Sweden to scrap aid for four African countries as it boosts Ukraine funding
Stockholm also announced that three embassies in Bolivia, Liberia, and Zimbabwe, which are primarily focused on aid, will be closed.
5 Dec, 2025
Hundreds cross into Rwanda to escape DRC fighting despite Trump’s peace deal
Fighting has intensified in eastern DR Congo’s South Kivu province, a day after the Congolese and Rwandan presidents signed US-brokered peace deal, according to sources
5 Dec, 2025
Tanzania stepping up crackdown on critics after recent polls, UN warns
Dozens of individuals including academics, civil society actors and local political leaders have been detained, says the UN human rights office.
5 Dec, 2025
Sudan’s RSF paramilitaries accused of holding 100 families in flashpoint city
Sudan Doctors Network says Rapid Support Forces are holding more than 100 families, including women, children, and pregnant women, in life-threatening conditions in Babnousa
5 Dec, 2025
Burkina Faso frees aid workers arrested for ‘spying’
Somalis arrested in Minneapolis immigration crackdown, officials say
FIFA ruling on players’ release date upsets Africa Cup of Nations preparations
Guinea-Bissau military claims ‘ethnic civil war’ risk justifies coup
US lawmakers condemn Trump’s remarks on Somali Americans as ‘xenophobic and unacceptable’
4 Dec, 2025
South Africa must stop ‘xenophobic’ protests targeting foreigners at hospitals, court orders
South African authorities must do more to tackle a spate of “xenophobic” protests aimed at blocking access to clinics and hospitals to undocumented foreigners, a court ruled on Thursday.
4 Dec, 2025
Catholic priest abducted in Nigeria’s Kaduna State, Diocese says
A Catholic priest was abducted from his residence in Kaduna State, northern Nigeria, the Catholic Diocese of Zaria said on Wednesday.
4 Dec, 2025
Trump says US to access DRC, Rwanda ‘rare earth minerals’ as two nations sign peace deal
The US will access rare earth minerals in both DRC and Rwanda, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday when Presidents Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame signed what Washington termed a “permanent ceasefire” agreement.
4 Dec, 2025
Niger accuses France’s Orano of radioactive pollution as uranium row deepens
Niger has accused French nuclear fuel group Orano of “predatory behaviour” and environmental crimes, escalating a bitter dispute over control of the West African nation’s uranium mines.
4 Dec, 2025
South Africa vows not to bend to US pressure after G20 snub
South Africa will not bow to US pressure to change its policies on race, Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said on Thursday, after Washington confirmed that Pretoria would be excluded from the G20 under its presidency.
4 Dec, 2025
Burkina Faso to bring back death penalty for serious offences
Burkina Faso’s military rulers will bring back the death penalty, which was abolished in 2018, the country’s Council of Ministers announced on Thursday.
4 Dec, 2025
Sudan ‘compiling evidence’ against RSF for war crimes charges at ICC
Sudan’s ambassador praises Türkiye for its constructive role in seeking a peaceful resolution to the conflict that has killed thousands and displaced millions of people.
4 Dec, 2025
UN rights chief warns of new ‘wave of atrocities’ in Sudan’s Kordofan region
Volker Turk urges an immediate end to fighting as civilian deaths mount and famine deepens.
4 Dec, 2025
South Africa to take a ‘break’ from G20 under Trump
“For now, we will take a commercial break until we resume normal programming,” the president’s spokesman said.
4 Dec, 2025
Trump to oversee signing of Rwanda-DR Congo peace agreement
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame will meet alongside President Donald Trump with DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi for the signing of the peace agreement.
