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January 23, 2026 4:13 PM

Half of all Sudanese children not in education due to civil war, says aid group

Around half of all school-age children in Sudan, or more than eight million, are no longer in education because of the country's civil war, in one of the world's worst education crises, Save The Children said in a report on Thursday. "Right now the ...

January 23, 2026 4:08 PM

UN says 35 million Nigerians risk hunger after global funding collapse

Nearly 35 million Nigerians are at risk of hunger this year, including 3 million children facing severe malnutrition, the United Nations said on Thursday, following the collapse of global aid budgets. Speaking at the launch of the 2026 humanitarian ...

January 21, 2026 11:17 PM

Gates and OpenAI team up for AI health push in African countries

The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are setting up a $50 million partnership to help African countries use artificial intelligence to improve their health systems. The partnership, called Horizon1000, plans to work with African leaders to work out how b...

January 20, 2026 6:24 PM

Botswana’s diamond stockpile swells as gem price slump persists

Botswana's diamond stockpile is nearly double its target inventory levels amid persistent low prices, leaving the country unable to increase gem production in the short term to lift its economy, the finance ministry has said. Botswana's economy was ...

January 20, 2026 6:08 PM

Uganda’s military chief tells hiding opposition leader to surrender

Ugandan military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba said he was praying for fugitive opposition leader Bobi Wine's death and gave him 48 hours to surrender to the police following a contentious presidential election. Former pop star Wine said he fled a milit...

January 19, 2026 10:42 PM

Dozens abducted in Nigeria church attacks; church leader says more than 160 seized

Armed bandits abducted dozens of worshippers from two churches in Nigeria's Kaduna state, police said on Monday, while a senior church leader put the number of those missing at more than 160. Kaduna state police said gunmen armed with "sophisticated...

January 18, 2026 2:38 PM

Uganda’s Museveni wins re-election, opposition leader at large

Veteran President Yoweri Museveni was declared the landslide winner of Uganda's presidential election on Saturday, extending his rule into a fifth decade after a contest marred by violent incidents and allegations of fraud. The result hands the 81-y...

January 16, 2026 6:52 PM

Nigeria’s northeast faces worst hunger in a decade as aid cuts hit region, UN says

Thousands of people in Nigeria's strife-torn northeast are facing the risk of catastrophic food shortages for the first time in nearly a decade, as aid cuts deepen malnutrition across the region, the U.N. World Food Programme warned on Friday. Aroun...

December 17, 2025 4:02 PM

PM Modi addresses Ethiopian Parliament, highlights shared civilisational ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed a joint session of the Ethiopian Parliament, a special honour accorded to him during his first bilateral visit to the African nation. He received a standing ovation from lawmakers ahead of his addre...

December 17, 2025 1:31 PM

Senior leaders congratulate PM Modi on receiving Ethiopia’s highest civilian honour

Senior leaders including Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and BJP President JP Nadda on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he was conferred with Ethiopia’s highest ...

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