Why is Uber pulling out of some African markets?
Uber’s exits from Nigeria and Uganda highlight the growing challenges of making ride-hailing work in Africa.
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Attackers kill police officer, kidnap teachers in Cameroon’s northwest
An armed group attacks a teacher training centre in the town of Wum, according to the Northwest Region’s governor.
Hutu and Tutsi: The history behind the divide
How a colonial legacy continues to shape conflict and identity.
![People hold candles during a vigil for victims of the 1994 genocide at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda [EFE/DAI KUROKAWA/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/9981e563ee3f4bb59accffa7bb9b6362_18.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Nigeria, Boko Haram reportedly reach secret three-month ceasefire
The reported truce follows the release of 360 villagers abducted during a Boko Haram attack in northeastern Nigeria.
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Gambian leader pledges halt to rolling blackouts as protests turn violent
Barrow pledges new power infrastructure, including a 24-megawatt plant, to tackle the worsening electricity crisis.
![Gambia's President Adama Barrow, poses for a photo, prior to the start of the ECOWAS meeting, in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, Dec 15, 2024. [Olamikan Gbemiga/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ap_6aa0b22b00927-1788916267.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Sharpeville massacre, 66 years on: Families still wait for justice
More than six decades after police opened fire on protesters, survivors and relatives are taking their fight to court.
![Young Blacks in foreground jeer at passing police in Orlando Township, near Johannesburg, Monday, April 1, 1960 during ?Day of Mourning,? for the victims of the Sharpeville shootings. Protest for the shooting of 80 persons over the racial restrictions spread to a large area of the country [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP6004010242-1732398331.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Suspected smugglers on trial over deadliest migrant tragedy in France
Paris trial begins over deadly Channel tragedy, with 14 facing charges for manslaughter.
![French lawyer Matthieu Chirez (front 2L) arrives with relatives of victims for the trial of the 14 alleged smugglers over the deaths of 31 migrants in the English Channel in 2021 at the Judicial court in Paris, on September 8, 2026. [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/afp_6aa086d6befa-1788905174.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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The Map Was Lying To You: Why the UN Just Changed How We See Africa
For 450 years, the world’s most-used map has made Africa look smaller than it really is.
Published On 8 Sep 2026
Maldives asks UK to reopen Chagos Islands sovereignty talks
Chagos Islands should not be handed over to Mauritius, president of Maldives says in letter to UK’s prime minister.
Sudan’s healthcare system on brink of collapse, MSF warns
More than a third of Sudan’s health facilities are nonoperational as aid cuts deepen crisis, medical charity says.
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‘Limit overshoot, peak, decline’: A new global goal for climate change?
The world agreed to limit temperature rises in 2015; that aim is proving impossible. Is it time for a course correction?
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