The Weekly Circular, week ending 7 November 2026
For the first time in 35 years, there are no United Nations peacekeepers watching over Western Sahara. That one change shaped much…
For the first time in 35 years, there are no United Nations peacekeepers watching over Western Sahara. That one change shaped much…
Courts across the continent dominated the day's news, none more than in Kenya, where self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie was sentenced for the…
Voters in Johannesburg go to the polls on Wednesday for South Africa's local elections, and for many of them the main issue…
For seven days, from 24 to 31 October, African news was shaped by two big questions. One was who keeps the peace…
Insecurity in the Horn of Africa dominated Friday's news. Sporadic gunfire around the border town of Moyale has sent Ethiopians fleeing into…
Ethiopia's military build-up dominated the security picture across the continent today. According to The Africa Report, the arrival of Russian fighter jets…
Egypt dominated the region's news today, both as a diplomatic broker and as a state tightening its grip at home. Cairo's foreign…
Egypt has moved closer to the conflict around the Red Sea. Egypt Independent reports that parliament has voted to let the president…
Two North African powers took unusual steps toward military involvement beyond their borders on Monday, and both moves point to a region…
This edition covers a single, crowded day of news, Saturday 24 October, and one story ran through all of it. Ebola, of…