Africa – Page 17 – Prologue Journal

Nigeria Confronts its Worst Economic Crisis in a Generation

New York Times People in Africa’s most populous nation are suffering as the price of food, fuel and medicine has skyrocketed out of reach for many. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/world/africa/nigeria-economy-strike.html

Aircraft Carrying Malawi’s Vice President Is Missing

New York Times A search is underway after the aircraft carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people vanished. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/world/africa/malawi-saulos-chilima-plane.html

Aircraft Carrying Malawi’s Vice President Is Missing

White Politician Poised for Power Faces Hurdle in South Africa

New York Times As John Steenhuisen, who leads the second-largest party, negotiates for a place in the government, he must overcome perceptions that his Democratic Alliance favors the interests of white people. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/world/africa/white-politician-south-africa.html

Children Among Dozens Killed in Attack on Sudanese Village

New York Times Videos showed paramilitaries opening fire on the village in what had been Sudan’s breadbasket region, causing the latest mass civilian casualties in a brutal yearlong war. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/world/africa/sudan-wad-al-noura-assault-jazeera-province.html

South Africa’s President Announces Intent to Form National Unity Government

New York Times President Cyril Ramaphosa’s party, the African National Congress, is seeking a broad alliance after it failed to win enough seats in last week’s election to form a government on its own. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/world/africa/south-africa-ramaphosa-new-government.html

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love South African Jazz

New York Times The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/arts/music/south-african-jazz-music.html

Famine Looms in Sudan as Civil War Pushes Capital Toward Abyss

New York Times A year of fighting has turned the once proud capital, Khartoum, into a charred battleground. Millions have fled. Now a famine threatens in one of Africa’s biggest countries. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/world/africa/sudan-khartoum-darfur-war.html

Rwanda’s 2024 Election: What to Know

New York Times President Paul Kagame led Rwanda out of the genocide, but has since dominated the country like a colossus. He is running for a fourth term after winning three elections. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/world/africa/rwanda-2024-election.html

Jacob Zuma Gets His Revenge on South African Party that Shunned Him

New York Times A new party led by Mr. Zuma, a former president forced out over corruption allegations, helped ensure that the African National Congress fell short of an outright majority for the first time since the end of apartheid. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/world/africa/south-africa-jacob-zuma.html