Category: Africa
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DR Congo has passed 4,000 confirmed Ebola cases. Why the total is the wrong number to watch, why this outbreak is harder than previous ones, and what ending one requires.
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The Libyan National Army’s intelligence chief has been killed by a car bomb in Benghazi. Who the LNA are, why attribution is so hard, and why Libya’s instability reaches Europe.
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Around ten Malian soldiers killed in a JNIM attack. What the Sahel insurgency is, why attacking army posts is the strategy, and why one of the world’s largest conflicts goes unreported.
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The WHO’s highest alarm has a specific legal meaning. What a Public Health Emergency of International Concern actually triggers, what it can’t do, and why declaring one is politically hard.
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Mass graves of 25 civilians reported executed by the RSF have been found in Kurmuk, Blue Nile. Why “executed” is a specific legal word, and what happens to evidence in a closed war.
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There is an Ebola vaccine — so why is DR Congo’s outbreak still growing? Because “Ebola” is several viruses, and the vaccines were built against a different one.
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At least 31 Christians have been killed in attacks across Nigeria’s Middle Belt. Why the violence is described both as religious persecution and as a land conflict — and why both are true.
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Sudan’s army says it repelled an RSF drone attack on Dilling in South Kordofan. Who is fighting whom, why these towns matter for aid, and how to read claims from a closed war.
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Protesters have blocked the Port Sudan–Khartoum highway over power cuts during a heatwave. Why losing electricity in extreme heat is a threat to life, not an inconvenience.
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The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has reached 3,874 cases and 1,751 deaths — the second-largest on record, and spreading faster than earlier outbreaks. Why this species is harder to fight.