Political Tensions in Senegal: President Fires PM Sonko
Senegal, long held up as one of West Africa’s steadiest democracies, has just deliveredone of its most dramatic political shocks in years.President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has fired Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko anddissolved the entire government. The decision was read out on state television in adecree delivered by presidential aide Oumar Samba Ba, who announced that... Read More
Dangote Refinery at Full Capacity, Reshaping Africa’s Energy Landscape
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery — the world’s largest single-train refinery, based in Lagos — has hit its full nameplate capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, operating at 99.4% utilization. Since reaching full capacity in early 2026, the refinery has shipped 456,000 metric tonnes of fuel to Ghana, Cameroon, Togo, Tanzania, and Senegal, with further exports... Read More
WHO Declares Global Ebola Emergency Over DRC & Uganda Outbreak
On May 16, 2026, the WHO declared the Ebola outbreak across the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) — its highest alert level. The outbreak is caused by Bundibugyo virus (BVD), a distinct Ebola strain with no licensed vaccine or targeted treatment available, making it particularly dangerous... Read More
ICC Opens Landmark Libya War Crimes Hearing — A 15-Year Wait for Justice
In February 2011, as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces turned their weapons on Libyan civilians and the Arab Spring tipped into civil war, the United Nations Security Council made an unusual decision. It referred Libya’s situation to the International Criminal Court — only the second time in history the Security Council had taken such a step. The... Read More
SEAL Team 6 airstrikes, and the fall of ISWAP’s shadow commander
A series of joint military operations between Nigeria and the United States has dealt what officials on both sides are calling the most devastating blow to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in over a decade of insurgency. Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters announced on Tuesday that an estimated 175 Islamic State fighters have been killed... Read More
A rare Ebola strain with no vaccine triggers global health emergency
The World Health Organization on May 16 declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern — the highest alarm the WHO can sound. Two days later, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention followed by declaring a Public Health Emergency of... Read More
Trump pulls back from the brink with Iran, but the clock is ticking
President Donald Trump disclosed over the weekend that the United States had been roughly one hour away from launching what he described as “a very major attack” on Iran before he personally called it off. The revelation, made in a Truth Social post on Sunday, injected fresh urgency into an already fraught diplomatic standoff that... Read More
Naira Slips Again as Forex Demand Refuses to Cool
The naira opened weaker this morning, slipping in both the official and parallel markets and adding to a quiet, week-long slide that the Central Bank has so far refused to publicly acknowledge. At the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market window, the dollar traded at ₦1,373.5, up from ₦1,372 in Monday’s session. On the streets, the rate... Read More
Kenya Cuts Diesel Prices, Suspends Matatu Strike After Deadly Fuel Protests
Kenya’s bruising fuel-price crisis took a sharp turn overnight, with the government slashingdiesel prices and matatu (minibus) operators agreeing to suspend their nationwide strike forone week — a fragile peace deal reached hours after at least four people were killed anddozens injured in protests that paralysed the country on Monday.The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority... Read More
Nairobi Becomes a ‘Walking City’ as Fuel Strike Paralyses Kenya
Matatus, buses, boda bodas and truckers shut down nationwide at midnight,stranding thousands and forcing Ruto into a high-stakes standoff Dawn broke over Nairobi today on a city without buses. By sunrise, Thika Road, MombasaRoad and Waiyaki Way — three of the busiest arteries in East Africa — were filled not withmatatus but with people walking,... Read More