Greetings from freezing but undaunted Minneapolis, where The Africa Report is in the trenches this week with an African diaspora that is feeling the brunt of President Donald Trump’s immigration raids. We’ll be collecting on-the-ground testimony from Somali-Americans and other affected communities on how they’re coping with – and resisting – the escalating showdown with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). If you’d like to share your stories, please contact me via email at j.pecquet@theafricareport.com. Back in Washington DC, the Senate had been expected to follow the House’s lead in voting this week on a one-year renewal of the African Growth…
Author: Montage Africa
Discussing a partnership between India, a country, and Africa, a continent of 54 countries, may sound asymmetrical. Still, two factors justify doing so: empathy and support for Africa in India are matched by admiration and respect that most Africans feel for India’s success as the world’s largest democracy and the fastest-growing large economy. Each, home to 1.4 billion people, can help the other secure its vision of good governance and prosperity. Hence, the evolution of the partnership between India and Africa in the 2020s is a subject of global interest. India-Africa partnership needs to be assessed in its four vital…
By Africanews with AFP US YouTuber IShowSpeed visited Nigeria’s cultural and economic capital Lagos as part of his African tour on Wednesday, where he celebrated his 21st birthday by hitting 50 million subscribers. The YouTube and Twitch star’s tour kicked off on December 29, travelling through some 15 countries across Africa and drawing crowds at every stop. Rolling Stone magazine named him the Most Influential Creator of 2025 while Forbes estimates his net worth at $20 million. IShowSpeed began his Lagos visit at the bustling Balogun Market in the Lagos Island district, where crowds heckled him and asked for money.…
By Africanews with AFP Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced a government reshuffle Friday in which most ministers retained their posts and his brother, the current defence minister, also became deputy premier. The reshuffle follows a general election in December in which Ouattara’s ruling RHDP party won nearly 80 percent of the seats in parliament — and three months after Ouattara was re-elected for a fourth term with nearly 90 percent of the vote. Prime Minister Robert Beugre Mambe remains in post. Ouattara’s brother, Tene Birahima Ouattara, keeps the influential defence portfolio and takes on the newly created position of…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the American consulate in Johannesburg on Saturday to protest the US intervention in Venezuela and capture of former president Nicolas Maduro. The protests were led by members of the South African Communist Party and a number of trade unions. “We delivered this memorandum following a lawful and very peaceful protest march to the United States consulate in Sandton,” Irvin Jim, General Secretary of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) told the crowd. “The purpose of this memorandum, the purpose of this memorandum is to formally condemn…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies Venezuela has had enough of US orders, the country’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez told oil workers on Sunday. The South American nation has been under pressure to open its petroleum sector to US investment since Washington captured former leader Nicolas Maduro earlier this month. “It is important that we open spaces for democratic dissent, but that it be politics, with a capital P and with a V for Venezuela,” Rodríguez said during the event vent with workers in Anzoátegui. “Enough of Washington’s orders to politicians in Venezuela. May Venezuelan politics be the one to resolve…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has again rejected Israeli efforts to transfer Palestinians out of their territories in the Gaza Strip. Speaking at Police Day in Cairo on Saturday, Sissi warned that any such attempt would trigger a wave of refugees across the globe: “I emphasise the necessity of halting the systematic practices against the Palestinian people in their occupied land and rejecting any attempts or efforts to displace them from their homeland,” he said. “I warn that the exodus of approximately two and a half million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, and what this implies…
By AFP Women are the main victims of abuse in Sudan’s war, facing “the world’s worst” sexual violence and other crimes committed with impunity, a rights activist turned social affairs minister for the army-backed government told AFP. The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a brutal conflict since April 2023 that has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced around 11 million and been marked by widespread sexual violence. Sulaima Ishaq al-Khalifa said abuses against women routinely accompanied looting and attacks, with reports of rape often perpetrated as “the family witnessed” the crime.…
By Rédaction Africanews and EBU Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty welcomed U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau to Cairo on Sunday for talks on bolstering the strategic partnership between Egypt and the United States. The two men reviewed key regional files, including Gaza, Sudan, and the Horn of Africa. On Gaza, Egypt stressed its support for the next phase of peace plan, including the rapid deployment of an international stabilisation force, opening of the Rafah border crossing in both directions, and an Israeli withdrawal to enable reconstruction and sustained humanitarian aid. On Sudan, Cairo called for a humanitarian truce,…
By Rédaction Africanews Immediately following surprise US strikes targeting militants in Nigeria, it remained unclear who or what was actually hit as Washington and Abuja told slightly different stories. Complicating matters was the fact that the strikes were delayed by American President Donald Trump, apparently to prioritise the symbolism of launching the attack on Christmas — and allegations that Washington backed out of issuing a joint statement with the Nigerians. The two countries agree the strikes hit targets linked to Islamic State, but neither immediately provided details on which of Nigeria’s myriad armed groups were targeted. “Twenty-four hours after the…