In the DRC, Vally Amisi’s family is demanding answers. In Ethiopia, fears of renewed conflict are growing among the population, while Niger takes back control of its uranium sector.

Emergency crews gathered at the port of Calais after three migrants died trying to cross the English Channel to Britain. Two women in their thirties and a 10-year-old boy, believed to be Eritrean, died in what appears to have been a crush aboard an overcrowded dinghy.

The gate of Mt Elgon National Park. PHOTO/Mt Elgon Foundation/ Kelvin Maima. By PATRICK MAYOYO Elephants living on Mount Elgon may be using certain plants to treat illness, according to new research that draws on decades of observations by members of the local Sabaot Indigenous community. The study, published in Scientic Reports, documents reports of elephants selecting particular plants when they appear unwell, as well as mothers providing plant material to their calves. Researchers describe the behaviour as “putative self-medication”, while stressing that the findings do not yet prove the plants have therapeutic effects. Researchers worked with eight Sabaot experts, including wildlife scouts, guides and elders with more than 20 years’ experience living in or observing elephants around Mount Elgon. Their accounts identified 35 plant species and four types of soil, minerals or clay reportedly consumed by elephants. Of the plants, 34 were also recognised by the experts as having t...

Pope Leo XIV meets with France bishops. PHOTO/VATICAN By PATRICK MAYOYO Catholic churches today are placing repentance, humility and faithful action at the centre of the liturgy, as worshippers are reminded that what ultimately matters is not what people say, but whether their lives reflect God’s will. The readings for today’s Mass present a consistent message: people can change, God calls them to account for their choices, and genuine faith must be demonstrated through action. The first reading, from the Book of Ezekiel, confronts the human tendency to accuse God of being unfair. Through the prophet, God challenges Israel’s complaint and turns the question back on the people: is God’s way really unfair, or are human beings responsible for the consequences of their own choices? Ezekiel offers a message of both responsibility and hope. A person who has lived rightly but later turns towards wrongdoing will be held accountable for that wrongdoing. But the reverse is also true: som...

In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said Washington's plan to take in up to 17,500 more White South Africans was "a race-based policy", dismissing the "so-called genocide" of Afrikaners as "fake news".

Ethiopia’s army chief accused Eritrea and Sudan on Sunday of backing armed groups fighting federal troops, as clashes with Tigrayan rebels intensified. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front said it was waging a “defensive war” and seized airports. A humanitarian source said rebels captured the Afar town of Erebti on Sunday.

African startups can apply to Madica for up to $200,000 through a SAFE. Here is who qualifies, how the rolling application process works and what founders should check before accepting an investment.

Africa has more than $4 trillion in domestic financial assets, but only a small share reaches infrastructure and productive businesses. New financing structures in Rwanda, East Africa and Morocco show how that gap could be narrowed.

A slow-moving nor’easter battered the northeastern United States for a second day Sunday, flooding low-lying neighborhoods in New Jersey and New York City, toppling trees across Long Island and cutting power to more than 100,000 customers at points during the day, according to outage tracking data. Tidal surges swamped streets along the New Jersey shoreline, […]

South Africa’s anti-immigration movement March and March has given undocumented foreign nationals until Wednesday, September 30, to leave the country, a deadline with no legal force that has nonetheless driven refugees in Durban into hiding and prompted safety warnings from Nigeria’s diaspora union. Bishop Raphael Bahebwa, who arrived in South Africa as a refugee from […]