Veteran politician Anicet Ekane, 74, died in Yaounde military custody on Monday, 38 days after his arrest in Douala. His family and lawyers accuse authorities of medical neglect amid post-election crackdown. The leader of the African Movement for New Independence and Democracy died on 1 December 2025, weeks after security forces detained him for backing…
Kenya has once again found itself in the crosshairs of US scrutiny, this time over its deepening space cooperation with China, according to a recent congressional report that highlights growing tensions in the geopolitical rivalry between Washington and Beijing. Report flags strategic risks The 2025 Report to Congress by the US-China Economic and Security Review…
Deposed Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embaló has left Senegal and arrived in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, days after a military coup removed him from power. Embalo’s chief of staff, Califa Soares Cassama, confirmed on Saturday that the former leader is safe in the Congolese capital. Government sources in Brazzaville told AFP the…
At least 19 people have died and dozens remain missing after a passenger boat capsized on Lake Mai-Ndombe in western Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities confirmed on Saturday. Winds cripple engine, boat overturns The wooden vessel left Kiri village for Kinshasa late Thursday when strong winds disabled one engine, causing it to overturn, Mai-Ndombe provincial…
The African Union has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all its activities with immediate effect after soldiers seized power in the West African state on Wednesday. AU and ECOWAS act swiftly The African Union Peace and Security Council announced the suspension on Friday, citing its zero-tolerance policy on unconstitutional changes of government. The 15-member council demanded the…
General Horta Inta-A Na Man has appointed a close ally of deposed president Umaro Sissoco Embalo as prime minister, deepening questions over whether the recent coup was genuine or staged. General Horta Inta-A, who declared himself transitional president on Thursday, on Friday named Ilidio Vieira Te – Embalo’s former finance minister and campaign director –…
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has abruptly resigned from the National Assembly amid a police probe into claims she helped recruit 17 South African men to fight for Russia in Ukraine. The 42-year-old politician, a member of the opposition uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party founded by her father, former president Jacob Zuma, stepped down on Friday. She had been…
Guinea-Bissau’s deposed president Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in Senegal on Thursday evening, one day after soldiers overthrew him in a swift military coup that has thrown the small West African nation into fresh turmoil. The 52-year-old former brigadier-general, who had been detained in Bissau since Wednesday, was flown out on a Senegalese government-chartered military aircraft…
Kenya broke ground Friday on a $1.5 billion highway expansion project in partnership with two Chinese state-owned companies, marking Beijing’s return to large-scale infrastructure investment in the East African nation after years of caution over debt sustainability, Reuters reports. Fresh push for key trade corridor The launch ceremony, held along the busy Nairobi-Nakuru route, signals…
As Senegal grapples with a mounting debt crisis, the West African nation’s new government is digging in its heels against a painful debt restructuring demanded by the International Monetary Fund, betting instead on aggressive domestic reforms to steer the economy back to stability. But with hidden debts now estimated at over USD 11 billion and…
