Exclusive: Evidence emerges of Russia’s Wagner arming militia leader battling Sudan’s army | CNN

London CNN  —  The Russian mercenary group Wagner has been supplying Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces with missiles to aid their fight against the country’s

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Opinion: Why is Sweden afraid of publishing this book on race? | CNN

Editor’s Note: Lola Akinmade Åkerström is a Nigerian-Swedish author and award-winning travel photographer based in Stockholm, Sweden. The views expressed in this commentary are

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Many talented young Nigerians are leaving. Halting the exodus will be a task for the next president | CNN

Lagos, Nigeria CNN  —  “May Nigeria not happen to you,” is a common prayer in Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation. It is

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Russian frigate docks in South Africa ahead of joint naval drills with China and Russia | CNN

CNN  —  Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov frigate, armed with Zircon hypersonic missiles has docked in Cape Town, South Africa ahead of joint military drills with

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Opinion: How Russia outmaneuvered the US in Africa | CNN

Editor’s Note: Joyce M. Davis, outreach and opinion editor for PennLive and The Patriot-News, is the president and CEO of the World Affairs Council

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Russian linked to Wagner badly hurt in assassination attempt in Central African Republic | CNN

CNN  —  A Russian citizen closely linked to the Wagner group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin has been injured in an assassination attempt in the

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Body of Zambian national killed fighting in Ukraine returns home | CNN

CNN  —  The body of Lemekani Nathan Nyirenda, a fighter recruited by the mercenary group Wagner for combat operations in Ukraine, was returned to

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Russia pardoned Zambian prisoner ‘to join military operation in Ukraine,’ says minister | CNN

CNN  —  Russia pardoned a Zambian prisoner so that they could be deployed to Ukraine, where they died fighting for the Wagner mercenary unit,

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What the South African state visit tells us about the new monarchy | CNN

A version of this story appeared in the November 25 edition of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on

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King Charles welcomes South Africa’s Ramaphosa for first state visit | CNN

King Charles hosted his first state visit since becoming British monarch on Tuesday, welcoming South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to Buckingham Palace. Charles, 74,

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