Sudan’s humanitarian crisis has deepened after renewed fighting and seasonal floods displaced at least 200 000 more people since late 2025, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

A new partnership between South Africa’s (SA) Afrikaner interest group AfriForum and anti-illegal migration group March and March Movement has drawn criticism from the General Industries Workers’ Union of SA (GIWUSA), which argues that the alliance threatens the interests of poor and working-class communities.

Campaigning has officially begun for Nigeria’s January 2027 presidential and legislative elections, with President Bola Tinubu seeking a second term after nearly 12 years of All Progressives Congress (APC) rule/