Author: Montage Africa
By Rédaction Africanews and AP Three years into Sudan’s war, Kordofan has become the most intense battleground between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), with civilians increasingly caught in a deadly drone war. In South Kordofan’s Dilling, trader Hamed Hamidan says drones are a constant presence. “They never leave the city,” he said, describing the fear they bring. Across the region, near-daily strikes are hitting markets, homes and hospitals, often killing dozens at a time. The United Nations says more than 500 civilians were killed by drone strikes between January and mid-March alone, highlighting the growing use…
By Africanews with AFP The WTO’s failure to reach significant agreements during high-level talks in Yaounde demonstrates its inability to adapt to a new reality of fragmented global trade, jeopardising a return to multilateralism, experts warn. The World Trade Organization’s 14th ministerial conference wrapped up in the wee hours Monday with no results on the key issues of agriculture and much-needed reform of the organisation. The failure to reach agreement also allowed an important moratorium that since 1998 has exempted cross-border digital transmissions from duties to expire. The meeting, which had initially been scheduled to end at midday Sunday, ended…
By Africanews Yusuf Tuggar’s resignation was confirmed in a statement posted on Facebook by his spokesperson on Monday . Nigerian media reported that Tuggar was eyeing the governorship of Bauci state in 2027. His resignation comes after President Bola Tinubu asked ministers and other political appointees seeking to contest in the 2027 elections to leave their current positions. Office holders have until Tuesday, March 31 to resign their positions. Tuggar, a British-educated diplomat assumed office in 2023. Before that, he had served as Nigeria’s ambassador to Germany. In Mid-March, Tinubu directed all political appointees intending to seek elective office in…
By Africanews with AFP Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadera on Monday pledged to buttress security and peace as he was sworn in for a third term in one of the world’s poorest and most volatile countries. In office since 2016, Touadera was re-elected with 77.90 percent of the vote in a December ballot contested by the opposition and main rival Anicet George Dologuele, who alleged massive fraud. The inauguration took place in front of some 20,000 spectators at a stadium in the capital Bangui in the presence of Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye, who holds the rotating presidency of the African…
By Werner Abrahams, CEO of ISFAP Since the #FeesMustFall movement, South Africa has rightly been focused on expanding access to higher education. We have debated fees, funding models and the design of financial aid. We have marched, legislated and negotiated and as a result, more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are entering universities and TVET colleges than ever before. But if we are honest, access is only half the battle. A right that exists only at the point of entry is a hollow one. If education is truly a human right, then our focus must extend beyond opening the door,…
Ghana have sacked manager Otto Addo, 72 days before the start of this summer’s World Cup. Addo’s departure followed a 2-1 defeat by Germany in a friendly in Stuttgart on Monday, and a 5-1 thrashing by Austria in Vienna last Friday. The Black Stars, who are in the same World Cup group as England, have lost their last four games and despite having Manchester City winger Antoine Semenyo and Tottenham forward Mohammed Kudus among their ranks, failed to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations under Addo. Following the Germany game, the Ghana Football Association said, external it had…
By Pascale Mahe Keingna One month after the start of the war in the Middle East, the consequences for African countries are severe, particularly in terms of fuel supply. In Nigeria, fuel prices reached record highs on Monday despite the cushion provided by the Dangote refinery. In Egypt, the government has imposed a curfew on stores, restaurants, and shopping malls since Saturday, in hopes of reducing energy bills that have more than doubled due to the war on Iran. The Moroccan port of Tangier is preparing to welcome a surge of ships, as escalating tensions in the Middle East are…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias are using sexual violence as a “weapon of war” in Darfur to control civilians, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday. The Sudanese army and RSF have been locked in a brutal conflict since April 2023 that has killed tens of thousands, displaced around 11 million people and has been marked by widespread sexual violence. Between January 2024 and November 2025, at least 3,396 survivors of sexual violence – 97 percent of them women and girls – sought treatment at facilities supported by MSF in North and…
By AFP Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday urged his US counterpart Donald Trump to help end the Middle East war, now in its second month. “I say to President Trump: no one will be able to stop the war in our region, in the Gulf… Please, help us to stop the war, you are capable of it,” Sisi said in joint remarks to the press in Cairo alongside Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides. “I speak to you in the name of humanity and in the name of everyone who loves peace — and you, Mr President, are among those…
By AFP Kenya on Monday kicked off a drive to register new voters ahead of next year’s general election, with youths using TikTok reels and music to shake off apathy among their peers. In June 2024, a wave of protests led by the so-called “Gen Z” swept the country after President William Ruto announced tax hikes, denting his popularity among young people. They escalated into wider unrest over corruption and rights abuses and left more than 100 people dead and dozens others missing, according to rights groups. While the protests have faded, many youths remain disillusioned with the Ruto administration,…