Nigeria held one of its closest presidential elections in history on February 25. As current president Muhammadu Buhari reached his two-term limit, three main candidates vied for the spot.
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In his speech he [The Pope] condemned western nations’ economic involvement in the region, calling for them to stop carving up the nation and acknowledge the role they are playing in the economic enslavement of the Congolese people, exclaiming “Hands off the Democratic Republic of the Congo! Hands off Africa!”
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Residents reported that the army had left the villages of Kibuma and Tongo and people are continuing to flee. This will lead to the worsening of an already existent humanitarian crisis in Eastern Congo where many people are living in tent cities with little access to food.
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The Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front came to an agreement to provide humanitarian access to the Tigray Region on November 12, after a two-year-long war, reports The Guardian.
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On October 30, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) expelled Rwandan ambassador Vincent Karega over allegations of supporting rebels active in the east of the country, according to Deutsche Welle.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine sent economic shockwaves across the world, affecting the production of economic staples such as wheat and nickel and putting significant strain on the global supply chain, reports CNBC. The energy market is one of the most significantly affected industries, and the strain impacts far more than the West. Africa is beginning to feel the brunt of this crisis.
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Her passing forces the world to consider what she stood for as a monarch of the Commonwealth realms. World leaders publicly acknowledging only the positives runs contrary to how others, especially people in African nations, view the Queen’s legacy and is an insult to former British colonies who fought for their right to rule themselves.
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On September 11, Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels announced that they are willing to participate in peace talks headed by the African Union (AU), reports Al Jazeera. This announcement comes after fighting resumed between the Ethiopian Federal Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in August.
Read MoreEthiopian and Tigrayan leaders have agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire to halt the civil conflict that has raged in the country’s northern Tigray region for over a year. The United Nations and other international actors are hopeful that the cessation of fighting will allow for humanitarian aid to the region. Reuters reports that the ceasefire comes at a time when “more than 90 percent of the 5.5 million Tigrayans need food aid,” despite Ethiopian authorities affirming that aid deliveries have never been impeded.
Read MoreSomalia’s federal parliamentary elections have been postponed with no planned makeup date, drawing the ire of Western backers that have condemned the delay.
March 15 was the deadline for each of Somalia’s five states to separately hold elections for the country’s lower house of parliament. By the end of the day, however, the central government failed to announce the completion of the vote nationwide. While voting was completed in the states of South West and Galmudug, the states of Jubaland, Hirshabelle, and Puntland cumulatively still had 40 vacant seats to fill as of the date of the deadline, according to Africanews.
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