On the last day of September, Burkina Faso military leader President Paul-Henri Damiba was deposed in the country’s second coup in a year, as army Captain Ibrahim Traore took charge of the restive West African nation.

After the death of Queen Elizabeth, there have been increasing calls for Britain to return some of its loot from former colonies.

Fighting has erupted again in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, ending hopes for peace after a ceasefire declared in March.

The Israeli regime’s ambassador to Morocco was recently entangled in sexual harassment and corruption at the regime’s mission in Rabat.

Al-Shabab terrorists, has wreaked havoc on Somalia for over a decade now. The Somalian government has failed to rein in the ever-expanding tentacles of this Al Qaeda linked terrorist group which continues to increase its attacks across Somalia and especially in the capital Mogadishu.

Mali has recently accused France of arming terrorists and carrying out acts of espionage against the government in Bamako.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian recently visited Africa amid renewed efforts by the Islamic Republic to boost ties with all regions of the world. The top Iranian diplomat visited Mali, Tanzania and also Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania.

African nations and Africans in the Diaspora are reviving their efforts to obtain reparations from colonial powers involved in the evil trans-Atlantic slave trade and other colonial-era atrocities committed centuries ago.

Russia's Foreign Minister recently visited Africa and said Moscow is currently developing a new foreign policy to counter fresh Western sanctions.

The people of Morocco recently protested against the visit of the Israeli Regime's Military Chief of Staff to the country, decrying the deepening of ties between the two sides following the normalization of relations under the Abraham Accords.