Africa – Page 2 – Prologue Journal

Trump Orders Halt to Aid to South Africa, Claiming Mistreatment of White Landowners

New York Times The president ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritize the resettling of white, “Afrikaner refugees” into the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/trump-south-africa-aid-white-landowners.html

Trump Orders Halt to Aid to South Africa, Claiming Mistreatment of White Landowners

Congo Buries Its Dead After Rebel Assault

New York Times A single image captures the grim task facing those who needed to find space for the dead after a spasm of violence in Central Africa. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/world/africa/congo-photo-burial.html

Fighting Intensifies in Sudan, Leaving Hundreds Dead

New York Times The army and the paramilitary forces are locked in a new and ruinous battle for territory across the northeast African nation. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/world/africa/sudan-clashes.html

Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order

New York Times The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/health/usaid-clinical-trials-funding-trump.html

‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma

New York Times Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the Central African country in decades. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/world/africa/congo-m23-rwanda-goma-burials.html

Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Leaves Millions Without HIV Treatment

New York Times President Trump’s pause on aid, and the gutting of the primary aid agency, could jeopardize the health of more than 20 million people worldwide, including 500,000 children, experts say. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/health/trump-usaid-pepfar.html

Life in Goma After a Rebel Takeover

New York Times For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much uncertainty. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/world/africa/dr-congo-rwanda-rebels.html

Life After a Rebel Takeover

Why Is Violence Flaring Up in Mineral-Rich Congo?

New York Times Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rebels, known as M23, say they are protecting ethnic Tutsis, the minority group massacred in a 1994 genocide. But experts say the real reason is Congo’s rare minerals, which power our phones and devices. Ruth Maclean, New…