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Africa's oldest leader isn't ready to retire - and he's not the only one defying age
Kate Bartlett, NPR
At 92, Cameroon's President aul Biya is running for an eighth term on Sunday — a reminder of how Africa's aging leaders continue to cling to power, even as their nations face unrest, corruption, and calls for change.
Oct 11, 2025, 3:32 PM
3 men deported by US are being held in an African prison without charge, lawyers say
GERALD IMRAY, Yahoo Entertainment
Three men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge ...
Sep 2, 2025, 3:42 PM
Tiny African country detaining 5 deported migrants asks USA for $500 million...
Alex Woodward, The-independent.com
Tiny African country detaining 5 deported migrants asks USA for $500 million... (First column, 13th story, link) Related stories:UPRISING AT ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ... 'They've beaten everyone here'... Prison chaplain at PA facility accused…
Sep 1, 2025, 9:28 PM
Rwanda confirms it received seven immigrants deported under Donald Trump
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The Trump administration has struck deals with third-party countries, including four in Africa, to accept US deportees.
Aug 28, 2025, 8:37 PM
DR Congo, M23 rebels resume talks in Qatar after renewed violence in east
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Qatar's foreign ministry said delegations were meeting in Doha to review the implementation of a truce signed in July.
Aug 26, 2025, 6:18 PM
‘The whole scheme stinks’: Ugandans question deal to take US deportees
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The East African country is being pushed as a deportation location for high-profile US detainee Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Aug 26, 2025, 2:48 PM
Uganda agrees deal with US to take in deported asylum seekers
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
A Ugandan official said the country would prefer to receive people from African nationalities under the agreement.
Aug 21, 2025, 1:52 PM
Trump, send your deportees to Europe not Africa
Tafi Mhaka, Al Jazeera English
Deal with them in the US; failing that, let the former colonial powers bear the burden they helped create.
Aug 20, 2025, 8:36 AM
‘No more food’: In northern Nigeria, US funding cuts bite for aid groups
Sani Adamu, Shola Lawal, Al Jazeera English
Organisations like the World Food Programme are scaling back aid or completely halting operations.
Aug 15, 2025, 5:33 AM
US sanctions DR Congo armed group over illicit mining, ceasefire tested
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The US is sanctioning the Pareco-FF armed group, as well as the Congolese mining company CDMC.
Aug 12, 2025, 10:18 PM
Trump’s Africa deal: Peace plan or power grab?
Al Jazeera English
As Rwanda and the DRC hold their first meeting under a US-backed peace deal, Trump is touting it as a diplomatic win
Aug 5, 2025, 1:42 PM
'We are being driven from the land' - after a massacre, a Nigerian village buries its dead
Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR
Another deadly overnight raid in central Nigeria left more than 100 villagers dead and hundreds displaced. Survivors in Benue State say it's part of a brutal campaign to drive Christian farming communities from their land. NPR reports from Yelwata, where resi…
Jul 26, 2025, 11:00 AM
Is Trump using Africa as a ‘dumping ground’ for criminals?
Yashraj Sharma, Al Jazeera English
Activists and rights groups have criticised Trump's 'third country' scheme to deport criminals.
Jul 25, 2025, 4:02 PM
Do Africa’s leaders have a ‘game plan’ to deal with Trump?
Al Jazeera English
Former African Union diplomat Arikana Chihombori argues that Trump’s Africa policy is ‘a step in the right direction’.
Jul 20, 2025, 5:53 PM
US deports immigrants to African country of Eswatini amid rights concerns
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
The Trump administration has pushed third-party countries to accept deportees whose home countries will not accept them.
Jul 16, 2025, 5:47 PM
Trump’s push for peace in the DRC
Al Jazeera English
Peace agreement between the DRC and Rwanda is staggering in its ambition.
Jul 14, 2025, 9:32 AM
White House hosts West African leaders to discuss trade and development
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Talks come as US shifts focus from aid to building sustainable economic partnerships.
Jul 9, 2025, 6:25 PM
What's on the table for the 5 African Presidents meeting Trump at the White House?
Jewel Bright, NPR
President Trump is hosting 5 African leaders in Washington this week — a mini summit that's raising eyebrows over who was invited, what's on the table, and what it signals about U.S. rivalry with China and BRICS in Africa.
Jul 9, 2025, 2:57 PM
Trump administration deports 8 migrants to South Sudan
Luke Barr, ABC News
The migrants were the subject of a lawsuit that halted their deportation to South Sudan and diverted them to a U.S. military base in Djibouti.
Jul 5, 2025, 3:19 PM
Keep your America, Mr Trump, and we’ll keep our Africa
Tafi Mhaka, Al Jazeera English
In trying to shut us out, Trump may be doing what African leaders have long failed to do: Push us to stand on our own.
Jul 4, 2025, 1:29 PM
Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts
Jonathan Lambert, NPR
A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.
Jul 1, 2025, 11:19 PM
Under Trump, US strikes on Somalia have doubled since last year. Why?
Mohamed Gabobe, Al Jazeera English
As Trump hits the Horn of Africa, experts caution against drone strikes, saying the US needs to invest in peacebuilding.
Jun 24, 2025, 2:32 PM
Is Trump planning an ‘Africa visa ban’?
Shola Lawal, Al Jazeera English
African countries make up the bulk of a list of countries that could face new visa bans from August.
Jun 20, 2025, 10:58 AM
US basketball training for Senegal cancelled after visas rejected
BBC News
Players will train in Dakar instead "in a sovereign and conducive setting", says the prime minister.
Jun 20, 2025, 9:22 AM