Meet Nigeria’s new Service Chiefs: Their profiles

The profiles of the newly-appointed Service Chiefs in Nigeria have been made public. The Eagle Online recalls that the new Service Chiefs were appointed by President Bola Tinubu on Friday, according to a Presidency statement. The statement...

Meet Nigeria’s New Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke (NAF/2182)

Air Vice Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke (NAF/2182) 1. Born on 20 February 1972 in Makurdi, Benue State to the family of Air Warrant Officer (retired) Sylvester and Mrs Ngozi Aneke, Aneke hails from Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State in...

Curriculum Vitae of New Service Chiefs – Released by Presidency

Curriculum Vitae of New Service Chiefs CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF MAJOR GENERAL WAIDI SHAIBU (N/9895) DSS DSO(LR) FTAM psc fdc (+) CM FCM FCMH MSS MA MNIM THEATRE COMMANDER JTF (NE) OP HADIN KAI Major General Waidi Shaibu was born on 18 December 1971 in...

Uvira : the Congolese army changes the command as fighting intensifies

SOS Médias Burundi – Uvira, October 22, 2025 – Faced with escalating clashes between the FARDC and the M23 rebel movement in several territories of South Kivu, Kinshasa has reshuffled its military command. Two new generals were installed on...

South Kivu : the Banyamulenge GAKONDO coalition alerts Washington to an “extermination campaign” carried out with the support of Burundi

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, October 23, 2025 – The global GAKONDO coalition, a group of Banyamulenge community organizations, sent an urgent letter to Massad Fares Boulos, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States for Africa. In this...

Profiles of Tinubu’s New Service Chiefs

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Friday, relieved the nation’s Service Chiefs of their plum jobs and appointed new ones. Read the profiles of the new Service Chiefs below as supplied by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Information and...

Orlando Pirates seek to rewrite history in CAF Champions League

Orlando Pirates’ chances of overturning their three-goal deficit from the first leg defeat in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the weekend look highly unlikely, leaving them facing disappointingly early elimination from the continent’s top club...

Global cobalt demand to rise by 4% in 2025 and by 6% in 2026

Global demand for cobalt is expected to rise by 4% in 2025 and by 6% in 2026, according to the Cobalt Institute. The forecast comes as the market faces the impact of supply restrictions imposed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the...

Lawrence Okolie and David Adeleye to headline ‘historic’ show in Nigeria

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Today in High Prairie: October 27, 2025

Today in High Prairie! See what’s happening today in town, celebrity birthdays, local history, world history and your daily horoscope. Please send your birthdays and community events to southpeacenews@hotmail.com and/or spneditor@outlook.com....

Read about these 11 new, 10 reorganized stakes — from Missouri to Mexico

26 Oct 2025, 6:00 a.m. MDT The following new stake presidencies have been called. New stakes Read this article in Portuguese: A new stake has been created from the Rogers Arkansas and Springfield Missouri South stakes. The Branson Missouri Stake,...

The Massive Enviromental Problem in Africa: Issues, Implications, and Solutions

The environmental problem in Africa is massive and growing every day. As Monique Walker puts it, the tragic dilemma is that “although Africa is the continent that contributes to the earth’s environmental change, it is the most vulnerable to its...

Women's light pierces darkness of war, UN expert

Women's light pierces darkness of war, says UN gender expert in DR Congo Nearly 20 years ago, when Charlotte Songue first arrived in Kisangani, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern Tshopo province, she was a young...

Burundi : women with breast cancer plead for the reopening of borders with Rwanda

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 18, 2025 – The prolonged closure of the borders between Burundi and Rwanda continues to penalize hundreds of citizens, particularly women with breast cancer, who rely on cross-border medical care for their...

U.S. Envoy Meets Kagame, Tshisekedi to Push Washington Peace Agreement

1 Kigali/Kinshasa, — The United States has renewed its diplomatic push to consolidate peace in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as U.S. Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos met separately with Rwandan President Paul...

Are the world’s megacities future-proofing urban life?

London - megacity. Image by Tim Sandle The global infrastructure market is projected to grow substantially over the next decade, the market was valued at $3780 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach $5620 billion by 2031. As the global...

Rwanda Strongly Rejects Accusations by “Empty Drum” President Tshisekedi

1 DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi Kigali — Rwanda has issued a forceful response to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi’s accusations at the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels, calling his remarks false, inflammatory,...

Tshisekedi's Power Play: Africa File Special Edition

Contributor: Liam Karr Key Takeaway: Democratic Republic of the Congo President Félix Tshisekedi is coup-proofing his inner circle and trying to co-opt his political opponents to strengthen his position against threats to his presidency in the...

Like Kabila and dos Santos, Kenyan looters can run but cannot hide

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday sentenced ex-President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for "treason." [AFP] In Kinshasa, a courtroom fell silent last Tuesday as former Congolese president Joseph Kabila was...

Africa’s resource nationalism: Trend or transformation?

African nations are asserting control over resources, renegotiating deals and prioritizing local benefits amid global competition for its critical minerals. March 2008, Orapa, Botswana: A truck transports a load of ore from the Orapa mine, the...