How nativism determines whose vote counts in the Central African Republic

This December, citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) will head to the polls for the first election since the country’s constitution was amended to remove presidential term limits. With “2.3 million voters […] registered, including 749,000...

ECOWAS: A Pact for a Democratic Future for West Africa, By Jibrin Ibrahim

This week, I am in Accra attending an ECOWAS consultative meeting in line with the organisation’s concern that it is facing an existential crisis and that a year-long grassroots consultation process be organised to prepare a pact for the future of...

Reporter's Notebook: Government shutdown chances astronomical as Congress barrels toward deadline

Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on Democratic reaction to a mass firing warning from the White House on ‘Special Report.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Spotting a "government shutdown" in the federal...

DRC Ceasefire Collapse; Turkish Troops to Niger; El Fasher on the Brink: Africa File, September 25, 2025

To receive the weekly Africa File or triweekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Key Takeaways: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Rwandan-backed M23 rebels are conducting at...

Black Paper: A symbolic title or Africa's answer to colonial debt narratives?

GhanaWeb Feature by Ernestina Serwaa Asante Following the launch of the Pan-African "Black Paper" on debt earlier in 2025, many have been left wondering why it was named the Black Paper. Is the paper itself black, or is it simply a symbolic title?...

Today in Africa — September 26, 2025: Protests and Curfew Shake Madagascar, Interpol Arrests 260 in Africa-wide Romance Scams, UNGA Presses for Sudan Ceasefire

News Madagascar security forces fire tear gas as protesters demonstrate against repeated water and electricity outages in Antananarivo on September 25, 2025. by Rijasolo/AFP via Getty Images Every day, OkayAfrica shares a roundup of news we’re...

Top Trump Africa Aide: Sudan’s Warring Parties Near Talks

Warring parties in Sudan are nearing direct talks to end one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, according to Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior advisor for Africa. The US is holding discussions with the Sudanese military and...

Anti-Immigration Agency deports 61 Chadian migrants to Kufra

The Ajdabiya branch of the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency deported 61 illegal migrants of Chadian nationality to the city of Kufra. The deportation process included a number of injured individuals who received necessary medical care, as well as...

Seventeen further governments in Africa commit to scale up electricity access

Seventeen African governments have committed to reforms and actionable plans to expand electricity access as part of Mission 300, which is a partnership between development finance institutions (DFIs) the World Bank Group and the African...

Co-chairs' statement on the occasion of the Ministerial Meeting on Coordinating Efforts for De-Escalation in Sudan (24.09.25)

Building on the Sudan conferences in Paris (15 April 2024) and London (15 April 2025), we, the representatives of the African Union and the European Union and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, convened in...

17 African Countries Back Reforms To Expand Electricity Access — World Bank

Seventeen African governments have endorsed reforms and action plans to expand electricity access under Mission 300, the World Bank has said. The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group lead the initiative, which aims to connect 300...

IRCC raises cap for study to PR pathway  

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will accept close to 700 more applications through its Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot (FMCSP) study to permanent residence (PR) pathway. This increase brings the total number of...

Nigerian Militants Increasingly Employ Digital Warfare

Executive Summary Militant groups in Northern Nigeria, including Boko Haram and ISWAP, increasingly exploit encrypted messaging apps, social media algorithms, and AI tools to recruit, radicalize, and coordinate. Nigeria’s counterterrorism response...

Cuban man on hunger strike in Eswatini Prison after US deportation

A Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison, having been held there for more than three months without charge or access to legal counsel under the Trump...

News Briefs for Oct. 24

Abingdon Concert Series to Host Nobuntu (Submitted by Lynne Manning, Arts @ Abingdon) Abingdon Episcopal Church in White Marsh, Gloucester County, will be hosting Nobuntu, a female a cappella quartet from Zimbabwe, in the second concert this...

How ‘Chad Powers’ made Glen Powell unrecognizable

He’s two-faced. In Hulu’s “Chad Powers,” Glen Powell’s disgraced football player character, Russ Holliday, dons an elaborate disguise to try to give himself a second chance at college football glory. After publicly embarrassing himself and...

Polio funding cuts and war threaten 40-year effort to wipe out disease

Nations divided by conflict face the greatest threat from a resurgent polio virus and a 30 per cent cut in global funding that could badly hamper efforts to eliminate the disease by the end of the decade. Wild polio remains endemic in Afghanistan...

From Rome, Tinubu returns to Abuja

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Sunday evening returned to Abuja after participating in the Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government-level Meeting in Rome, Italy. The Aqaba Process is a counter-terrorism initiative launched by His Majesty King...

Journalists targeted amid Sudan’s war: stories from the ground

By Violet Ikong and Éloge Willy Kaneza Since the outbreak of civil war in April 2023, Sudan has become one of the deadliest countries in Africa for journalists. According to the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate, more than 30 journalists have been...

ZCTU threatens mass action over Zanu PF plan to extend Mnangagwa’s term

By Alois Vinga The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has condemned plans by the ruling Zanu PF party to amend the Constitution and extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tenure, describing the proposal as a betrayal of democracy and a...