Foreign Affairs

Almost 100,000 fighting-age men have fled Ukraine in the last two months after President Volodymyr Zelensky relaxed the rules to allow young men to leave the country. Poland’s border guard said 99,000 Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 have crossed the border since August. The new rules mean men between the ages of 18 and 22 are no longer barred …

A United States lawmaker, Nancy Mace, has described Nigeria as the most dangerous country in the world for Christians. Mace made the claim on Monday via a post on her official X account. The lawmaker alleged that five million people have been displaced, 9,100 churches destroyed, over 850 Christians held hostage, and 600 clergy attacked in Nigeria. She wrote, “Nigeria …

A new law in the United Kingdom prevents British citizenship from being automatically reinstated to individuals linked to terrorism, extremism, and serious organised crime. The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders Act 2025, which received Royal Assent on 27 October, ensures that citizenship is not restored after a successful appeal until all additional appeals have been exhausted. The legislation closes a gap …

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has attributed dominance of long-serving African leaders to institutional weaknesses and a lack of democratic accountability. His remarks come amid recent developments in Cameroon and Ivory Coast, where aging leaders secured extended ternues Biya, now 92, and 83-year-old Alassane Ouattara were announced winners in controversial circumstances. But speaking at the Democracy Union for Africa Forum …

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara arrives at the Presidential Palace to meet with his French counterpart in Abidjan, as part of a three day visit to West Africa. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP) The Bureau News reports that Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has secured a controversial fourth term in office, winning 89.77% of the vote in an election …

Ninety-three–year-old President Paul Biya has been officially declared winner of the 2025 Presidential Election in Cameroon. According to the results announced by The Constitutional Council, Biya secured 53.66% of the votes against Issa Tchiroma, who obtained 35.19%. The results were officially declared on Monday, although the election held on October 12. Biya now extends his decades-long rule and will continue …

Eight days after Cameroon’s presidential election, the National Vote Counting Commission has announced preliminary results indicating that incumbent President Paul Biya has won re-election with between 53 and 54 percent of the vote, according to a report from Jeune Afrique. The long-serving leader and candidate of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) is said to have secured victory following days …

Social media is awash with tributes to the former first lady, politician and women’s rights advocate, who Ghanaian presidential spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu said had died after a short illness on Thursday morning. Her family visited President John Mahama in the afternoon to officially notify him of her death. The president leads the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, founded by …

Former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, arrived on Tuesday at a Paris prison to begin a five-year sentence, television images showed. Sarkozy, 70, was convicted of having participated in a criminal organisation in connection with alleged campaign finances from the late Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi. Sarkozy remained defiant until the end, posting on X a statement repeating his claim that he …

Amnesty International receives disturbing reports of attempts to crackdown on peaceful protests holding in Abuja, calling for the release of Nnamdi Kanu. Those arrested must be released immediately. People must be allowed to freely exercise their right to peaceful protest. Any act capable of undermining freedom of assembly is illegal and portrays unacceptable intolerance of peaceful dissent. The Nigerian authorities …