Why are Ethiopia and Egypt joining BRICS?
The BRICS bloc of developing nations agreed this week s to admit six new countries. The countries Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - are set to join in Janu...
25 Aug 202327min
Prigozhin’s presumed death: Impact for Wagner in Africa
Wagner boss Prigozhin is presumed dead after Russia plane crash. In his last address, he said the Wagner group is making Africa "more free". His presumed death received little media attention or offi...
24 Aug 202326min
Can Kenya's police force solve Haiti's gang violence?
Haiti has been rocked by deadly violence since the assassination of the country’s President Jovenel Moïse two years ago. A Kenyan delegation has held meetings with Haitian police officials, weeks afte...
23 Aug 202324min
Saudi forces accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants
Saudi border guards are accused of the mass killing of migrants along the Yemeni border in a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report says hundreds of people, many of them Ethiopians who cross war...
22 Aug 202325min
South Africa to host Brics summit from Tuesday
South Africa to host Brics summit but Russia’s President Putin will only join by video link. On the agenda global economic and security matters and the creation of new financial institutions.More than...
21 Aug 202328min
Zimbabwe’s election campaign nears the end
Zimbabwe prepares to hold its second election since the 2017 overthrow of President Robert Mugabe, with many disenchanted at a lack of progress under his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa. Many Zimbabweans...
18 Aug 202331min
Libya: deadly clashes in Tripoli
Libya's political chaos continues. Two powerful militias clashed this week in the capital Tripoli. Calm was restored but over 50 people were killed, and more than 140 were injured. A group of opposi...
17 Aug 202328min
The impact of Niger’s closed airspace
After the military junta ruling Niger closed the country’s airspace, we look at the potential implications for the country, and for aviation in Africa more broadly. The move will force commercial airc...
16 Aug 202326min
