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Africa: Fish under threat as stocks decline

Andrew Mbeki October 2, 2025

Africa Africa’s freshwater fish are disappearing at alarming rates, with a new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature warning that over a quarter of species face extinction. On Lake Victoria, the continent’s largest lake, fish catches have dropped sharply — a crisis that is already

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Youth led anti-govt protests in Morocco turn deadly

Saad Huzaifa October 2, 2025

Morocco Anti-government demonstrators in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night on Wednesday, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence. Police opened fire at the protesters in a southern town, reportedly in self-defense, killing two people. The deaths in Leqliaa, about 500 kilometers (312 miles) south of the […]

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Nigeria’s President Tinubu, to visit Gov Mutfwang’s transformed Plateau on Saturday

Kingsley Chukwuka October 2, 2025

Nigeria For the first time since assumption of office, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will be visiting Plateau State on Saturday October 4, 2025, to attend the burial ceremony of the mother of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Prof. Nentawa Yilwatda. Late Mama Yilwatda died on the 17th of August, 2025. The hitherto troubled […]

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Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound boat

Ethan Asher October 2, 2025

Israel The Israeli navy has intercepted boats carrying aid to Gaza and detained the activists aboard, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said several vessels that form part of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) had been “safely stopped” and that those aboard were being transferred to an Israeli port. It added the

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‘We only have the sea to live on’ – Senegal’s fishermen blame gas plant for dwindling catch

Eric Jabulani October 2, 2025

Senegal Every day, Gora Fall, a fisherman in Senegal’s northern city of Saint-Louis, heads to sea with a mix of emotions: hope and frustration. He hopes he will get a better catch than the previous day, yet he is frustrated by the thought that whatever he finds might not meet his needs. “Before, we worked […]

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South African MP convicted of firing a gun in public

Andrew Mbeki October 1, 2025

South Africa South African opposition politician Julius Malema has been found guilty of illegal possession of a gun and firing it in public, offences which carry a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. In 2018, a video emerged showing the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader using a semi-automatic rifle to fire several shots in […]

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At least 30 die after Ethiopia church scaffolding falls

Andrew Mbeki October 1, 2025

At least 30 people have died and more than 200 others been injured after scaffolding collapsed at a church in Ethiopia. Thousands of worshippers were gathered at the Arerti Mariam church early in the morning when the structure fell, local police inspector Ahmed Gebeyehu told Sky News Africa. The crowd had visited the church, in […]

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Four ways this shutdown could end

Oakley Mason October 1, 2025

USA Welcome to the shutdown, 2025 edition. On Tuesday evening, the US Senate was unable to pass a spending bill that would have kept the US government funded, and for the first time in nearly seven years, federal operations have been drastically curtailed. At some point, this shutdown – like all the ones before it […]

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US gov enters shutdown, raising fears of global uncertainty

Oakley Mason October 1, 2025

USA The federal government of the United States has officially entered a shutdown on Wednesday, after the US Senate failed to pass a short-term spending bill on Tuesday night. This marks the first US government shutdown in about seven years. The latest one lasted 35 days, from late 2018 to early 2019, and was the […]

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Nigeria @65: Ex Lawmaker Sen Daduut urges support for national development, President Tinubu

Kingsley Chukwuka October 1, 2025

Nigeria As Nigeria celebrates its 65th Independence Anniversary, a former Lawmaker, Senator Nora Daduut has called on citizens to actively support the government’s efforts in driving national development, stating that progress requires collective effort from both leaders and the people. Daduut who is currently a Pro Chancellor of the country’s Federal University of