Africa

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Renewed fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is raising fears of another humanitarian catastrophe, with witnesses alleging that armed groups linked to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) are forcibly recruiting men and boys, including teenagers as young as 15, as the conflict once again pushes civilians into danger. The latest violence erupted on 23 September after months...

Published: 05 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. People who served Egypt’s earliest kings may have been deliberately killed and buried alongside their rulers as part of ancient funerary rituals, new archaeological research suggests. The study, based on injuries found on the skulls of individuals buried near royal tombs, has revived a debate that has continued for more than a century over whether human sacrifice was...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A mural depicting ancient Egyptian figures Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with noticeably dark complexions has triggered a heated public debate in Cairo, highlighting long-running disagreements over the appearance, ancestry and ethnic diversity of ancient Egyptians. The 66-metre-long artwork had been created in Tahrir Square as part of a wider effort to beautify the Egyptian capital ahead of Chinese President...

Published: 30 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Patrice Talon’s decade-long influence over Benin has left the West African country visibly transformed, with new roads, expanding industrial activity and ambitious infrastructure projects changing the appearance and economic direction of a nation once often overshadowed by its much larger neighbour, Nigeria. Yet alongside those gains, concerns over political competition, civil liberties and the concentration of power have...

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Africa must make a major investment in its universities and rethink the way higher education prepares students for employment, research and public service if the continent is to fully benefit from its rapidly growing young population, public health expert Dr John Nkengasong has said. Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist and veteran public health policymaker, argues that universities across Africa...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Britain has put payments to Mauritius on hold and begun reassessing its agreement over the Chagos Islands after US President Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to the proposed transfer of sovereignty, with Defence Secretary Wes Streeting saying the arrangement cannot proceed in its current form without American support. Streeting said annual payments to Mauritius of at least £120...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The world’s tropical regions could remain among the last areas to experience the benefits of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero, according to new research suggesting that the unequal effects of climate change could persist for decades even after global emissions stop adding to atmospheric carbon dioxide. The findings highlight a significant geographical imbalance in the climate...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nearly four million records documenting the lives of enslaved people across 20 former British colonies have become searchable online, creating a new opportunity for descendants of enslaved communities to investigate family histories that have remained difficult to trace for generations. The collection contains about 300,000 pages of historical records covering enslaved people in former British colonial territories between...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. South Africa is facing renewed concern over gender-based violence after the deaths of nine women in the Ekurhuleni district east of Johannesburg since July. The cases have intensified public debate over femicide, women's safety and whether authorities are doing enough to address violence against women. Police are investigating the deaths after the bodies of nine women were discovered...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Violence involving Islamist extremist groups in Africa’s Sahel region is on course to reach its highest recorded level this year, according to figures compiled by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data project, or Acled, highlighting the continuing expansion of militant activity across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The latest figures come 25 years after the 11 September...