Burkina Faso Dissolves 118 NGOs in Sweeping Crackdown on Civil Society
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch condemn the military junta’s latest move to silence dissent, warning of a systematic erasure of democratic space. Burkina Faso’s military government has dissolved 118 non-governmental organizations and associations in what human rights groups are calling the most aggressive assault on civil society in the country’s history, deepening concerns about... Read More
SA Startup Raises $5.2M for AI Stethoscope That Detects TB in Minutes
AI Diagnostics’ Ostium device puts specialist-level tuberculosis screening in the hands of community health workers across Africa and Asia A Cape Town-based medical technology startup has just secured a major funding boost that could transform how one of the world’s deadliest diseases is detected across the developing world. AI Diagnostics has raised $5.2 million (approximately... Read More
Iran Launches Drone Strikes on US Ships After Cargo Vessel Seizure
The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran is teetering on the edge of collapse this morning after Tehran launched drone strikes against American military vessels in the Gulf of Oman, a dramatic escalation following the US Navy’s seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship. The incident began on Sunday when the guided-missile destroyer USS... Read More
APC Kills Automatic Tickets and the Party Is Tearing Itself
From furious lawmakers who were promised safe seats to defecting governors demanding payback, the ruling party’s decision to enforce open primaries has unleashed a civil war within the APC ahead of 2027 The All Progressives Congress just pulled the rug out from under its own members, and the fallout is getting ugly. APC National Chairman... Read More
Former Ally Turns Rival: Aregbesola Calls Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda ‘A Scam’
Once one of Tinubu’s closest political allies, Rauf Aregbesola delivered a blistering attack on the president at the ADC national convention, signaling a bitter 2027 race ahead. Nigerian politics just got a lot more personal. Rauf Aregbesola, the former Minister of Interior and one-time loyal lieutenant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has publicly branded the... Read More
Dangote Makes TIME100 Again
The Nigerian industrialist joins Trump, Xi Jinping, and Pope Leo XIV on TIME’s 2026 list of the 100 most influential people, his second appearance in a decade. Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and the driving force behind the continent’s largest industrial conglomerate, has been named to TIME Magazine’s 2026 list of the 100 most influential... Read More
All Flights May Stop Monday: Nigerian Airlines Issue Shutdown Ultimatum Over 300% Fuel Price Surge
Airline operators warn that domestic flights could be grounded from April 20 as aviation fuel prices spike from N900 to N3,300 per litre in just weeks. If you have a domestic flight booked in Nigeria next week, you might want to make alternative plans. The Airline Operators of Nigeria has issued a stark warning: all... Read More
Three Years of War: Sudan’s Forgotten Crisis Hits a Grim Milestone
As world leaders gather in Berlin to mark the anniversary, new data reveals 30 million Sudanese need urgent aid and nearly 700 civilians have died in drone strikes in 2026 alone. Tuesday, April 15, 2026, marks exactly three years since the first shots were fired in Khartoum, plunging Sudan into a civil war that has... Read More
Akpabio Claims Terror Attacks Are Political Plot as Nigeria’s Security Meltdown Deepens
The Senate President says bombings will ‘stop two weeks after elections’ even as the death toll from a military airstrike on a Yobe market climbs past 100 and the U.S. pulls embassy staff from Abuja. Nigeria’s Senate President Godswill Akpabio delivered a stunning claim on Tuesday that has ignited a firestorm of controversy across the... Read More
Outrage Mounts as Nigeria Admits Airstrike Hit Packed Market
Nigeria is reeling from one of its deadliest military incidents in years after a Nigerian Air Force airstrike targeting Boko Haram insurgents struck a packed civilian market in Jilli, along the Borno-Yobe state border, killing what witnesses and human rights organizations estimate to be over 100 people, including children. The strike, which occurred on Saturday,... Read More