Africa

4+ hour, 32+ min ago   (655+ words) Yesterday’s subject line: “Nigeria just won a US$3.4 billion arbitration in Paris” West Africa · GEOPOLITICS ECOWAS France terrorism talks are intensifying as the Economic Community of West African States keeps a zero-tolerance counterterrorism policy and Paris tries to stay relevant…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago   (586+ words) National President of the National Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Cooperative Society, Abdullahi Dantasidi, has expressed deep sorrow over the recent deaths of 37 miners in Niger State. He lamented that the manner in which the miners died in the custody…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (521+ words) Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, has imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state following protests over the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. Bago announced the restriction on Friday during…...

7+ hour, 16+ min ago   (408+ words) Trump to use Washington arch as military complex Hundreds of Tunisians protest Gaza flotilla activists’ detention Israeli extremists storm al-Aqsa compound on eve of Yom Kippur US-Israel arms transfers: 2,000 pound bombs, destruction in Gaza Democrats' Israel divide widens in House…...

3+ hour, 31+ min ago   (40+ words) Seven Ethiopian armed groups, including the TPLF, have formed an alliance against the federal government, raising fears of renewed conflict. Troops have been amassed along the northern state’s border, with concerns of another war that could result in significant casualties....

8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (561+ words) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Cairo on Sunday to press for a comprehensive agreement to resolve the Iranian crisis and restore regional stability, according to a presidential statement. Yemen displacement reaches 147,000 amid war escalation…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago   (291+ words) The paper further assesses the principal challenges confronting African intelligence agencies. It argues that effective intelligence institutions are central...

4+ hour, 41+ min ago   (278+ words) In this context, a briefing by OpenAI chief Sam Altman at the United Nations Security Council next week is also of exceptional importance. The Security Council will hold an open meeting on artificial intelligence and international security. This is a…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago   (127+ words) Hundreds of Tunisians have protested in Tunis, demanding the release of four Global Sumud Flotilla activists. Hundreds protest in Tunisia for release of jailed Gaza flotilla activists Hundreds of Tunisians have protested in Tunis, demanding the release of four Global…...

10+ hour, 35+ min ago   (439+ words) Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus on Sunday, 20 Sept. 2026, in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV called for international solidarity with Somalia, where ongoing violence and extreme weather are making an already severe humanitarian crisis even worse. “With…...