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Rescued after 56 days in captivity: Nigeria scores a rare win in its war on mass abductions
Rescued after 56 days in captivity: Nigeria scores a rare win in its war on mass abductions
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Brussels names Abu Dhabi: Europe’s Sudan resolution breaks a two-year diplomatic silence
Brussels names Abu Dhabi: Europe’s Sudan resolution breaks a two-year diplomatic silence
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Africa bets on its own stories: US$1 billion film fund names its storyteller-in-chief
Africa bets on its own stories: US$1 billion film fund names its storyteller-in-chief
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NEWS

Zimbabwean wanted for triple murder in the Britain arrested in Johannesburg

Zimbabwean wanted for triple murder in the Britain arrested in Johannesburg

July 10, 2026
The internation manhunt for a 45-year-old British IT executive wanted for the killing of his wife and two young daughters inside their four-bedroom Bedfordshire mansion ended on a cold winter's night in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ndodana Mkhanyi...
Kinshasa’s third-term gambit turns violent – and exposes a familiar African script
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Uganda blows open continent’s largest cyber-fraud bust: over 1,000 foreigners held over telecom and utility hacking
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African scientists build Ebola defences
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Tunisia’s vanishing republic: Saied’s courts bury rights defenders, journalists, opposition alike
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World

Why Iran broke the ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz and what might happen next – expert Q&A

Why Iran broke the ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz and what might happen next – expert Q&A

July 13, 2026
THE 60-day ceasefire signed by the US and Iran three weeks ago fell apart on July 8. Iran targeted vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz without its say-so, prompting the US to respond with strikes against a range of military targets in the Islami...
Senator Lindsey Graham, 71, stalwart U.S. Defence hawk and former Trump ally, dies after sudden illness
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US‑Iran ceasefire had a built‑in detonator. This week it went off
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BRICS NEWS

Mashatile in Beijing: South Africa seeks value‑chain deals, mineral beneficiation and regional hubs

Mashatile in Beijing: South Africa seeks value‑chain deals, mineral beneficiation and regional hubs

June 23, 2026
SOUTH Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile used the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on 22 June 2026 to launch a concentrated bid for South Africa to move from commodity supplier to industrial partner - pitching the country as a ...
Beijing bonds: Xi and Putin deepen the BRICS axis as the multipolar order takes shape
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Ethiopia’s BRICS dividend: Addis Ababa charts a new course in the architecture of global power
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Special Features

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
World Cup history: a timeline of Africa’s greatest moments on the field

World Cup history: a timeline of Africa’s greatest moments on the field

July 11, 2026
LITERATURE
Ulysses in isiZulu: why an African translation of the classic Irish novel matters in today’s world

Ulysses in isiZulu: why an African translation of the classic Irish novel matters in today’s world

July 3, 2026
MOTORING
BMW unveils five-way power play with all-new X5 – electric, hydrogen and the ‘Heart of Joy’

BMW unveils five-way power play with all-new X5 – electric, hydrogen and the ‘Heart of Joy’

July 1, 2026
MOTORINGNEWS
Beyond the assembly line: Inside Ford SA’s quiet century-long promise to South Africa

Beyond the assembly line: Inside Ford SA’s quiet century-long promise to South Africa

July 8, 2026

Sports

Another record. Another reckoning. Africa’s track royalty refuses to read the script

Another record. Another reckoning. Africa’s track royalty refuses to read the script

July 13, 2026
ANOTHER record. Another reckoning. And another reminder that Africa's golden generation simply refuses to slow down. Somewhere in the marbled hush of the Stade Louis II, the stopwatch tried its best to keep a straight face. It failed. Twice. O...
Africa’s last Lion falls to a French side it basically raised
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So close, Pharaohs: Egypt made Argentina sweat blood before Messi remembered he was Messi
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Business

Flawed credit ratings in Africa: are top 3 Western agencies driven by data or bias?

Flawed credit ratings in Africa: are top 3 Western agencies driven by data or bias?

July 10, 2026
THE three major credit rating agencies – Moody’s, S&P Global and Fitch – have often differed among themselves when rating African institutions and countries. Their opinions don’t have to be aligned, but a huge gap in the ratings suggests inaccur...
Ford SA boss sounds alarm: cheap imports, Chinese cars are hollowing out the country’s industrial base
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Stitching Lesotho into the Global Economy
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Lifestyle

Young Gambian artist giving traditional printmaking new life

Young Gambian artist giving traditional printmaking new life

July 13, 2026
IN a sunlit studio in The Gambia, layers of ink, carved linoleum and bold patterns draw on centuries of West African tradition while speaking to the realities of life today. Through her distinctive printmaking and mixed-media practice, Gambian artis...
The rhythms that broke Bashir: how Sudan’s music shaped a revolution
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Cherie Kihato is taking African craft to luxury markets
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Thought Leadership

DRC has taken Rwanda to the world court over genocide again. A law scholar explains what’s different this time

DRC has taken Rwanda to the world court over genocide again. A law scholar explains what’s different this time

KERSTIN BREE CARLSONJuly 13, 2026
THE Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) filed a lawsuit against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice at the end of June 2026. The 60-page complaint alleges acts of genocide and other atrocity crimes by Rwandan forces and their intermediaries ...
Racial stereotypes of African footballers persist. A World Cup is a good time to talk about them
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South Sudan at 15: how the political elite have found a way to profit from peace as well as war
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Features

EDUCATION
Black women academics in my study said their main allies were White men – what this reveals

Black women academics in my study said their main allies were White men – what this reveals

July 10, 2026
SUSTAINABILITY
A Super El Niño is coming: 5 hard‑won lessons the world can learn from Africa

A Super El Niño is coming: 5 hard‑won lessons the world can learn from Africa

July 7, 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
Mali’s junta suspends popular radio show

Mali’s junta suspends popular radio show

July 8, 2026
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Communities at the heart of the DRC response to the Ebola epidemic 1

Communities at the heart of the DRC response to the Ebola epidemic

July 13, 2026
Why Iran broke the ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz and what might happen next – expert Q&A 2

Why Iran broke the ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz and what might happen next – expert Q&A

July 13, 2026
Another record. Another reckoning. Africa’s track royalty refuses to read the script 3

Another record. Another reckoning. Africa’s track royalty refuses to read the script

July 13, 2026
Young Gambian artist giving traditional printmaking new life 4

Young Gambian artist giving traditional printmaking new life

July 13, 2026
Senator Lindsey Graham, 71, stalwart U.S. Defence hawk and former Trump ally, dies after sudden illness 5

Senator Lindsey Graham, 71, stalwart U.S. Defence hawk and former Trump ally, dies after sudden illness

July 13, 2026
Another record. Another reckoning. Africa’s track royalty refuses to read the script 1

Another record. Another reckoning. Africa’s track royalty refuses to read the script

July 13, 2026
Rescued after 56 days in captivity: Nigeria scores a rare win in its war on mass abductions 2

Rescued after 56 days in captivity: Nigeria scores a rare win in its war on mass abductions

July 13, 2026
Brussels names Abu Dhabi: Europe’s Sudan resolution breaks a two-year diplomatic silence 3

Brussels names Abu Dhabi: Europe’s Sudan resolution breaks a two-year diplomatic silence

July 13, 2026
Africa bets on its own stories: US$1 billion film fund names its storyteller-in-chief 4

Africa bets on its own stories: US$1 billion film fund names its storyteller-in-chief

July 13, 2026
Young Gambian artist giving traditional printmaking new life 5

Young Gambian artist giving traditional printmaking new life

July 13, 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

Communities at the heart of the DRC response to the Ebola epidemic
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Technology

People are marrying holograms and making friends with chatbots. But can AI bring true happiness?
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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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