As firefighting efforts have been scaled back in the South Peninsula, where multiple fires erupted in Tokai on Friday, 25 April, several areas within Table Mountain National Park are being deemed ‘successfully contained’. ‘The area along Boyes Drive into Kalk Bay, around Clovelly and along Ou Kaapse Weg into Noordhoek has been deemed safe,’ said City of […]

In war-ravaged Khartoum, midwives like Hawaa Ismael are risking their lives to deliver babies and care for mothers despite Sudan’s crumbling health care system. With fewer than 25% of medical facilities still functioning due to the ongoing conflict, pregnant women are forced to walk for hours, or even days, to find care. Some never make […]

At least 26 people were killed on Monday in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State after the vehicle they were traveling in struck an improvised explosive device (IED), authorities said. The bomb was allegedly planted by Boko Haram militants. The explosion occurred around noon along the road connecting Kala-Balge and Gamboru-Ngala, near the village of Furunduma, police […]

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) peacekeeping force deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to combat the rebel group March 23 Movement (M23) began its withdrawal on Tuesday, following an order issued by the regional bloc in late March. “Rwanda is providing safe passage and escort to SAMIDRC troops and equipment convoys withdrawing […]

Nearly 200 households have been evacuated in the coastal city of Cape Town in South Africa after a raging fire began around the Table Mountains on Friday. “As a precautionary measure, Disaster Risk Management (DRM) assisted with evacuating 198 households from the Noordhoek Manor, including 48 frail care residents. The residents of Barnyard and Silwersteen […]

A report by the Timbuktu Institute think tank has indicated that the jihadist activities mainly by the JNIM Jihadi group, have expanded into the region of Kayes between 2021 and 2024. According to the institute, the JNIM is now trying to infiltrate eastern Senegal as it has increased its attacks sevenfold in the past three […]

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said he has not yet decided whether he will seek re-election in 2026, emphasizing that his immediate focus remains on national security, economic reforms, and preparing Somalia for its first direct elections in decades. Speaking to Kenya’s Nation Media Group, Mohamud highlighted improvements in security in Mogadishu and recent economic […]

In a part of the world long accustomed to public health emergencies, Burundi is again in the spotlight—but not for reasons anyone would cheer. The East African nation is grappling with a resurgent mpox outbreak that has sent regional health officials scrambling and rekindled memories of past epidemics that wreaked havoc on fragile healthcare systems. […]

Hundreds of Congolese citizens took to the streets of Butembo, in North Kivu province, to demand an immediate end to the protracted war devastating their region. The demonstration, organized by civil society groups, comes as Goma, the provincial capital, marks three months under rebel control. Protesters, carrying placards calling for peace and chanting slogans in […]

Uganda’s Ministry of Health officially declared the end of its latest Ebola outbreak on Saturday, after 42 consecutive days without a single new infection since the last confirmed patient was discharged. In a statement posted on social media platform X, the Ministry celebrated the achievement, stating: “Good news! The current Ebola Sudan Virus Disease outbreak […]