Africa
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Outbreak After Outbreak: Global Health Authorities Respond
On May 2, 2026, passengers aboard the MV Hondius, a cruise ship traveling across the Atlantic, reported an unidentified respiratory infection. After the death of a passenger, the WHO identified the deadly infection as the Andes strain of Hantavirus.
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A Brief Overview of Pope Leo’s Africa Tour
Pope Leo XIV completed his 11-day trip over Africa on Thursday, which took him to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea from April 13-23. Leo established himself as someone insistent on calling out injustice.
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Sudan Enters Its Fourth Year of Civil War
As of April 2026, the United Nations estimates that nearly 14 million civilians have been displaced, with 4.4 million being forced across borders. Further, agriculture has been destroyed, placing nearly 21 million civilians in food insecurity. Despite the enormous humanitarian casualties, the war is only…
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The Sahel Conflict Where Everyone is in the Wrong
Since 2015, Burkina Faso has been in a devastating war with Islamist insurgents. Currently, two groups drive a majority of the violence, one being an al-Qaeda affiliate.
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Sudan: Turning Cities into Casualties
A power struggle between the military and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into war throughout the country. No end is in sight to bring a stop to the fighting, now one of the deadliest conflicts in Africa.
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Nepal’s Gen-Z Head to the Polls
Supporters of rapper-turned-politician Balenda Shah took to the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal, celebrating his landslide victory in Nepal’s first general elections to elect 275 members of the House of Representatives since the violent Gen-Z protests that engulfed the nation in September. The 2025 protests were…
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Kenyan Aviation Worker Strikes Finally Over
Earlier this week, the Kenya Aviation Workers Union and the government of Kenya were able to come to an agreement to raise wages and ensure better regulation for workers in the industry after a disruptive 2-day strike.
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The American Responsibility to Cut the UAE’s Involvement in Sudan
The civil war in Sudan is often framed as an internal power struggle. In reality, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has played a large role in aiding the RSF militarily and financially.
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Railway Reborn: The Lobito Corridor
Connecting the Atlantic port of Lobito, Angola, to the Copperbelt mining regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia is a railway reborn: The Lobito Corridor.
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Sudan’s Never-Ending War: 1,000 Days of Despair
Since April 2023, Sudan’s civil war has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with roughly 34 million Sudanese people in need of health or humanitarian assistance this year. Unfortunately, the fighting is far from over.
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The Forgotten African War
For nearly the past year, the outbreak of another violent civil war in Sudan has wreaked havoc on the country and its people. Here’s all you need to know about the conflict and its decades-long history.