Sumayya Ismail

Activists and human rights groups have accused US President Trump of using African countries as a “dumping ground” for criminals he wants to deport after five men were deported from the US to the kingdom of Eswatini. Here's all you need to know aje.io/2so8m9

" The Congolese people deserve a peace that liberates both their lives and their land – not one that merely reshuffles the chains of exploitation." — #AJOpinion by Lindani Zungu ⤵️ aje.io/616wfp

The Israeli army is threatening Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif. The correspondent has reported on the genocide in Gaza for Al Jazeera for nearly two years, even as some of his own family and friends were killed. Al-Sharif continues to report on Israel’s siege of Gaza, as nearly 2…

"I could not get the blood without paying... It was a painful experience." How desperate Zimbabweans get in debt to pay for lifesaving blood transfusions due to a lack of supplies at public hospitals⤵️ aje.io/sycsht

Do Iranian women want to be “saved” by U.S. bombs? With @yelmjouie

Sea cucumbers are a costly delicacy popular in Asia. But the night divers searching for them off Sierra Leone’s Banana Islands see few rewards. aljazeera.com/features/longf…

M23 rebels take ‘instructions’ from Rwanda, as Uganda ‘doubles’ army presence in DR Congo, says leaked report by UN experts aje.io/h7msun

“Our lives are controlled by crime.” South Africa's gov't is under pressure after KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, accused the country’s police chief, Senzo Mchunu, of colluding with criminal gangs ⤵️ aje.io/iret2q

Reliving History: How the Srebrenica genocide unfolded 30 years ago today aje.io/kxxp4n

‘Such good English’: Liberians confused, angry at Trump comments to Boakai aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/10…

‘No one is safe’ As the army and armed groups clash in Mali, Indian nationals are taken hostage, raising concerns that the crisis may resonate beyond the region aje.io/se108q

Watch this White House exchange as US President Donald Trump meets leaders from five African countries, asking Liberia’s president where he learned English and interrupting Mauritania’s leader during his remarks.

"My son did not die in an accident or in war. "He died in silence in the hands of those who were supposed to protect him." aljazeera.com/features/2025/…

"[Young people] are rejecting 58 years of political inheritance... poverty, repression, and humiliation." Rights groups call out Togo's state repression after a violent crackdown on protests against President Faure Gnassingbe’s extended rule aje.io/469j7y

"Corporate entities have profited from Israel’s economy of illegal occupation, apartheid... now genocide." UN expert Francesca Albanese’s new report names over 60 companies said to play a role in ‘sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project.’ Read more aje.io/0oqism

"There's fear that American peace may be enforced violently as we have seen in Iran." From critical minerals to M23 rebels and grassroots exclusion, experts weigh in on whether the US-brokered DR Congo-Rwanda agreement can succeed ⤵️ aje.io/on72q3

A UN report names companies complicit in Israel’s war and genocide on Gaza, including US giants and firms from China to Mexico. Who are they? aje.io/6sq25k

"So long as they are living in this world and I'm also living, I want them to be recognised that they are also human beings." At her 'Home of Hope' in Uganda's Jinja District, Edith Lukabwe cares for disabled children abandoned by their families aje.io/jziw7u

"The feeling that we may not return to the same intact neighbourhoods was unavoidable." Tehran is in shock – and we have fled with heavy hearts ⤵️ aje.io/zi53ry

“And still, even under attack, we’re treated as a threat, not as people.” As Israelis gather in shelters amid Iranian missile attacks, Palestinian citizens say they continue to face discrimination and are being locked out aje.io/8xcnpz