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SA declares war on illegal immigration: dedicated courts, employer jailing, 10,000 new inspectors among sweeping crackdown measures
SA declares war on illegal immigration: dedicated courts, employer jailing, 10,000 new inspectors among sweeping crackdown measures
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Mandara rescue: 360 freed, two children dead – Nigeria’s unfinished war on jihadist terror
Mandara rescue: 360 freed, two children dead – Nigeria’s unfinished war on jihadist terror
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The walls close in on Faye: Sonko’s reinvention as party colossus seals Senegal’s power reckoning
The walls close in on Faye: Sonko’s reinvention as party colossus seals Senegal’s power reckoning
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NEWS

How South Africa’s luxury car dealerships face scrutiny as fronts in the battle against money laundering

How South Africa’s luxury car dealerships face scrutiny as fronts in the battle against money laundering

June 8, 2026
WHEN Special Investigating Unit (SIU) agents, backed by the Hawks and uniformed South African Police Service officers, descended on Omar's Motor Den in Emalahleni on the afternoon of Friday, 5 June 2026, they were not just looking for a missing car....
SA: She sent her two daughers to their rapist – now a court has sent her to jail for life
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NIGERIA: Oil magnate, two others face court over N691 m fraud, money laundering
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Abdoulaye Wade turns 100: Senegal, Africa, pauses to honour the last great architect of the African Renaissance
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Nigerian engineers are changing who gets to work in energy
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World

Europe is spending billions on deporting migrants. Why the strategy isn’t working

Europe is spending billions on deporting migrants. Why the strategy isn’t working

June 8, 2026
FOR over a decade, the European Union (EU) has relied on external partnerships to increase the return of migrants who don’t have the right to stay in Europe. It has used a growing web of funding instruments, projects and bilateral arrangements to ge...
Europe is caught in a squeeze between the US and China
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From exporting spyware to surveilling activists – how democracies became the new digital authoritarians
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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

“We expect foreign nationals to respect our laws. We therefore need to respect them ourselves.”

“We expect foreign nationals to respect our laws. We therefore need to respect them ourselves.”

CYRIL RAMAPHOSAJune 8, 2026
OVER recent months, South Africans from every walk of life have raised concerns about migration and illegal immigration. These concerns are being expressed in our communities, our workplaces, our schools, our clinics and across social media platf...
Farewell to Souleymane Diallo, a firm, steady link in Africa’s unbreakable chain of solidarity in the struggle for media freedom
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Memory is an Antidote Against Forgetting
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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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From exporting spyware to surveilling activists – how democracies became the new digital authoritarians 1

From exporting spyware to surveilling activists – how democracies became the new digital authoritarians

June 8, 2026
Europe is spending billions on deporting migrants. Why the strategy isn’t working 2

Europe is spending billions on deporting migrants. Why the strategy isn’t working

June 8, 2026
The walls close in on Faye: Sonko’s reinvention as party colossus seals Senegal’s power reckoning 3

The walls close in on Faye: Sonko’s reinvention as party colossus seals Senegal’s power reckoning

June 8, 2026
President hails gains as Presidency positions South Africa for growth and jobs 4

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

June 4, 2026
“We expect foreign nationals to respect our laws. We therefore need to respect them ourselves.” 5

“We expect foreign nationals to respect our laws. We therefore need to respect them ourselves.”

June 8, 2026
SA declares war on illegal immigration: dedicated courts, employer jailing, 10,000 new inspectors among sweeping crackdown measures 1

SA declares war on illegal immigration: dedicated courts, employer jailing, 10,000 new inspectors among sweeping crackdown measures

June 8, 2026
Mandara rescue: 360 freed, two children dead – Nigeria’s unfinished war on jihadist terror 2

Mandara rescue: 360 freed, two children dead – Nigeria’s unfinished war on jihadist terror

June 8, 2026
The walls close in on Faye: Sonko’s reinvention as party colossus seals Senegal’s power reckoning 3

The walls close in on Faye: Sonko’s reinvention as party colossus seals Senegal’s power reckoning

June 8, 2026
How South Africa’s luxury car dealerships face scrutiny as fronts in the battle against money laundering 4

How South Africa’s luxury car dealerships face scrutiny as fronts in the battle against money laundering

June 8, 2026
“We expect foreign nationals to respect our laws. We therefore need to respect them ourselves.” 5

“We expect foreign nationals to respect our laws. We therefore need to respect them ourselves.”

June 8, 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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