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BURKINA FASO DIVORCE: Paris reacts, Francophone Africa watches
BURKINA FASO DIVORCE: Paris reacts, Francophone Africa watches
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Uganda’s darkest weekend: Muhoozi shuts down independent media as Matembe missing
Uganda’s darkest weekend: Muhoozi shuts down independent media as Matembe missing
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Kinshasa drags Kigali back to The Hague: DRC-Rwanda relations hit new low as peace process falters
Kinshasa drags Kigali back to The Hague: DRC-Rwanda relations hit new low as peace process falters
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NEWS

SA: Kings, Queens Drawn Into Last-Ditch Push to Defuse Migration Powder Keg

SA: Kings, Queens Drawn Into Last-Ditch Push to Defuse Migration Powder Keg

June 27, 2026
WITH days standing between South Africa and a self-declared “national shutdown” over illegal immigration, President Cyril Ramaphosa turned on Saturday to an institution older than the republic itself: the country’s traditional monarchs. At a clos...
Africa’s World Cup windfall: Knockout stage breakthrough triggers a multimillion-dollar payday from FIFA
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Uganda’s democracy by decree: How General Muhoozi Kainerugaba rules from his phone
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From the bench to the dock: State attaches corruption-charged judge’s R6-million house
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SA: The Cat falls – and drags the generals down with him in multimillion tender fraud scandal
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World

The danger of US‑Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out

The danger of US‑Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out

June 29, 2026
THE latest U.S. military conflict with Iran appears to be over. Washington declared success. Tehran claimed victory. Israel insisted it remains free to strike Hezbollah. Some sticking points remain. For example, Iranian officials insist de-esc...
Venezuela earthquakes add tragic new layer to the country’s humanitarian crisis
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Other nations thirst for Ukraine’s drone success — but they need a culture shift first
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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
Robust global action is key to curbing Sudan atrocities

Robust global action is key to curbing Sudan atrocities

June 27, 2026
LITERATURE
Reviving the heart of African literature

Reviving the heart of African literature

June 9, 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
Igniting Tomorrow: BMW Group South Africa puts youth in the driver’s seat

Igniting Tomorrow: BMW Group South Africa puts youth in the driver’s seat

June 25, 2026

Sports

Eustáquio’s stoppage-time heist mugs Bafana – But leave World Cup with heads held high

Eustáquio’s stoppage-time heist mugs Bafana – But leave World Cup with heads held high

June 28, 2026
FOR 91 minutes and 59 seconds, Bafana Bafana did the unthinkable and made it look almost ordinary. Then Stephen Eustáquio remembered he was Portuguese-trained, Canadian-capped, and entirely without mercy, and ruined everybody's evening with one perf...
Nine and rising: Africa shatters World Cup history
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Bafana crash the party, Atlas Lions survive a fright: Africa’s World Cup quest hits top gear
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Business

Nigeria’s US$1 billion AfCFTA credit push tests if Africa’s trade finance gap can be eased

Nigeria’s US$1 billion AfCFTA credit push tests if Africa’s trade finance gap can be eased

June 18, 2026
NIGERIA is shifting its AfCFTA strategy from trade participation to trade financing, unveiling a US$1 billion credit facility aimed at expanding the capacity of firms to produce and export across African markets. The move reflects a broader attem...
When global trade becomes a weapon, how can African economies protect themselves?
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Nigeria raised electricity prices to improve supply. Why it hasn’t worked
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Lifestyle

Nasty C, Skwatta Kamp and DJ Tira set Constitution Hill alight as Basha Uhuru turns 50 years of freedom into one giant street party

Nasty C, Skwatta Kamp and DJ Tira set Constitution Hill alight as Basha Uhuru turns 50 years of freedom into one giant street party

June 26, 2026
THERE are festivals, and then there is Basha Uhuru - the one day a year when Constitution Hill, the very fortress that once locked up the country’s freedom fighters, throws open its gates and lets the youth of South Africa turn its courtyards into a...
The Nollywood plot nobody wrote: a Nigerian artist, the Obamas, and a wall that lasts forever
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After Showmax, MTN tests telecom-led distribution as Africa’s streaming wars intensify
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Thought Leadership

The Final Severance. Burkina Faso, France and the end of an era in the Sahel

The Final Severance. Burkina Faso, France and the end of an era in the Sahel

JOVIAL RANTAOJune 29, 2026
The Announcement It came on state television, read out in the flat cadence of a formal communiqué. Burkina Faso's military government informed “the national and international community” that it had decided to sever diplomatic relations with Franc...
Your work is good. That’s exactly why they won’t let it through.
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Black African migrants are not the reason South Africa is broken
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Features

EDUCATION
Funding boosts postgraduate student success – South African study measures how

Funding boosts postgraduate student success – South African study measures how

June 27, 2026
SUSTAINABILITY
Angola’s long war changed the way farmers used fire – why it matters

Angola’s long war changed the way farmers used fire – why it matters

June 26, 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
Burkina Faso’s missing journalist exposes the junta’s tightening grip on dissent

Burkina Faso’s missing journalist exposes the junta’s tightening grip on dissent

June 27, 2026
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Other nations thirst for Ukraine’s drone success — but they need a culture shift first 1

Other nations thirst for Ukraine’s drone success — but they need a culture shift first

June 29, 2026
The danger of US‑Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out 2

The danger of US‑Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out

June 29, 2026
BURKINA FASO DIVORCE: Paris reacts, Francophone Africa watches 3

BURKINA FASO DIVORCE: Paris reacts, Francophone Africa watches

June 29, 2026
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Nine and rising: Africa shatters World Cup history

June 29, 2026
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The Final Severance. Burkina Faso, France and the end of an era in the Sahel

June 29, 2026
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BURKINA FASO DIVORCE: Paris reacts, Francophone Africa watches

June 29, 2026
Uganda’s darkest weekend: Muhoozi shuts down independent media as Matembe missing 2

Uganda’s darkest weekend: Muhoozi shuts down independent media as Matembe missing

June 29, 2026
Kinshasa drags Kigali back to The Hague: DRC-Rwanda relations hit new low as peace process falters 3

Kinshasa drags Kigali back to The Hague: DRC-Rwanda relations hit new low as peace process falters

June 29, 2026
Eustáquio’s stoppage-time heist mugs Bafana – But leave World Cup with heads held high 4

Eustáquio’s stoppage-time heist mugs Bafana – But leave World Cup with heads held high

June 28, 2026
The Final Severance. Burkina Faso, France and the end of an era in the Sahel 5

The Final Severance. Burkina Faso, France and the end of an era in the Sahel

June 29, 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

Vaccine hesitancy can’t be boiled down to a single factor: what we learnt in South Africa and Brazil
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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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