At least African 37 migrants died recently when some 2,000 migrants tried to cross the high wire fence separating Spain's Moroccan enclave Melilla from the northern Moroccan border town of Nador.

The World Cartoon Festival on Applying Art and Culture in Silencing the Guns in Africa was held in Kenya on 21 September 2021. This international festival has been organized by the Embassy of Iran in Nairobi, Regional Center on Small Arms and Tehran International Studies and Research Institute.

China has overtaken the United States as the foreign power seen as having the biggest positive influence in Africa by young people. This is according to a survey across 15 major African countries.

The crisis worsened when the president announced in March this year that he was dissolving the parliament.

As Russia's military operation in Ukraine continues to affect the whole world, thousands of miles away in the West African country of Mali is emerging as another front for escalation between Moscow and the US-led NATO military alliance. Mali has not only ejected France, a former colonial power and key NATO member but is also now acquiring Russian military hardware to boost its war on terror.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Nato is not just expanding toward the Russian border, an issue that is one of the causes of the current war in Ukraine.

African leaders met in Equatorial Guinea last month to address the current security and humanitarian challenges that Africa is facing the continent.