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Caroline Awuor plants seedlings on her farm in Siaya County, western Kenya. She is a beneficiary of the My Farm Trees Project. Credit: Jackson Okata/IPS by Jackson Okata (Siaya, Kenya) Monday December 8, 2025 Inter-Press Office SIAYA, Kenya, Dec 8 (IPS) – Morris Onyango has been trying for years to reforest his degraded land on […]
Vladimir Putin’s Russian army is accused of raping and beheading civilians and ripping out their organs in a supposed fight against extremism in West Africa. The Russian paramilitary Afrika Korps was deployed to Mali earlier this year to take over the fight against Islamic militants from the Wagner forces. Wagner mercenaries were known for their […]
Nickson Zhuwayo, a Grade 7 student at Manyoshwa Primary School in Seke, Zimbabwe, uses this lantern to read and do his homework at home. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (like, Zimbabwe) Friday December 5, 2025 Inter-Press Office SEKE, Zimbabwe, Dec 5 (IPS) – When Monica Ben goes home after school, she takes […]
Fighting broke out between rival armies in April 2023 following a failed transition to civilian rule following the overthrow of former President Omar al-Bashir four years earlier. Sudan’s military government has been battling former allied fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia for control of the vast country where more than 12 million people […]
On November 10, Somalia’s federal government formally declared a drought crisis and called for urgent international assistance as conditions continue to deteriorate in the northern, central and southern regions. according to to the UN Aid Coordination Office, OCHA. Puntland is among the hardest-hit areas, with authorities estimating that nearly a million people need support, 130,000 […]
Nigerians at a newsstand with headlines reflecting the Trump-Nigeria saga. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS by Promise Eze (Abuja, Nigeria) Wednesday November 26, 2025 Inter-Press Office ABUJA, Nigeria, Nov 26 (IPS) – Diplomatic ties between Nigeria and the US have deteriorated further after US President Donald Trump threatened “military” intervention over what some US lawmakers have called […]
Through Candid Edwards November 25, 2025 Africa will receive a $1 billion injection into its technology and artificial intelligence infrastructure. On November 22, the United Arab Emirates announced a $1 billion investment to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure and services across Africa. According to the Emirates News Agency, the effort is “AI for development initiative”, aims […]
Mariann Bassey-Olsson of AFSA, left, and Prof. Ruth Hall of PLAAS Nigeria. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS by Isaiah Esipisu (Addis Ababa) Wednesday November 19, 2025 Inter-Press Office The idea of land abundance is a colonial fiction that refuses to die. Our research shows that Africa’s lands are already intensively used and highly valued by millions of […]
Activists protest against the need to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius during COP30, Belém, Brazil. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (Belgium, Brazil) Tuesday November 18, 2025 Inter-Press Office We did not start this fire, but we will be handed the bill. The rich country’s bill. It’s time to pay it […]
