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☆ African Leaders Bring Peace Proposal to Ukraine as Kyiv and Moscow Vie for Support
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Biden Urges Uganda to Repeal Drastic New Anti-LGBT Law
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Nicholas Bariyo | Gabriele Steinhauser | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Stakes in Sudan’s War Include Russian Gold, Nile Dam, Key Shipping Lane
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | Nicholas Bariyo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The fate of some of Africa’s most important strategic resources is hanging in the balance as Sudan’s top two generals vie for supremacy, from the waters of the Nile and access to crucial shipping lanes to some of the continent’s largest gold mines. These riches have long caught the eye of outside powers, including Russia, Egypt and the petrostates of the Gulf. Now, some are trying to influence the outcome of the conflict, by offering weapons and other military support to the rival factions, moves that could drag out a lethal confrontation between Sudan’s military and a state-sponsored militia in which hundreds of people have already been killed.

☆ What Is Happening in Sudan? The Fighting Explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Nicholas Bariyo | Gabriele Steinhauser | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Photo: El Tayeb Siddig/ReutersA rivalry between Sudan’s top two generals erupted into warfare on April 15, pitting the East African country’s military against a state-sponsored militia called the Rapid Support Forces. The military is using jet fighters to strike RSF positions, many in densely populated areas, while both factions are engaging in street battles using guns and artillery fire. Tens of thousands of Sudanese have fled their homes, while millions are trapped with diminishing supplies of food and water. Why is there fighting in Sudan? Two years later, they toppled a civilian transitional government that was meant to lead the country toward democratic elections.

Jet fighters and military helicopters roared in the skies above Sudan’s capital and residents sheltered at home from gunfire and explosions, as a lethal power battle between the country’s top generals dragged into a third day Monday. The Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a medical union, said its members had counted at least 97 civilians killed and nearly 1,000 people injured across Sudan since Saturday, when tensions that had been building for weeks between Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the country’s de facto head of state, and his deputy, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo , erupted into warfare.

Smoke rises from the tarmac of Khartoum International Airport in an image from a video. Jet fighters and military helicopters roared in the skies above Sudan’s capital and residents sheltered at home from gunfire and explosions, as a lethal power battle between the country’s top generals dragged into a third day Monday. The Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a medical union, said its members had counted at least 97 civilians killed and nearly 1,000 people injured across Sudan since Saturday, when tensions that had been building for weeks between Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the country’s de facto head of state, and his deputy, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo , erupted into warfare.

☆ Sudan Rivalry Between Powerful Generals Erupts in Warfare
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Nicholas Bariyo | Gabriele Steinhauser | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Smoke rises during clashes Saturday between the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Omdurman, Sudan. Heavy fighting broke out in Sudan’s capital between the national army and a powerful militia—a dangerous escalation of tensions between the country’s top two generals, who worked together to oust the longtime dictator, Omar al-Bashir , in 2019. In competing statements, the army, commanded by Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, the leader of Sudan’s military junta, and the Rapid Support Forces, a state-sponsored militia led by Gen. Burhan’s deputy, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo , blamed each other for starting the conflict.

☆ Power Struggle Between Sudan’s Top Two Generals Turns Deadly
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | Nicholas Bariyo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Heavy fighting in Sudan between rival factions of the armed forces raged for a second day Sunday, with local doctors reporting that at least 56 civilians had been killed in a lethal power battle between the country’s two top generals. In the capital Khartoum and other cities, residents sought shelter in their homes as Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces, a state-sponsored militia, exchanged gun- and artillery fire, with frequent explosions ringing out across the city.

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☆ Debt Standoff Between China and U.S. Hurts Poor Countries, Zambia’s President Warns
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LUSAKA, Zambia—Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema said China and the U.S. have a responsibility to set aside their differences and help countries such as his get the debt relief they need to avoid further damage to their economies. With finance officials from around the world gathering in Washington this week for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank biannual meetings, Mr. Hichilema’s country is emerging as a focal point of discussions on how to restructure poor nations’ debts. U.S. officials have criticized China, now the biggest government lender to the developing world, for failing to write down loans if borrowing countries such as Zambia run into trouble.

Atul Gupta and his brother Rajesh allegedly leveraged their close ties to South Africa’s government to build a business empire. South Africa’s justice minister said that the United Arab Emirates had refused the extradition of two India-born brothers who were allegedly at the center of a large government corruption scandal in Africa’s most developed economy. South African authorities say that Atul and Rajesh Gupta for years leveraged their close ties to former President Jacob Zuma and other senior officials in the ruling African National Congress to build a business empire that once stretched from media to mining. Failure to try them in South Africa would be a big blow for President Cyril Ramaphosa , who took over in 2018 after the ANC ousted Mr. Zuma largely because of his alleged ties to the Gupta brothers.

Paul Rusesabagina’s detention had been condemned by the U.S. State Department. Rwanda’s justice minister on Friday commuted the 25-year prison sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the movie “Hotel Rwanda” about the 1994 genocide and later used his Hollywood fame to criticize President Paul Kagame . A Belgian citizen and U.S. green-card holder, Mr. Rusesabagina was convicted by a Rwandan court in 2021 on a string of charges including terrorism, the financing and founding of armed groups, murder, arson and conspiracy to involve children in militancy. Rwandan authorities say Mr. Rusesabagina for years funded the National Liberation Front, the alleged armed wing of his opposition group, the Rwandan Movement for Democratic Change.

☆ Somalia Drought Killed 43,000 People Last Year, Study Finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

In Somalia, nearly half of the 17-million-strong population depend on humanitarian aid. An estimated 43,000 Somalis—around half of them children under the age of 5—died from the effects of a devastating regional drought last year and thousands more are expected to die in the first half of 2023, according to a study published Monday by Somalia’s health ministry, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund. The Horn of Africa region has experienced five consecutive below-average rainy seasons since 2020, leaving some 22 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia without sufficient food and water to meet their daily needs, according to the World Food Programme. No country has been hit harder than Somalia, where the drought has coincided with a government campaign against al Qaeda-linked militants and nearly half of the 17-million-strong population depend on humanitarian aid.

☆ Alex Murdaugh Receives Life Sentence: What Happens Now?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nigerians Cast Vote in Crucial Election Amid Economic, Security Crises Nigerians headed to the polls to elect their next president as Africa’s most populous country and largest oil producer grapples with severe economic and security problems. WSJ’s Gabriele Steinhauser reports from polling stations on what’s at stake. Photo: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images

☆ Nigeria’s New Leader Faces Challenges on Economy and Credibility
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Bola Tinubu won the election with the support of a fraction of Nigeria’s 210 million people. Bola Tinubu , the veteran political fixer who won Nigeria’s presidency after campaigning with the catchphrase “It’s my turn,” will take the reins of Africa’s largest economy under a cloud of accusations that he doesn’t have the mandate he claims. More than 87 million Nigerians had collected voter identification cards ahead of Saturday’s election, but according to the country’s electoral commission, only 25 million actually cast their votes in a process marred by violent incidents and delays at polling stations and a chaotic tallying of votes. Both main opposition candidates have pledged to challenge Mr. Tinubu’s victory in court, presaging what could be a prolonged period of uncertainty at a time when Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is already struggling with a crush of security problems and a fall in oil production, the government’s main foreign revenue source.

☆ Guilty Verdict in Alex Murdaugh Murder Trial: What Happens Now?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Nigeria’s Opposition Parties Call for Election Rerun as Vote Count Continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nigeria’s two main opposition parties called for a rerun of Saturday’s national presidential election claiming that partial results showing a sizable lead for the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress had been manipulated. “We demand that this sham of an election should be immediately canceled,” Julius Abure, the chairman of the opposition Labour Party, said Tuesday in a joint news conference with representatives of the People’s Democratic Party in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.

☆ Nigeria Governing Party’s Bola Tinubu Declared President-Elect
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | Gbenga Akingbule | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ABUJA, Nigeria— Bola Tinubu , a longtime kingmaker in Nigeria’s governing All Progressives Congress and two-time governor of Lagos, has been elected president of Africa’s most- populous nation, the country’s electoral commission said early Wednesday, an outcome that was disputed by opposition parties. Mr. Tinubu, who ran with the catchphrase “Emi lokan,” or “It’s my turn” in the Yoruba language, won 37% of the vote, ahead of Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party, who received 29%, according to the commission tally. Peter Obi of the Labour Party, whose candidacy was propelled by young, social-media savvy Nigerians frustrated with an underperforming economy and rising insecurity, got 25%, with the balance going to candidates from smaller parties.

☆ Nigeria Election Criticized by International Observers, Opposition Parties
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | Gbenga Akingbule | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LAGOS, Nigeria—Early results from Nigeria’s presidential election showed a sizeable lead for the ruling party’s Bola Tinubu on Monday, as international observers said serious logistical problems, violence and the slow publishing on polling-station results had marred the vote in Africa’s largest economy and most-populous nation. By early Monday evening, results sheets from just over one-third of Nigeria’s 176,846 polling stations had been loaded onto the website of the country’s electoral commission following Saturday’s vote. The commission, which had previously vaunted the immediate publication of those results as a key step toward improving election transparency, said the delays were due to technical glitches and didn’t affect the integrity of the vote.

☆ Nigeria’s Ruling Party Candidate Takes Early Lead in Slow Vote Count
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | Gbenga Akingbule | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LAGOS, Nigeria—Early results from Nigeria’s presidential election showed a healthy lead for the ruling party’s Bola Tinubu , as the electoral commission said technical glitches were slowing down the vote count in Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation. By early afternoon Monday, results from just under a third of polling units had been loaded onto the electoral commission’s website following Saturday’s election. Parallel vote counts by civil-society organizations based on results uploaded so far showed Mr. Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress ahead of Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, followed by the Labour Party’s Peter Obi .

☆ Nigerians, Battered by Crises, Vote in Tight Election
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | Gbenga Akingbule | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LAGOS, Nigeria—Tens of millions of Nigerians cast their votes Saturday in an election that many hope will be a turning point for Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation after years of debilitating economic and security crises. For the first time, the two established parties that have ruled Nigeria since its return to democracy in 1999 are facing a third-party challenger, Peter Obi from the smaller Labour Party, who has gained a following among young people frustrated with a lack of opportunities, rising prices and the struggles that define everyday life in the country.

☆ Nigeria’s Economic and Security Crises Lift Outsider Candidate Ahead of Presidential Election
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | Gbenga Akingbule | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LAGOS, Nigeria—It took Patience Moses two years to find a job after graduating from college with high hopes and a communications degree. Then, bandits raided her relatives’ village, burning down houses and killing her grandmother and cousin. Now, an attempt by Nigeria’s central bank to limit cash transactions just before Saturday’s national elections has left her struggling to pay her son’s school fees and for the bus that takes her to work. “I have never voted, but now I want to vote,” said Ms. Moses, who, like many young Nigerians, says she is backing Peter Obi , of the smaller Labour Party, over candidates from the country’s established parties. “I want my vote to count.”

☆ Ghanaian Soccer Star Christian Atsu Found Dead After Turkey Earthquake
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Atsu previously played for Newcastle United. His body will be sent back to Ghana. Christian Atsu’s body has been found in the rubble of a building that collapsed in Turkey’s earthquakes, the Ghanaian soccer player’s agent and club said Saturday. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce to all well wishers that sadly Christian Atsu’s body was recovered this morning,” Nana Sechere, the player’s agent, said in a message on Twitter.

☆ South Africa Criticized for Naval Exercise With Russia and China
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

JOHANNESBURG—The navies of Russia, China and South Africa were due to begin an 11-day-long exercise off South Africa’s east coast on Friday that will overlap with the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine next week. The U.S. Embassy in South Africa and opposition politicians criticized the exercise, saying that it allowed Russia to test its military capabilities and show itself surrounded by allies at an important moment in its war in Ukraine.

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