33.5 Million Nigerians Face 2027 Hunger Warning
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Security has moved to defuse one of the mostexplosive numbers of the week: a projection that 33.5 million Nigerians could face severe foodinsecurity in 2027. In comments reported in the past few hours, the minister dismissedsuggestions that the figure is being weaponized to damage President Bola Tinubu’s expected reelection... Read More
Twenty Years Over: Uganda Begins Pulling Troops From Somalia
Uganda has begun pulling its soldiers out of Somalia, drawing the curtain on nearly two decadesof frontline duty against al-Shabaab and leaving the African Union’s stabilization missionscrambling for a Plan B. Military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba confirmed in recent days thatthe withdrawal is already under way, with a complete pullout scheduled by 1 August 2027.Uganda... Read More
America Votes: Midterm Showdown Could Yank Congress From Trump
Polling stations across all 50 US states opened in the past few hours for a midterm election thatcould reshape President Donald Trump’s second term before it reaches its halfway mark. Everyone of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives is on the ballot, along with 35 Senateseats and 36 governorships, in what analysts have... Read More
DStv Prices Crash Up to 42% as Canal+ Reset Hits Wednesday
DStv is about to look very different for roughly 20 million African households. OnWednesday, November 5, Canal+ and MultiChoice will collapse the pay-TV service tojust four packages across most of sub-Saharan Africa, with top-tier prices falling byas much as 42 percent in some markets. The restructuring, confirmed in tradereporting over the weekend and reiterated in... Read More
Russia Arms Ethiopia as 50,000 Flee Across Kenya Border
Russia has delivered a fresh batch of fighter jets to Ethiopia and agreed to sell AddisAbaba an air defense package, in a move that is reshaping the balance of power onthe Red Sea in real time. The deal, which Russian officials have offered to pair with amediation role between Ethiopia and Eritrea, has surfaced in... Read More
Ayra Starr Set To Make History At NFL London Half time Show
Nigerian superstar Ayra Starr is poised to make history on Sunday as the first major Africanartist to headline a halftime show at an NFL London Game — a milestone moment that hassent Afrobeats fans across the continent into overdrive, with news of the booking explodingacross social media overnight.The 23-year-old Mavin Records sensation will take the... Read More
KOSPI Craters 5% As Binance Hack Rumours Rock Crypto Markets
South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index tumbled more than 5% in early trading on Friday,triggering a wave of panic across Asian markets, after rumours began swirling overnightthat the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, had suffered a multi-billiondollar hack. Within hours, bitcoin, ether and major altcoins were in freefall as tradersscrambled to pull funds from exchanges across... Read More
50,000 Flee Ethiopia Into Kenya As Moyale Crisis Explodes
United Nations said in an update released Friday morning, warning that the humanitariancrisis in Moyale is far from stable and that arrivals could continue to spike in the comingdays.Fresh clashes erupted overnight in Ethiopia’s southern Somali regional zone, pushing yetmore families across the porous border into Marsabit County on the Kenyan side. TheInternational Organization for... Read More
Tinubu seeks $20.5bn and €1.05bn in fresh foreign loans
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the National Assembly to approve a freshexternal borrowing plan worth about $20.52 billion and €1.05 billion, in a requestnow generating heated debate on the floor of the Senate and across Nigeria’spolitical commentariat.The request was contained in a letter addressed to Senate President GodswillAkpabio and read during plenary earlier this... Read More
At least 68 dead as high-speed trains collide in Spain
Spain woke to a national tragedy on Thursday morning, with the governmentconfirming that at least 68 people were killed when two high-speed trains collidedin the olive-covered countryside near Urda, in the province of Toledo, south ofMadrid. The death toll climbed through the overnight hours as rescue crewscontinued working through twisted carriages lit by portable floodlights.Prime... Read More