South Sudan// — Award-winning South Sudanese artist Irene Toss, born Amira Manyiel, has performed on some of East Africa’s biggest stages. Known for songs that speak to resilience, identity and hope, she has become one of the most recognisable female voices in South Sudan’s music industry.
The United States Department of State has announced that a U.S. embassy in West Africa has dismantled a birth tourism network involving more than 100 foreign nationals as part of a wider global effort to combat visa fraud and abuse of the U.S. immigration system.
A federal court in Florida has sentenced Ghanaian-American Kelvin Owusu Nkwantabisa to 17 years’ imprisonment for masterminding a US$38 million Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud scheme that targeted businesses and individuals across the United States and around the world.
Geneva, Switzerland, June 4, 2026/ — Refugees in Eastern and Southern Africa remain in exile for a median period of almost 16 years, according to new analysis by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, underscoring the urgent need to expand solutions.
Juba, South Sudan, May 30, 2026/ — “Peace doesn’t happen by chance. It is a shared responsibility.”
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress presidential primary election for the 2027 general election.
Banjul, Gambia/// — Millions of women and girls remain without adequate legal protection due to the failure of African governments to enact and effectively enforce national laws and regional agreements, Equality Now (https://EqualityNow.org/) warned at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (ACHPR) 87th Ordinary Session in Banjul, The Gambia.
This address was not merely a residential building in one of Cairo’s distinguished districts. At a decisive historical moment, it became an African political operations room and a meeting place for leaders and activists from liberation movements across the continent.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia// — The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has appointed H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to support the AU Commission’s efforts towards peace and stability in the Horn of Africa,
Accra, Ghan// — The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warn that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to face one of the world’s largest and most severe hunger crises.
