly contradicted his Minister of Foreign Affairs after the two issued opposing statements on Qatar’s role in peace talks aimed at stabilizing the Great Lakes region.…
Travellers across Kisumu County faced prolonged delays on Sunday as thousands of passengers streamed back to major towns ahead of the reopening of schools, triggering congestion at key bus parks and a sharp spike in…
Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been denied bail by the High Court, more than a year after his detention. Besigye, a longtime critic of President Yoweri Museveni, faces treason charges over allegations that…
Gen. Mamady Doumbouya, the military leader who has governed Guinea-Conakry since 2021, has won the country’s presidential election, securing a seven-year mandate. The National Electoral Commission announced the…
As 2025 draws to a close, Africa’s story has once again been shaped by the intersection of global decisions and local realities. From international policy tables to communities grappling with climate shocks and…
Guineans went to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election widely expected to consolidate the rule of Mamady Doumbouya, the former special forces commander who seized power in a military coup in 2021, marking a…
The United Kingdom has announced new visa restrictions on nationals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after failing to reach an agreement with its government on the return of illegal migrants and foreign…
Citizens of Guinea and the Central African Republic (CAR) head to the polls on Sunday to elect their presidents for seven-year terms. Although both elections could technically proceed to a run-off, most observers…
Israel has become the first country to formally recognise Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent state, a move that has drawn strong rejection from Somalia and the African Union (AU). The…
What exactly are the FDLR, mercenaries of every kind, and foreign contingents whether Burundian, from SADC, or backed by distant partners and other powers with opaque agendas seeking on Congolese soil? This question,…
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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced that on the evening of December 25, 2025, U.S. armed forces carried out a major military operation against the Islamic State (ISIS) in northwestern Nigeria.…
The President of the M23 movement and Deputy Coordinator of the AFC/M23, Bertrand Bisimwa, has accused Burundian security forces of carrying out violent repression against Congolese refugees at the Gatumba camp, near…
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday chaired an Ad-Hoc Regional Summit at State House in Entebbe, bringing together regional leaders and representatives to assess the deteriorating security situation in eastern…
The United Nations Security Council has voted to extend the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), setting a new end date of 20 December 2026. The decision…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned Ugandans against what he described as misleading statements by opposition figure Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, who recently suggested that citizens…
The ongoing instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached alarming levels, exposing the repeated failures of its government to address critical issues. While international actors continue to turn a…
The security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to worsen despite renewed regional and international diplomatic efforts. While the M23/AFC movement has repeatedly said it is open to…