Namibian president announces free higher education, saying ‘fees have fallen’.
Namibia’s new president has announced that university fees will be scrapped from 2026.
Focus on Africa
South Africa will defend sovereignty; ANC chair says as tensions grow with US.
“We are a free country, we’re a sovereign country. We’re not a province of the United States and that sovereignty will be defended,”
John Mahama Pledges 1,000 University Scholarships for ECOWAS Students to School in Ghana
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that Ghana will offer 1,000 scholarships to university students from across the ECOWAS sub-region, as part of efforts to strengthen regional ties through education and shared experiences.
ECOWAS Meets in Ghana to Tackle Members Pulling out
West African leaders are gathering in Accra, Ghana, for a two-day meeting to address the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS
Sudanese paramilitary attacks famine-stricken camps, killing at least 100.
Sudanese paramilitary attacks famine-stricken camps, killing at least 100.
The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has carried out a two-day attack on famine-hit camps for displaced people in the Darfur region that killed more than 100 people, including 20 children and nine aid workers, according to the United Nations.
Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, on Saturday said the RSF and allied militias launched an offensive on the Zamzam and Abu Shorouk camps and the nearby city of el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province.
The camps were attacked on Friday and again on Saturday, Nkweta-Salami said in a statement, and nine aid workers were killed “while operating one of the very few remaining health posts” in Zamzam camp.
Zamzam and Abu Shouk shelter more than 700,000 people who have been forced to flee their homes across Darfur during past bouts of fighting in the region, according to UN figures.
“This represents yet another deadly and unacceptable escalation in a series of brutal attacks on displaced people and aid workers in Sudan since the onset of this conflict nearly two years ago,” she said.
“I strongly urge those committing such acts to immediately desist.”
The UN official didn’t identify the aid workers, but Sudan’s Doctors’ Union said in a statement that six medical workers with the Relief International group were killed when their hospital in Zamzam came under attack on Friday.
They include Mahmoud Babaker Idris, a physician at the hospital, and Adam Babaker Abdallah, head of the group in the region, the union said. It blamed the RSF for “this criminal and barbaric act”.
Credit:aljazeera
Devastation after deadly flooding in DR Congo’s capital.
Dozens of people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rains flooded the capital
DR Congo repatriates three Americans who faced death penalty over failed coup attempt.
Three Americans have been transferred to the United States after their death sentences over a foiled deadly coup were commuted to life imprisonment last week by Congolese authorities, in the wake of talks with US government officials.
Tariffs Are Sales Taxes Beneficial to the Targeted Party – The GITFiC
Tariffs are primarily sales taxes, mainly beneficial to the targeted country rather than the imposing country.
U.S. Tariffs on African Countries: A Ripple Effect Across the Continent
These tariffs, rolling out between April 5 and 9, 2025, aren’t just numbers—they’re a wake-up call for Ghana and the continent.
Somalia offers US exclusive control of air bases, ports.
Somalia has extended an offer to the United States for exclusive control over strategic airbases and ports