South Sudan, Senegal, and Libya Top Africa’s Fastest-growing Economies in 2025

Africa is home to several of the world’s fastest-growing economies in 2025, largely driven by oil, gas, and mineral wealth. South Sudan leads with a projected GDP surge of 27.2%. However, an over-reliance on oil production, persistent conflicts, and …

Sudan: At least 89 killed in paramilitary attack

At least 89 have been killed in a cluster of villages in the Sudanese city of Omdurman by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a Sudanese human rights organization has said. Many more were injured in the attack that saw the paramilitary group …

AU panel in Juba to intervene in South Sudan crisis

AUC Chairperson Mahmoud Youssouf. [AU, X] The African Union (AU) Panel of the Wise will set foot in Juba from today, April 2, to April 6, in a last-minute effort to de-escalate rising tensions and support the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on …

Ugandan leader in S.Sudan after arrest of vice president

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni arrived in South Sudan Thursday after the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar heightened fears of a return to civil war. Machar was detained last week by forces loyal to President Salva Kiir, as international …

Visa Picks New Country Manager for Kenya, South Sudan and Somalia

Visa has appointed John Njoroge as its new Country Manager and Senior Business Development Leader for Kenya, South Sudan, and Somalia. John is a former Regional Managing Director for East Africa at Network International. He takes over from Eva Ngigi- …

Tensions remain high in South Sudan following Machar’s house arrest

Tensions remain high in South Sudan following the house arrest of the country’s first Vice President, Riek Machar. He is accused of being behind clashes between government forces and the White Army, a militia that fought alongside Machar’s forces in the …

Sudan women medics risk all for patients on Khartoum front line

When fighting first gripped the Sudanese capital in April 2023, quickly overwhelming Khartoum's hospitals, Dr Safaa Ali faced an impossible choice: her family or her patients. She said she stayed up all night before deciding not to follow her husband …

Sudan paramilitary attacks south of Khartoum kill 85 in one week: activists

Khartoum – Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least 85 people in one week during attacks south of the capital Khartoum, an activist group said on Wednesday. “For the seventh consecutive day, the Janjaweed militias continue their …

President Museveni arrives in South Sudan to assist de-escalation

South Sudan, Senegal, and Libya Top Africa’s Fastest-growing Economies in 2025