Reports of sexual exploitation and abuse by health workers, including those from the World Health Organization (WHO), have surfaced from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent weeks.
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Paul Rusesabagina, the man whose story inspired the Academy Award-nominated 2004 film “Hotel Rwanda,” has been arrested on charges of terrorism in his native country of Rwanda, according to CNN. The Rwandan government alleges that he is the “founder, leader, and sponsor of violent, armed, extremist terror outfits,” accused of perpetrating a series of rural attacks in the summer of 2018. News of his arrest only broke after Rwandan police and security officials publicly displayed him in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, at the end of August.
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Sudan faced record breaking floods in early September that killed around 100 people and affected 800,000, according to a United Nations estimate. Seasonal rainfall caused the Nile River to rise by 57 feet and overflow. The floods have affected all 18 Sudanese states with the capital, Khartoum, being hit the worst according to The Washington Post. The Sudanese government called for a three-month state of emergency as the issue began in July, with more rain expected to come within the coming weeks.
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On July 25, MV Wakashio, a Japanese ship, hit a coral reef off the coast of Mauritius, a small island nation in the Indian Ocean, on its way to Brazil, according to The Washington Post. Six days later, oil began spilling into the Mahebourg Lagoon, resulting in the spillage of approximately 1,000 tons of oil into the Indian Ocean.
Read MoreOn February 12, Sudan’s transitional government announced its decision to hand ousted ex-President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face charges of genocide and war crimes during the war in Darfur
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At a summit on January 13 with leaders of the G5 Sahel, French President Emmanuel Macron doubled down on France’s support of five French-speaking African nations experiencing a surge in Islamic terrorism.
Read MoreUnited States diplomat, Tibor P. Nagy, called upon the countries in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in an effort to apply pressure on the two major peace partners in South Sudan to proceed with the formation of a government of national unity.
Read MoreTo say that farmers are having a bad time in East Africa would be an understatement. Giant swarms of locusts are eating up acres of crops as they move through the region.
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Nearly three decades after its closure following the outbreak of civil war, the United States has officially reopened its embassy in Somalia.
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Vladimir Putin’s Russia took very little interest in Africa during the 2000s, but in the wake of Western sanctions over its takeover of Crimea, Russia now finds it necessary to seek out new geopolitical friends.
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