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Sahel region hardest-hit by terrorism worldwide, says Global Terrorism Index 2025
The Sahel region in Africa accounted for 51 percent of global terrorism-related deaths in 2024, up from 48 percent in...
Read moreDetailsAU urges member states to increase financing to weather, climate information services
The African Union (AU) Commission has urged for increased financing to weather and climate information services in Africa, stating that...
Read moreDetailsThe NYSC SCHEME in Nigeria: Impacts, Challenges, and the Path Forward
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is a compulsory one-year program for Nigerian graduates. The Scheme, which was established by...
Read moreDetailsWill Joseph Kabila’s Comeback Shift the Political Landscape in DR Congo?
Joseph Kabila’s re-engagement in Congolese politics would represent a return to personalised governance, potentially reversing fragile democratic gains under Tshisekedi....
Read moreDetailsUnpacking the South African Land Law That Angers Trump
The plan is for owners to receive "just-and-equitable" compensation – a departure from the higher "market value" they have been...
Read moreDetailsHarvard agrees to relinquish early photos of slaves after long legal battle
Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum...
Read moreDetailsECOWAS at 50: Celebrating unity as the region fragments
Exactly 50 years ago, on May 28, 1975, fifteen West African countries agreed to establish the Economic Community of West...
Read moreDetailsNamibia: how did the Herero and Nama genocide happen?
For a long time, it was "the forgotten genocide". Eclipsed by the Holocaust and Germany's role in it, the mass...
Read moreDetailsHow to address conflicts caused by colonial-era borders in Africa’s oceans
When boundaries are disputed, it also means that local fishers are likely to encroach into neighbouring waters, often unknowingly, in...
Read moreDetailsHow the dangerous terrorists in West Africa get the money they need to survive
The 2024 global terrorism index listed Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin as one of the world’s most dangerous terrorist organisations. Its influence...
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