Africa Articles

Africa’s $25 Billion Gas Gamble: Leaders Sign Off on Continent-Spanning Pipeline to Europe

Johnson Progress After a decade of stop-start negotiations, West African leaders finally put pen to paper. Meeting in Sierra Leone's capital on Sunday, heads of state at the ECOWAS summit signed off on the Nigeria-Morocco Atlantic Gas Pipeline a project so vast it...

US Sanctions Rwanda Defence Forces, Four Top Officers Over Alleged M23 Support in DR Congo

The United States has imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) and four of its senior military officials, accusing them of actively supporting the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in violation of a US-brokered peace agreement....

Ugandan Authorities Restore Internet After Museveni’s Electoral Victory

Vongai Masuka Ugandan authorities have partially restored internet services after 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni secured a seventh term, extending his 40-year rule in a landslide victory that the opposition has dismissed as a sham. Users in the capital reported...

Thousands of South African Children Denied School Places as Document Dispute Ignites Migration Debate

Johnson Progress A mounting crisis in Gauteng’s education system has revealed that approximately 5,000 fully documented South African learners remain without school placements for the new academic year, sparking outrage and allegations that undocumented foreign...