Contents: Kenya’s leaked BRI contract reveals shocking China debt trap details; Leaked clauses in Kenya-China BRI contract; Uganda’s auditor warns that Uganda may be in similar China debt trap as Kenya; India pledges $1.4 billion to Maldives to help with China debt trap
The Democratic Republic of the Congo announced the results of its presidential election on Thursday, declaring a surprise victory for opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi.
Contents: Abortive coup attempt in Gabon fails while president it out of the country; Brief generational history of Gabon; US troops in Gabon remain focused on DR Congo mission despite coup attempt
The government of the central African nation of Gabon claimed the situation is “under control” after a military coup early on Monday left two of the plotters dead.
The killing of a 54-year-old albino man in Malawi on New Year’s Eve have triggered concerns of a resurgence of murders, rapes, and mutilations against people with albinism in the country and greater region, where witch doctors claim potions made out of albino body parts can bring good luck.
Algeria is closing its southern border to Syrian migrants, citing security concerns.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday denied reports that China is preparing to seize the strategic port of Mombasa as compensation for delinquent loan payments, denouncing reports of the impending seizure as “propaganda.”
Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping repeatedly referenced challenges, hardships, and potential “complications” facing his country in 2019 during a speech Monday observing the new year, vowing to “create Chinese miracles” in the next 12 months.
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has warned mass migration from Africa would destroy Europe’s culture.
She’s the most fashionable First Lady the country has ever seen. The most striking. The most poised in modern history. This is Melania Trump.
Contents: Sudan police crack down violently against anti-government protesters; Recent generational history of Sudan
The death of a Tunisian journalist who set himself on fire to protest economic problems in the African nation prompted a protest that led to police clashes.
Uganda graduated its first set of Mandarin language teachers on Thursday, equipped to teach in secondary (high) schools and supported by the Chinese government.
Peter Chérif, who is suspected of being behind the Islamist shootings at the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015, has been apprehended in Djibouti and is expected to be extradited to France within days.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scheduled to hold a presidential election on Sunday and this time, Joseph Kabila is not a candidate.
WASHINGTON, DC — Muslim Fulani herdsmen represent the top terrorist threat facing Christians in Nigeria, an influential bishop based in the African country told Breitbart News Wednesday, echoing other analysts.
A court in South Africa has issued an arrest warrant for the former First Lady of Zimbabwe Grace Mugabe, after she allegedly assaulted model Gabriella Engels last year.
National Security Adviser John Bolton accused China and Russia of exploiting Africa with “predatory policies” that stunt the growth of African nations and threaten their independence.
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has urged migrants to “completely abide by the laws, customs, traditions, and culture” of the countries they move to, or — better yet — to work on making their home countries worth staying in.
John Bolton said the Trump administration would no longer provide foreign aid to countries hostile to U.S. interests.
Named as the centre-left’s candidate for EU Commission President, Frans Timmermans announced he would crush conservative governments in Europe, insisting that the continent melding with Africa is “a matter of destiny”.
Contents: Ebola in DR Congo spreads southward to large cities; Uganda and South Sudan vaccinate health workers against Ebola
More than 750 million people want to migrate to another country permanently, according to Gallup research published Monday, as 150 world leaders signed up to the controversial UN global compact which critics say makes migration a human right.
Contents: Latest South Sudan peace agreement appears close to collapse; Brief generational history of South Sudan and Dinka-Nuer clashes
Several African countries proved immune to last year’s decrease in terrorism-linked deaths across most of the world, an assessment by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released on Wednesday shows.
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Wednesday that, following an audit of how the nation’s agricultural lands were being used, the nation would proceed with seizing property from wealthy members of the ruling Zanu-PF party deemed to own too much of it.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari issued a defiant rejection of rumors that he had died and secretly been replaced by a clone during remarks in Poland Sunday.
The United States boosted its military efforts against jihadis in Africa under President Donald Trump, launching a record 36 airstrikes on the al-Qaeda wing al-Shabaab in Somalia in 2018, already more than any other single year, Voice of America (VOA) reported Thursday, citing U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM).
Airbnb’s partial boycott of Israel last week came just as the Arab world, Africa, and Eastern Europe moved closer to the Jewish state.
Skyrocketing Chinese debts have made multiple African nations – most notably Kenya, Angola, and Zambia – “most vulnerable” to forfeiting control of key assets and territory to China, the global ratings firm Moody’s announced in a report this week.
The household is the “most dangerous place” for women in the modern world due to the high rates of domestic violence, according to a new study by the United Nations.
An angry mob killed a man in Munaje, Malawi this week after he was implicated in the death of another individual by practicing “witchcraft,” local media reported.
Contents: Zimbabwe proposes to compensate some white farmers whose lands were seized; Hyperinflation returns to Zimbabwe
Law enforcement in Christian-majority Angola shut down at least nine churches this week as part of “Operation Rescue,” citing poor conditions and lack of security for worshippers, the Agencia Angola Press (ANGOP) outlet reports.
Facebook allowed a child bride to be sold to the highest bidder before the social network finally decided to take action against the post over two weeks later, according to charity organization Plan International, which called the Facebook auction “beyond belief.”
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is expected to pull out more than 700 American troops from Africa despite the growing threat posed by jihadist groups in the region, the Pentagon announced Thursday.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is “aiding and abetting” Boko Haram by releasing captured members of the terrorist organization who allegedly “repented,” the Christian Post reported this week.
Authorities in Zimbabwe arrested an opposition lawmaker for “undermining the authority” of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, successor to dictator Robert Mugabe, after he allegedly called Mnangagwa a “dog.”
Harried doctors fighting the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) fear it may become the worst outbreak of the deadly disease in the region to date, as an ongoing insurgency slows treatment and accelerates contamination.
Leading military and political figures have condemned the Tory government’s decision to exclude Rhodesian veterans from services commemorating the centenary of the First World War while inviting Germany to participate.
