Is Ethiopia playing both sides in Sudan’s war? Allegations of covert RSF support from an Ethiopian base are chipping away at Addis Ababa’s carefully held neutrality in a war now driving the world’s largest humanitarian and displacement crisis.

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Can Macky Sall still win UN’s top job? Here’s why it’s getting harder A divided Africa, stronger Latin American rivals and the power politics of the UN Security Council’s five veto powers – the US, China, Russia, the UK and France – have not yet closed off his path, but...

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CAF’s Senegal ruling tests Motsepe and reopens South Africa’s feud with Morocco A disputed AFCON decision has spilled into politics, placing CAF boss Patrice Motsepe under pressure at home while reviving Pretoria’s long-running tensions with Morocco over Western Sahara.

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Three Iran war scenarios and what each means for Africa A short flare-up, a grinding two-month confrontation or a doomsday escalation – each possible path of the Iran war carries very different risks for Africa’s economy and diplomacy.

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BMW, Mercedes, Peugeot, Volkswagen: Report links EV supply chain to toxic cobalt mine in Congo A new investigation alleges pollution, illness and displacement around one of the world’s largest cobalt operations, raising fresh questions about the human cost of the electric vehicle boom.

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Is Britain sacrificing Sudanese and Cameroonian students to appease migration hardliners? Critics say the move to shut out students from the two African countries reflects mounting political pressure to tighten immigration controls rather than a coherent visa strategy.

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Iran war raises risks for Africa’s gas strategy Rising liquefied natural gas costs and shipping risks in the Gulf could push up electricity prices for gas-dependent African power systems.

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Some African governments are refusing Trump’s ‘America First’ health deals. Here’s why. What Washington calls a reset on aid, some African governments and activists see as new strings attached, from mining interests to control over health data.

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Congo’s strike on M23 spokesman Willy Ngoma raises retaliation fears A pre-dawn strike in Rubaya that killed one of M23’s most visible commanders has jolted an already fragile truce. Kinshasa presents it as a decisive blow. The rebels denounce it as betrayal. Any chanc...

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Sudan War: A Kenyan passport, Emirati ID and East Africa’s complicity debate As evidence mounts of genocide in El Fasher, disclosures that a key figure in the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group accused of orchestrating the atrocities, holds a Kenyan passport and a UA...

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Oswal’s revenge: Billionaire’s daughter launches $1m claim against Ugandan police The Swiss-Indian billionaire’s daughter who was falsely imprisoned in Uganda in 2024 is suing senior police officers over her ordeal and $150,000 of missing jewellery.

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Why Somaliland is furious with Erdogan Hargeisa’s sharp rebuke of the Turkish president for remarks made in Ethiopia further exposes how Israel’s recognition of the self-declared republic has unsettled alliances across the Horn of Africa.

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Erdogan in Addis: A strategic visit in a fractured Horn As Turkiye and Ethiopia mark a century of diplomatic ties, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s arrival in Addis Ababa underscores Ankara’s expanding role in the Horn of Africa, as investor, security part...

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Nigeria: US Congress looks to link China to anti-Christian violence A top intelligence expert questions America’s ‘bogeyman’ fixation after several Nigerian government officials flag Chinese corruption and bribery. China denies the allegations, saying mining companies...

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Zimbabwe’s elite divorces expose hidden multi-million dollar empires Courtroom divorces among the political class are revealing farms, mansions and millions in unexplained wealth, while the majority of Zimbabweans battle deepening poverty.

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Trump’s African witch hunt in the heartland of America The Trump administration has unleashed a crackdown, rounding up immigrants, especially its African diaspora. The Africa Report speaks to Africans in Minnesota as well as those living in the shadow of ...

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Ethiopia-Eritrea: Has Abiy met his match as Asmara and Tigray join forces? A frozen peace deal, shifting alliances and mounting insecurity in northern Ethiopia are testing the limits of Abiy Ahmed’s once-formidable political playbook, as tensions between Addis Ababa and its ...

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Is Ethiopia’s Abiy helping RSF in Sudan’s civil war? Clashes along Sudan’s Blue Nile frontier have pointed fingers at Addis Ababa amid accusations it is enabling the Rapid Support Forces and risking wider regional fallout.

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HRW: Trump’s assault on global norms emboldens repression across Africa Africa is sliding into deeper repression and conflict as global democratic guardrails weaken, according to Human Rights Watch’s latest report, warning that Donald Trump’s assault on international norm...

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Africa’s economic recovery: The numbers say yes, people say no A new Gallup report has found that across sub-Saharan Africa, concerns over food and shelter outpace all others, even as governments boast of economic gains.

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Aging white Zimbabwean farmers seek Trump backing for earlier compensation payouts Amid prolonged delays in settling an agreed-upon $3.5bn compensation, white farmers have engaged the United States to support Zimbabwe’s debt clearance process.

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Unloved but unbeatable? How Ruto is locking down Kenya’s 2027 election President William Ruto heads into the 2027 race facing public fury over taxes, prices and his governing style. But as the countdown to the polls begins, he has tightened his grip on the machinery that...

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How the White House crackdown is pushing criminal cartels into Africa As the Trump Corollary militarises the Caribbean and Latin America while designating cartels as terrorists, illicit networks are fleeing high-pressure zones for the weaker jurisdictions of West and So...

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Who are the Fano – And why is Ethiopia blaming Eritrea for arming them? A loose Amhara militia network that fought the TPLF now wages a decentralised insurgency – and is pulling Addis Ababa and Asmara back into confrontation.

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10 African scholars to watch in 2026 Spanning governance, security, economics, science and artificial intelligence, The Africa Report profiles 10 academics shaping conversations in Africa and far beyond this year.

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Equatorial Guinea sends eight of Trump’s nine deportees home, braces for new arrivals Malabo’s expulsion of US-sent migrants, including one with a pending asylum claim, has intensified scrutiny of a little-known US agreement and raised fresh non-refoulement concerns as more third-count...

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Tanzania: Samia pulls power inward as daughter, son-in-law and son rise A post-election reshuffle has brought the president’s immediate family and long-standing allies to the centre of government, signalling a decisive shift towards loyalist consolidation in Tanzania.

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Nigeria hires US right-wing-connected lobby firm for $9m as Trump threatens more strikes The amount appears to be a record for African lobbying in Washington.

#Nigeria's plight is lobbyists' gain: DCI Group has signed a $9m contract - a record for #Africa - with $4.5m already out the door.
Registered agents on the account include longtime GOP operative & Trump ally Roger Stone.
My latest for The Africa Report:
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AFCON 2025: Players who earn enough to bankroll national teams As Africa’s finest footballers compete for silverware in Morocco, players such as Sadio Mané, Riyad Mahrez and Mohamed Salah arrive from a financial world far removed from many of the teams around the...

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Guided by a ‘map of kindness’, the South Sudanese footballer who won’t give up From Uganda to Thailand, Laos and Malaysia, Dubai to Egypt, Lithuania to Germany, and on to Portugal, Slovakia and Denmark, Akot Sonny Garang’s career has been shaped by visa denials, missed flights, ...

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