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One Continent, One Voice: Ramaphosa, Ruto issue a continental summons at the Tshwane summit
One Continent, One Voice: Ramaphosa, Ruto issue a continental summons at the Tshwane summit
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Zimbabwe’s liberation-era guardians turn on Mnangagwa – and the nation risks a constitutional rupture
Zimbabwe’s liberation-era guardians turn on Mnangagwa – and the nation risks a constitutional rupture
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Museveni hails Uganda’s economic shift, says 67% of households now in the ‘money economy”
Museveni hails Uganda’s economic shift, says 67% of households now in the ‘money economy”
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NEWS

US sanctions FDLR, M23 commanders in bid to save DRC peace process

US sanctions FDLR, M23 commanders in bid to save DRC peace process

June 4, 2026
THE United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has moved decisively, sanctioning two senior intelligence commanders driving violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo - one from each warring camp...
Nigeria’s classrooms under siege: Teachers strike, children rot in the forest, and a Presidency scrambles to catch up
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Truth set in stone: Paris monument seals a new chapter between Rwanda and France
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Two suspects arrested in Mozambique after Kruger Park double murder; extradition to South Africa to follow
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Nigerian student faces jail after UK jury convicts him of attempted rape
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World

When she didn’t grow up seeing herself in books, she became the librarian she never had

When she didn’t grow up seeing herself in books, she became the librarian she never had

June 5, 2026
IN the lead-up to our country’s 250th anniversary, Errin Haines is writing a series of columns to contemplate the complicated expansion of our democracy. Subscribe to The Amendment newsletter. Cassie Owens Moore’s students used...
Rising tensions along the Blue Line: UN warns of widening violence, humanitarian strain as UNIFIL resources stretched
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Is Israel planning to reoccupy the Gaza Strip? This is what’s happening behind the ‘yellow line’
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BRICS NEWS

Beijing bonds: Xi and Putin deepen the BRICS axis as the multipolar order takes shape

Beijing bonds: Xi and Putin deepen the BRICS axis as the multipolar order takes shape

May 28, 2026
IN a summit laden with symbolic and strategic weight, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping convened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, cementing what both leaders described as a relationship at an unprecedented ...
Ethiopia’s BRICS dividend: Addis Ababa charts a new course in the architecture of global power
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BRICS uses sport and screen to build a new cultural architecture
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Special Features

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
In eastern DR Congo, a cultural revival after a year of rebel rule

In eastern DR Congo, a cultural revival after a year of rebel rule

June 3, 2026
LITERATURE
Cameroon’s sacred and royal animals: could literature and futures thinking help save them?

Cameroon’s sacred and royal animals: could literature and futures thinking help save them?

May 12, 2026
MOTORING
SA Bakkie Brawl Heats Up: JMC Vigus crashes the party, Hilux, Ranger, Navara tremble!

SA Bakkie Brawl Heats Up: JMC Vigus crashes the party, Hilux, Ranger, Navara tremble!

April 17, 2026
MOTORINGNEWS
The ex-pie guy who could sell you a Rolls-Royce over the phone

The ex-pie guy who could sell you a Rolls-Royce over the phone

May 16, 2026

Sports

RSSB Tigers roar to historic BAL title

RSSB Tigers roar to historic BAL title

June 2, 2026
THE RSSB Tigers have done it, and they did it with just enough drama to keep the BK Arena roof from floating away. Rwanda’s pride outlasted Petro de Luanda 90-88 in a final that felt less like a basketball game and more like a tightrope act performe...
Africa at the World Cup: 10 teams, local coaches and tactical depth usher in a new era
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Ten lions roar: Africa’s historic World Cup armies named
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Business

Tax data can be mined to shape better policies. South Africa, Uganda and Zambia show how

Tax data can be mined to shape better policies. South Africa, Uganda and Zambia show how

June 5, 2026
BILATERAL aid to Africa fell by nearly a quarter in 2025, the largest annual decline in the history of official development assistance. Meanwhile, sovereign debt interest payments now consume on average 27% of government revenues across the continen...
African capital markets are evolving
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Seoul summit elevates Africa-Korea trade alliance as AfCFTA seeks to unlock continent’s $230 billion intra-trade potential
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Lifestyle

The voice that carried Africa to a whole new world

The voice that carried Africa to a whole new world

June 4, 2026
THERE are voices that entertain you, and then there are voices that become part of you - that inhabit the intimate chambers of your memory so completely that you cannot separate their sound from the sound of your own heartbeat. Peabo Bryson had such...
Daughter of the soil rules the world: Tyla makes history as only African to win at the 2026 American Music Awards – taking home two
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God bless the newly loaded: Zimbabwe’s wedding of the century, where Boyz II Men sang and the dollar danced
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Thought Leadership

Farewell to Souleymane Diallo, a firm, steady link in Africa’s unbreakable chain of solidarity in the struggle for media freedom

Farewell to Souleymane Diallo, a firm, steady link in Africa’s unbreakable chain of solidarity in the struggle for media freedom

MATHATHA TSEDUJune 5, 2026
IT was around 2 am in the morning, and I was still awake for reasons that are not immediately important. A WhatsApp message popped into The African Editors Forum group from Cheriff Sy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It was in French, and I somehow cou...
Memory is an Antidote Against Forgetting
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In Conversation with Channel Andrews on African mobility, diaspora identity, and the border contradictions shaping continental integration
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Features

EDUCATION
Cultural bias in West Africa’s school‑leaver exam questions puts many students at a disadvantage

Cultural bias in West Africa’s school‑leaver exam questions puts many students at a disadvantage

June 4, 2026
SUSTAINABILITY
Africa’s climate crisis is a legal crisis too: what are states’ duties under human rights law?

Africa’s climate crisis is a legal crisis too: what are states’ duties under human rights law?

June 3, 2026
HUMAN RIGHTS
In conversation with Funke Adeoye on detainees’ rights in Nigeria

In conversation with Funke Adeoye on detainees’ rights in Nigeria

March 27, 2026
MEDIA FREEDOM
Tributes for Souleymane Diallo – pillar of African journalism, hero of media freedom: 1945-2026

Tributes for Souleymane Diallo – pillar of African journalism, hero of media freedom: 1945-2026

June 3, 2026
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How Fox News viewership increases belief in the anti‑immigrant great replacement theory 1

How Fox News viewership increases belief in the anti‑immigrant great replacement theory

June 4, 2026
President hails gains as Presidency positions South Africa for growth and jobs 2

President hails gains as Presidency positions South Africa for growth and jobs

June 4, 2026
African capital markets are evolving 3

African capital markets are evolving

June 5, 2026
Museveni hails Uganda’s economic shift, says 67% of households now in the ‘money economy” 4

Museveni hails Uganda’s economic shift, says 67% of households now in the ‘money economy”

June 5, 2026
Israeli forces capture Lebanon’s Beaufort Castle, a Crusade‑era site once held by the Knights Templar 5

Israeli forces capture Lebanon’s Beaufort Castle, a Crusade‑era site once held by the Knights Templar

June 2, 2026
One Continent, One Voice: Ramaphosa, Ruto issue a continental summons at the Tshwane summit 1

One Continent, One Voice: Ramaphosa, Ruto issue a continental summons at the Tshwane summit

June 5, 2026
Zimbabwe’s liberation-era guardians turn on Mnangagwa – and the nation risks a constitutional rupture 2

Zimbabwe’s liberation-era guardians turn on Mnangagwa – and the nation risks a constitutional rupture

June 5, 2026
Museveni hails Uganda’s economic shift, says 67% of households now in the ‘money economy” 3

Museveni hails Uganda’s economic shift, says 67% of households now in the ‘money economy”

June 5, 2026
Farewell to Souleymane Diallo, a firm, steady link in Africa’s unbreakable chain of solidarity in the struggle for media freedom 4

Farewell to Souleymane Diallo, a firm, steady link in Africa’s unbreakable chain of solidarity in the struggle for media freedom

June 5, 2026
Tax data can be mined to shape better policies. South Africa, Uganda and Zambia show how 5

Tax data can be mined to shape better policies. South Africa, Uganda and Zambia show how

June 5, 2026

AUDA-NEPAD

A force forged in the crucible of African development

A force forged in the crucible of African development

March 27, 2026
IN the corridors of the , system, where ambition is plentiful but transformative action rare, Daphine Hazvibvi Muzawazi has become something of an in...

Health

HIV in South Africa: why rolling out a groundbreaking new shot will miss a critical group of men
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Technology

Africa has the world’s greatest genetic diversity, yet it’s missing from research: we’re filling the gap
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Africities

China is helping build Africa’s cities, but its approach sidelines local urban planners and residents
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MULTIMEDIA

Gallery: The Lion of Bamako: Tribute to Hameye Mahaman Cissé
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