Author: Montage Africa
By Farai Matiashe Samantha Chimbuya had built a life in South Africa after leaving Zimbabwe in 2019 in search of better opportunities. She found work, could afford food and believed her two children had access to better education. She also had access to healthcare. As June 30 approached, a deadline set by anti-immigrant activists for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa, the 30-year-old packed her belongings and returned to Zimbabwe. “It was not safe any more. They were raiding our homes, warning us to leave. It was scary,” Chimbuya told Al Jazeera. Chimbuya was living in KwaZulu-Natal when anti-immigrant protests…
By Rédaction Africanews with agencies Sudan is grappling with a fuel shortage driven by global oil disruptions tied to the Middle East conflict and by domestic import restrictions. This has impacted public transport, freight and factory production, while higher transport costs have pushed up food prices for ordinary people. “The movement of goods and people has stopped, and the market is totally paralyzed, we need solutions, not promises,” said Khartoum resident Mohamed Hassan. Prime Minister Kamil Idriss has ordered extra supplies of petroleum products to service stations to ease shortages and improve availability. A central bank requirement for importers to…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a fire that broke out at an Aramco oil refinery in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Saturday. If true, it would be the latest in a series of attacks on Saudi facilities. Houthi military spokesperson Brigadier Yahya Saree said that the alleged attack was in response to the “unjust siege and the launching of aggressive airstrikes” from Saudi territory. ”The Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a military operation using several ballistic missiles and drones, targeting Aramco in the capital of the Saudi enemy, Riyadh,” Saree said in a…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP Persistent violence across Africa is taking a toll on farming, education and development, Burundi’s President told leaders at an African Union meeting in Egypt. Evariste Ndayishimiye was speaking at the Alamein Africa Forum, attended by heads of state and business leaders from across the continent. “Amid insecurity, no farmer goes to the fields anymore. No child goes to school anymore. No institution plans development for its country. We deplore that violence persists on our continent. In DRC, in Sudan, it is an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.” Egypt’s president urged African countries to respect one another’s rights.…
An air strike on United Nations trucks has killed a driver in Sudan’s South Kordofan, according to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP). The WFP said in a statement released on Sunday that the trucks, carrying food aid, were “clearly marked as humanitarian vehicles” as they came under attack. The agency did not identify those responsible. end of listThe strike hit the convoy on Saturday as it was travelling between two cities controlled by the government’s Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in South Kordofan state. Fighting in the Kordofan region intensified in late 2025, turning the territory into a strategic battleground…
“I witness men hitting women all the time,” says Kgomotso Mathekga, 30. “Especially when they are both drunk.” “I once had an argument with my girlfriend,” he admits, “and I grabbed and slapped her.” Mathekga is speaking frankly during a gathering of men aimed at helping reduce the high levels of violence against women in South Africa. The meeting is held in a narrow street in a Johannesburg informal settlement known as Organic Market. It is a maze of corrugated metal shacks and unpaved roads, close to Alexandra township. “Now I feel pain,” Mathekga continues. “We broke up and I…
Before the morning rush begins, the sound of praise and worship fills the Neoplan bus station in Ghana’s capital, Accra, as a group of Christians gather to prepare to evangelise on vehicles taking travellers across the country. Amid drumming and dancing, Boateng Bismark James leads 13 worshippers, nine men and four women, in prayer for drivers and passengers travelling to destinations across Ghana. Ghana is a predominantly Christian country where preaching on public transport is widespread. On long-distance buses, pastors can often be seen – and heard – preaching the gospel. Sometimes they stand in the stairwell next to the…
By AP Troops from eight countries concluded joint military exercises in Russia on Saturday after conducting coordinated ground and air operations, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. The Center-2026 strategic military exercise began Monday in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region. The participating countries were Russia, China, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan and Tajikistan, according to CCTV. At the Chebarkul training ground, the participating forces practiced long-distance deployment and joint operational planning before carrying out live-action maneuvers against simulated enemy targets, CCTV reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the exercises Friday in the Ural Mountains. He said Center-2026 involved 47,000 troops training to repel…
Invest Qatar, the Investment Promotion Agency of Qatar, today announced a strategic engagement with Aurion Capital, a global investment group, and LG NOVA, the Silicon Valley–based North America Innovation Centre for LG Electronics. This engagement aims to explore opportunities to scale regional investments and support the commercialisation of emerging technologies and business ventures to strengthen Qatar’s position as a regional hub for entrepreneurship and high-growth ventures. Announced during the special edition of the Qatar Economic Forum Powered by Bloomberg, held on the sidelines of the 2026 United Nations General Assembly in New York, a new Memorandum of Understanding among…
Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan have called for political and peaceful solutions amid escalating conflicts across the region, including Sudan’s civil war and major fighting in Ethiopia. The leaders of the four countries – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan – issued a joint declaration on Sunday following a meeting in New Alamein City in Egypt. end of listEthiopia has accused Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan of backing the armed alliance fighting its government. Officials from all three countries have denied involvement. Earlier on Sunday, el-Sisi…