African Stories in Perspective
African Stories in Perspective
Kampala, Uganda — Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has triggered widespread diplomatic concern following a series of controversial statements directed at Turkey, including a demand for $1 billion and an unusual personal request tied to marriage. In posts published on the social media platform X, Gen. Kainerugaba — who is also the son […]
NAIROBI, KENYA — As the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran enters a volatile new phase in 2026, the geopolitical tremors are being felt thousands of miles away in East Africa. While the world’s attention has remained fixed on the Persian Gulf, a recent intelligence alert from the Israeli Embassy in Nairobi has […]
NAIROBI, Kenya — Serious questions remain unanswered following reports from Iranian authorities that more than 150 schoolgirls were killed during a joint U.S.–Israel strike on a military installation in southern Iran on Saturday, February 28. According to Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, the airstrike — reportedly aimed at a nearby military base — struck a local girls’ […]
Iranian state-run television has confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was reportedly killed early Saturday at his office in Tehran. He was 86. The broadcasts announced that the Islamic Republic will observe 40 days of national mourning following the death of the long-serving leader, who had ruled Iran since 1989. Hours before […]
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the United States has begun what he described as “major combat operations” against Iran, marking a dramatic escalation in Middle East tensions and raising fears of a wider regional conflict. In a video message shared on Truth Social, Trump said the strikes are aimed at destroying Iran’s missile […]
South Africa has expelled Israel’s top diplomat in the country, triggering a swift retaliatory move by Israel and further straining already fragile relations between the two states. In a statement, South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) declared Ariel Seidman, Israel’s chargé d’affaires in Pretoria, persona non grata and ordered him to leave […]
Mogadishu / Istanbul — Tens of thousands of Somalis took to the streets across the country on Tuesday to protest Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, a move Somalia and more than 20 countries have condemned as an attack on the nation’s sovereignty. The demonstrations, described as the largest since Israel’s announcement last […]
Nairobi, Kenya — Israel has become the first country in the world to formally recognise Somaliland as a sovereign state, marking a historic diplomatic breakthrough for the self-declared republic and setting off sharp reactions across the Horn of Africa and beyond. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday that Israel and Somaliland had signed […]
Israel has confirmed that remains handed over by Hamas on Wednesday night are those of Tanzanian national Joshua Loitu Mollel, a 21-year-old agricultural trainee who was killed during the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Thursday that forensic examinations identified the remains, and that Mollel’s family had been […]
Jerusalem/Cairo/Washington — U.S. envoys met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in an urgent push to steady a fragile ceasefire in Gaza after an outbreak of violence over the weekend threatened to unravel a week-old truce brokered under U.S. auspices. The visit by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner — who arrived in Israel to […]
