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AfricaPolitics

Trump brands Somalis ‘garbage’

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In early December 2025, during a White House Cabinet meeting and subsequent remarks to reporters, Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Somali immigrants in the United States. He called them “garbage,” asserted “we don’t want them in our country,” and said the Somali nation “stinks.” He targeted not only migrants broadly but also singled out Ilhan Omar — the Somali-American…
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AfricaHistoryPolitics

Apartheid-era police officers found guilty of murder

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The conviction of Apartheid-era police officers for murder represents a significant moment in South Africa’s long, painful effort to confront the abuses committed under the National Party government. During Apartheid, the police were not merely enforcers of day-to-day law; they served as instruments of state repression, tasked with crushing political dissent and maintaining the racial hierarchy…
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AfricaHealth

DR Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak

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On 1 December 2025, the DRC government officially announced the end of the 16th Ebola outbreak in the country, after no new cases were reported for 42 consecutive days following the discharge of the last patient on 19 October 2025. The outbreak — centred in the rural Bulape Health Zone, Kasai Province — had begun on 4 September 2025. Over the course of the outbreak, health officials…
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AfricaPolitics

Adolf Hitler seeks name change after reelection

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In late November 2025, a Namibian politician long known as Adolf Hitler Uunona secured re-election for the fifth time as regional councillor of the Ompundja constituency in northern Namibia. Though his name drew global attention — because of the notorious connotation it shares with the German dictator — in his home region the re-election was viewed largely through the lens of local leadership…
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AfricaPolitics

DR Congo and rebels trade ceasefire violation claims

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Tensions flared on 2 December 2025, when the DRC’s armed forces and M23 rebels traded accusations of violating a fragile ceasefire in eastern Congo’s South Kivu province. According to the military — the FARDC — M23 launched coordinated attacks on government positions, including in localities like Kaziba, Katogota and Lubarika. The army described the assaults as a deliberate attempt to…
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AfricaPolitics

South Africa dismisses Trump’s G20 threat

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In late November 2025, Trump declared that South Africa would not be invited to the 2026 G20 summit in Florida — a significant escalation after Washington boycotted the 2025 G20 leaders’ summit, which South Africa hosted in Johannesburg. The U.S. President justified the decision with allegations that South Africa’s Black-majority government persecutes its white minority, in particular…
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AfricaPolitics

African state denies ownership of vessel seized by Iran

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Over the weekend, Iranian authorities from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized a tanker that they said was flying the flag of Eswatini, and accused the vessel of carrying about 350,000 litres of contraband fuel. According to the IRGC, the vessel was intercepted near the Persian Gulf and escorted to the port of Bushehr, where the seized fuel was to be offloaded for delivery to…
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