Onyinye Ogbuka, Author at The World Politics

Land Disputes in Rebel-Occupied Congo Threaten Peace Agreement

Land ownership conflicts in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is under the control of rebels, are complicating a...

UN Accuses Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces of Crimes Against Humanity During El Fasher Siege

The United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan has been pointing out that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are responsible for crimes against humanity while...

Aid Workers Use Donkeys to Reach Sudan Landslide Survivors

On Saturday, floods caused a landslide that buried countless homes and damaged the main road that leads to the village, which left the population...

DR Congo Confirms New Ebola Outbreak in Kasai Province

The Democratic Republic of Congo has come forward to declare that an Ebola outbreak has hit the southern Kasai province area after a 34-year-old...

Congolese Women Turn to Mining for Survival After Rebel Attacks

Women who had to leave their homes due to the revolting violence of rebels in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the...

South Africa Sugar Farmers Face Job Cuts From Trump Tariffs and Import Competition

Farmers in South Africa's sugar industry are reducing the workforce to cope with the problems resulting from the 30% tariff imposed by U.S. President...

Commission Links South African Building Fire to Housing Crisis

The Khamphepe inquiry commission got to know that the housing crisis in South Africa was the main reason for the disaster, and thus, the...

Dozens Die After Boat Hits Tree Stump in Nigerian River

At a minimum, 32 individuals lost their lives when an overloaded boat toppled after it came into contact with a partially sunken tree stump...

African Researchers Release Dataset to Bridge AI Language Gap

Africa-wide researchers have made what they explain to be the biggest dataset of African languages for the growth of artificial intelligence known to the...

African Scholar Calls for Continental Unity on Security Issues

Dr. Kennedy Ahorsu, Research Fellow at the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy at the University of Ghana, during a workshop in Accra,...

South African Business Confidence Falls in Third Quarter Amid U.S. Tariff Pressure

According to a survey by Rand Merchant Bank and the Bureau of Economic Research, South African business confidence dropped in the third quarter of...

Ethiopia Central Bank Governor Resigns After Economic Reform Program

Mamo Mihretu has left the position of National Bank of Ethiopia governor after two and a half years. In an announcement made on the...

South African Building Fire Report Cites Housing Crisis

The 77 people who lost their lives in a fire in Johannesburg in August 2023 commission report attributed, among other things, to extreme poverty...

Western Balkans Smugglers Expanding Operations in West Africa

Crime groups from the Western Balkans are progressively exploiting West Africa to deepen their cocaine business to run the smuggling routes from Latin America...

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