Intensified drone attacks on the new front line of Sudan’s civil war have led to mass civilian casualties in recent weeks and are increasingly shaping the course of the conflict. The epicentre of the fighting has shifted to the south-central Kordofan region since both sides consolidated their gains in the other main battlefields of this nearly three-year war. The conflict between the Sudanese regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has become one of the deadliest in Africa for civilians and shows no sign of abating despite US-led peace efforts. The near-daily drone strikes have hit targets including…
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By Rédaction Africanews with AP US President Donald Trump has wrapped up his State of the Union address, promising “our future will be bigger, better, brighter, bolder, and more glorious than ever before.” Trump’s 108-minute speech broke his own record for longest presidential address to Congress. The prior record was his own 100-minute speech last year. President Donald Trump and his administration have been talking about fraud for months in several government programs, saying it’s far worse than previous government reports have found. It has not detailed data showing that to be the case. Trump also blasted Somali involvement in…
Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday after cabinet approval last week, after a wave of arrests over alleged same-sex relationships, already banned under Senegal law. Addressing lawmakers, Sonko said the bill would punish what it describes as “acts against nature” with prison sentences ranging from five to 10 years, compared with the current one- to five-year terms. “If an act is committed with a minor, it will attract the maximum penalty,”…
By AFP A Senegalese public prosecutor claimed on Tuesday that a student, who protesters have said was killed by the police, in fact died after “jumping from the fourth floor.” The death of medical student Abdoulaye Ba in unclear circumstances on February 9 as police intervened on his university campus in the capital Dakar following several days of student demonstrations has shaken the west African nation. His autopsy report lists several injuries to the chest and skull “complicated by massive internal bleeding,” which the coroner said ruled out “an isolated natural cause.” The students’ collective at the Cheikh Anta Diop…
By AFP France and Algeria agreed on Tuesday to restart security cooperation during a visit to Algiers by French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, marking the first sign of a thaw in diplomatic ties. After meeting with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Nuñez said both sides had agreed to “reactivate a high-level security cooperation mechanism.” The visit took place against a backdrop of thorny relations between France and its former colony, frayed since Paris in 2024 officially backed Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara region, where Algeria supports the pro-independence Polisario Front. Nuñez said Monday had been devoted to working sessions aimed…
By Rédaction Africanews The relatives of former Edgar Lungu have dismissed allegations that he was poisoned, as South African authorities pursue inquiries that have further delayed his burial months after his death. Lungu died in June last year at the age of 68 while receiving treatment in Pretoria, South Africa. His remains are still being held at a morgue amid a complex dispute involving his family, the Zambian government, and investigators. Lawyers representing the family said they have responded to multiple subpoenas issued by the South African Police Service, which is examining claims that the former president may have been…
By Dominic Wabwireh with other agencies The call came from Libya: pay $4,000 immediately, or the boy dies at sea. For Youssef Ibrahim, whose 18-year-old brother Hamdy had vanished after contacting smugglers online, there was no choice. “Returning meant death. There was no way back,” another relative told AFP. Weeks later, families learned their sons’ boat had capsized near Crete. Seventeen died, including six from this Nile Delta village. Fifteen remain missing—among them Hamdy and Mohamed Gouda, whose brother Abed pleads: “All we want to know where they are.” Why they risk everything With Egypt’s currency losing two-thirds of its…
By Dominic Wabwireh with other agencies Kenya will begin rolling out a revolutionary new HIV-prevention drug in March, offering near-complete protection with just two shots a year. The move comes as African nations scramble to adapt to shifting US foreign aid priorities. Lenacapavir, manufactured by Gilead Sciences, reduces HIV transmission risk by over 99.9 percent. Kenya received its first batch of 21,000 doses on Tuesday through a deal with the Global Fund. “The first phase will begin early March, covering 15 counties,” Health Minister Aden Duale announced, with an additional 12,000 doses expected by April. Aid uncertainty looms The rollout…
By Rédaction Africanews Somalia’s government has announced it is making progress in its long-running fight against the Al-Qaida-linked Al-Shabaab militant group. Officials have announced they have reclaimed territory from the militants that had been under their control for years. Omar Ali Abdi, Somalia’s state minister for defense, said, “there are new locations and settlements that were liberated from these militants that were under their control for the last 18 years. They include several locations in Lower Shabelle including Jilib Marka, Gendershe, and Dhanaane. These places acted as their courts where they would call anyone they wanted to extort money from,…