Africa

• Nigeria: Trump’s military threats over ‘Christian genocide’ 6 November 2025
  Donald Trump’s threats to cut aid and launch military strikes against Nigeria over alleged ‘Christian genocide’, while resonating with US evangelicals, might misrepresent and oversimplify the country’s complex crisis. Nigeria’s conflicts, spanning insurgency, banditry, and communal clashes, are not purely religious but deeply rooted in ethnicity, identity, and government failures.…
• Tanzania: unprecedented level of protest after landslide presidential election 6 November 2025
  The recent election which saw president Samia Suluhu Hassan win with 98% of the vote has exposed deep cracks in Tanzania’s democratic foundations. The landslide result - achieved amid opposition arrests, media restrictions, and reports of violence - has drawn widespread criticism from observers and foreign governments. What followed was…
• Africa: Gospel spreading at ‘explosive’ rate' 31 October 2025
  At the World Evangelical Alliance general assembly in Seoul, researcher Jason Mandryk from Operation World revealed that evangelical Christianity is growing faster in Africa than anywhere else in the world. In 1960 evangelicals comprised 8% of global Christians; today, with around 650 million believers, they exceed 25 percent. Nearly 70%…
• Nigeria and South Africa removed from global ‘grey list’ 31 October 2025
  Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, and Burkina Faso have been removed from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF’s) global ‘grey list’, marking a crucial milestone in Africa’s financial integrity efforts. Once seen as high-risk for money laundering and terrorist financing, these nations have implemented sweeping reforms which have restored investor confidence…
• Collision involving multiple vehicles on Uganda highway kills 46 people 24 October 2025
  At least 46 people have died following a devastating collision on Uganda’s Kampala-Gulu Highway, one of the country’s busiest roads. The crash occurred shortly after midnight near Kiryandongo when two buses travelling in opposite directions attempted to overtake other vehicles simultaneously, colliding head-on with a truck and a car. Initial…