Category: Africa

Drakensberg Park: The First Shamans of South Africa | Arkeo Ep27 I Documentary

For thousands of years, men have painted no less than 35,000 rock paintings on the walls of the caves in the Drakensberg. Nowhere else in the world can one find such a high number of rock artworks. What do these works tell us? …


Tanker Breaks Down in Suez Canal, but Traffic Not Disrupted

CAIRO—A tanker transporting liquefied natural gas broke down in the Suez Canal on Wednesday but traffic in the global waterway was unaffected, a canal spokesperson said. The Bahamas-flagged Grace Emilia suffered a malfunction of its rudder and tugboats pulled it to the side of the canal to allow other vessels to pass, said George Safwat,…


China Courting African Leaders While Trying to Quiet ‘Alarm’ Over Indebtedness to Beijing

A recent visit to Africa by China’s newly-appointed foreign minister, Qin Gang, has restoked fears of the Chinese Communist Party moving to supplant the United States as a principal foreign partner on the continent. Qin’s five-nation Africa tour (Ethiopia, Angola, Benin, Gabon, and Egypt) from Jan. 9–16 came less than two weeks after his appointment….


Recent Extremist Attacks Kill 32 People in Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—Multiple terrorist attacks across Burkina Faso over several days have resulted in the death of at least 32 people, including soldiers and civilians, government authorities said Tuesday. Burkina Faso’s State Information Agency posted on its Facebook page that a dozen soldiers and a civilian were killed Monday in Falagountou in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region…


Tropical Storm Leaves 30 Dead, 20 Missing in Madagascar

ANTANARIVO, Madagascar—Flooding and landslides caused by the passage of tropical storm Cheneso across Madagascar caused 30 deaths, left 20 people missing and affected tens of thousands across the Indian Ocean island nation, according to a provisional assessment Monday. The storm made landfall in the northeast of the island last Thursday and impacted close to 89,000…


Trucks Crash Into Commuters in Nigeria’s South; 20 Dead

ABUJA, Nigeria—Two separate road crashes involving trucks in southern Nigeria left 20 people dead including children, authorities said Sunday, with many of the victims burned beyond recognition. In Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos, a truck carrying a heavy container landed on a commercial bus on a busy bridge in the Ojuelegba area of the city,…


Italy, Libya Sign $8 Billion Gas Deal as Prime Minister Meloni Visits Tripoli

CAIRO—Italy’s prime minister held talks in Libya on Saturday with officials from the country’s west-based government focusing on energy and migration, top issues for Italy and the European Union. During the visit, the two countries’ oil companies signed a gas deal worth $8 billion—the largest single investment in Libya’s energy sector in more than two…


Biden Announces 20-Year Ban on Mining in Minnesota, Undermining Nation’s Mineral Security

The Biden administration has announced that it will impose a 20-year mining moratorium on thousands of acres of land in Minnesota by citing the need to protect the natural environment, potentially dealing a blow to Twin Metals, a major mining firm with interests in the region. The move has attracted criticism from mining associations and…


Popular Radio Journalist’s Brutal Murder Sparks Outcry in Cameroon 

“I won’t let you be … You just have to kill me …” were Martinez Zogo’s last words on the airwaves of the privately-owned Amplitude FM radio station in Cameroon’s capital of Yaounde on Jan. 17, 2023. In the satirical Embouteillages (Gridlock) daily slot that he was anchoring that fateful day, Zogo denounced an embezzlement…


US Military Kills Major ISIS Figure Bilal al-Sudani, 10 Other ISIS Terrorists in Somalia

The U.S. military carried out a counterterrorism operation on Jan. 25 in Somalia that killed multiple ISIS terrorists, among them Bilal-al-Sudani, according to the Pentagon. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin said that al-Sudani, who is an ISIS leader in Somalia and a key facilitator for ISIS’s global network, “was responsible for fostering the growing presence…