Politics

Namibia’s Ministry of Environment plans to cull 723 animals, including 83 elephants, 30 hippos, 60 buffalo, 50 impalas, 100 blue wildebeest, 300 zebras and 100 eland, Reuters news agency reports. The goal? To provide meat to its population facing a food shortage linked to a major drought. Southern Africa is …

Assimi Goïta, Mali’s transitional president, is planning to travel to the People’s Republic of China soon to take part in an event after visiting Russia. Assimi Goïta’s will be going to the Land of the Rising Sun to represent the Malian delegation taking part in a Forum. The Forum on …

Nigerian authorities have announced that they have received the first batch of vaccine against the mpox virus that is wreaking havoc on the continent. The country began the process to secure the vaccines well before it was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this …

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has appointed new security and intelligence chiefs, a week after their predecessors abruptly resigned, local media reported. Mohammed Mohammed, who headed Nigeria’s mission to Libya, will lead the National Intelligence Agency. Adeola Ajayi will helm the Department of State Security. The previous agency chiefs, appointed by …

Fighting resumed on Sunday August 25 between M23 rebels and the Congolese army in eastern DRC, Lubero, a townclose to the border with Uganda. In a statement issued on Monday August 26, the Congolese army claimed that rebels had attacked its positions in the village of Kikubo, violating a ceasefire …

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is set to stand in the next presidential election in 2026, at the age of 93, founder of the Foreign Press Association Africa, Kennedy Wandera disclosed. Biya, who is Africa’s longest serving president, is currently 91 years old. He will contest in the 2026 Presidential Election …

Thai authorities said they have detected a case of mpox in a European who arrived from Africa last week and are awaiting test results to determine the strain, a disease control official said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Thai authorities were treating the case as if it were the Clade 1 …

On Sunday, August 18, 2024, Graham teamed up with Vivek Ramaswamy, a candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination, as well as former advisors, to argue for a focus on policy issues. “President Trump can win this election. His policies are good for America, and if you have a political debate …

At least 14 brave gnedarmes were killed in a terrorist attack in Burkina faso, some ten kilometers from the town of Tougan, on August 15. Burkina Faso is once again in mourning following the tragic loss. The unit, which had just completed its mission in the northern commune of Toéni, …

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hope to receive first doses of mpox vaccine by next week, following promises from the United States and Japan to help the country fight the outbreak, local media reported. The World Health Organization last week declared mpox a global public …