Faith Nyasuguta South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa (pictured) has officially been reelected for a second term by lawmakers, following a historic coalition agreement between his African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA). This collaboration marks a significant shift in the nation’s politics as these two rival parties set aside their differences to form […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The United Nations Security Council on Thursday, June 13, adopted a resolution demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary force immediately cease its siege of El Fasher, the last major city in the western region of Darfur that it does not control. Over a million people are reportedly trapped in the city. The resolution, sponsored by […]
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Faith Nyasuguta After decades away, 39 Ugandan artifacts have returned home. The University of Cambridge returned these items, which range from tribal regalia to pottery. Some of these artifacts were shown exclusively to AP journalists on Wednesday, June 12. The artifacts remain part of the collection of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta FBI Director Christopher Wray (pictured) has concluded a five-day visit to Kenya, reaffirming the commitment to collaborate with the East African nation to ensure regional peace and stability. Wray emphasized the importance of continued cooperation between U.S. and Kenyan security agencies to address ongoing terror threats from groups like al-Shabab. The U.S. Federal […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that the number of people forcibly displaced worldwide last year was equivalent to the population of London. The UNHCR’s latest annual assessment indicated a sharp increase in the number of forcibly displaced individuals during 2023, pushing the total to a record high of more […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South Africa’s third largest political party, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK), has asked the nation’s highest court to halt the seating of the newly elected parliament later this week, alleging fraud in the May 29 election. The National Assembly is set to convene on Friday for lawmakers to be sworn in and to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Haiti’s newly formed Cabinet was officially inaugurated on Wednesday, completing the reconstruction of a government tasked with leading a nation besieged by gang violence. In his address, Prime Minister Garry Conille emphasized the urgent need to bolster security amidst the rampant gang warfare that grips the country. Conille highlighted the dire humanitarian crisis […]
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Faith Nyasuguta African elephants respond to individual names, making them one of the few wild animal species known to do so, according to new research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. These names are complex low rumbles audible over long distances on the savannah. Biologists from Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources used […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Early Wednesday, Judith Suminwa Tuluka made history by becoming the first female prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Before the National Assembly, the lower house of the DRC parliament, Tuluka and the other 54 new government members officially took office after deputies approved Tuluka’s action program with the required […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Hundreds of unaccompanied child migrants across Europe are being coerced into working for increasingly powerful drug cartels to satisfy the continent’s growing demand for cocaine, according to a Guardian investigation. EU police forces have raised alarms about the large-scale exploitation of African children by cocaine networks operating in western Europe, particularly in cities […]
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