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Drones by day, rapists by night: El Obeid’s women pay in blood for a bucket of water
Drones by day, rapists by night: El Obeid’s women pay in blood for a bucket of water
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SA warns migrant vigilantes: ‘Face the might of the law’ as SA claims migration crackdown is working
SA warns migrant vigilantes: ‘Face the might of the law’ as SA claims migration crackdown is working
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Kenya’s NFL pioneer deported: Daniel Adongo’s fall from the gridiron to a federal removal order
Kenya’s NFL pioneer deported: Daniel Adongo’s fall from the gridiron to a federal removal order
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NEWS

SIU freezes Montana properties worth R15.75 million over R5.6 bn PRASA tender

SIU freezes Montana properties worth R15.75 million over R5.6 bn PRASA tender

July 27, 2026
SOUTH Africa’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained an order from the Special Tribunal preserving two multimillion-rand properties belonging to former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) Group Chief Executive Officer Lucky Montana...
Dangote’s proposed Kenya refinery tests a new blueprint for African industrialisation
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Cartel Continent: Is Africa becoming the world’s new narco-frontier?
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SA rebuffs Ghana-Nigeria isolation campaign, reasserts Pan-African commitment on migration
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DRC’s formula for peace: ‘end the plunder, respect sovereignty, share the value’
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World

Abandoned in the Strait: the silent catastrophe stranding 6,000 seafarers in Hormuz

Abandoned in the Strait: the silent catastrophe stranding 6,000 seafarers in Hormuz

July 27, 2026
WEEKS after the guns fell silent in the waters between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, thousands of ordinary workers remain trapped in what the United Nations now describes as one of the most under-reported human rights emergencies of the war — a ma...
Modi faces rare Gen Z rebellion as Instagram protest movement tests his political aura
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Meet the woman behind the world’s first environmental justice encyclopedia
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BRICS NEWS

BRICS charts a sovereign health order: Chandigarh declaration signals the Global South is done waiting on the West

BRICS charts a sovereign health order: Chandigarh declaration signals the Global South is done waiting on the West

July 27, 2026
WHEN Jagat Prakash Nadda, India's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, closed the 16th BRICS Health Ministers' Meeting this week, he did more than sign off on a communiqué. He put a marker down for a bloc of nations home to roughly forty percent o...
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

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The Gambia’s hidden history: how a tiny river basin influenced colonial trade and slavery

The Gambia’s hidden history: how a tiny river basin influenced colonial trade and slavery

July 25, 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
When lightning learns manners: Audi’s R4.9-million electric flex lands in Mzansi

When lightning learns manners: Audi’s R4.9-million electric flex lands in Mzansi

July 15, 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

Atlas Lionesses roar into life as Morocco, Algeria seize early control of WAFCON

Atlas Lionesses roar into life as Morocco, Algeria seize early control of WAFCON

July 27, 2026
MOROCCO announced its intentions on the grandest of stages. On a night when the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations finally returned to North African soil, the Atlas Lionesses did not merely open the tournament - they seized it by the th...
WAFCON jackpot as CAF doubles women’s prize money in landmark investment
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino set for fourth term – despite World Cup controversies
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Business

Africa’s next cotton export may never leave the farm

Africa’s next cotton export may never leave the farm

July 25, 2026
COTTON has always paid farmers for what they harvest. Its next payout may come from what stays in the soil, as carbon held on African farms could soon become a tradeable asset. Farmers who qualify could earn up to $200 a hectare on top of whateve...
Jobs abroad or jobs in Africa? Why a focus on work in other countries shouldn’t replace opportunities at home
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African entrepreneurs operate in tough conditions: the skills they’ve honed could be useful to others
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Lifestyle

Streaming platforms in Africa and music artists are embracing live experiences

Streaming platforms in Africa and music artists are embracing live experiences

July 25, 2026
MUSIC streaming companies are increasingly taking music discovery beyond smartphones and playlists, creating physical experiences that bring artists and fans together as competition for Africa's fast-growing audience intensifies. Between July 15 ...
Zimbabwean designers stitch heritage, identity and enterprise into global fashion
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2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: Africa didn’t play in the final. Africa still stole the show
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Thought Leadership

The wound Ramaphosa cut into himself

The wound Ramaphosa cut into himself

JOVIAL RANTAOJuly 24, 2026
ON Friday, 24 July 2026, a full bench of the Western Cape High Court - Judges André le Grange, Matthew Francis and Diane Davis - will hand down judgment on President Cyril Ramaphosa's urgent bid to halt Parliament's Section 89 Impeachment Committee....
Ugandan women work in the Middle East even though they face abuse. They told us why
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A message to the United Nations States Parties of the Rome Statute ahead of the vote on 24 July on Prosecutor of the ICC
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Features

EDUCATION
Why children learn English more easily with the help of their home language – Namibian study

Why children learn English more easily with the help of their home language – Namibian study

July 25, 2026
SUSTAINABILITY
Africa on the rise as birders’ paradise

Africa on the rise as birders’ paradise

July 16, 2026
HUMAN RIGHTS
Gender‑based violence survivors need more than justice: four keys to recovery

Gender‑based violence survivors need more than justice: four keys to recovery

July 22, 2026
MEDIA FREEDOM
Mali’s junta suspends popular radio show

Mali’s junta suspends popular radio show

July 8, 2026
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Atlas Lionesses roar into life as Morocco, Algeria seize early control of WAFCON

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Kenya’s NFL pioneer deported: Daniel Adongo’s fall from the gridiron to a federal removal order

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Modi faces rare Gen Z rebellion as Instagram protest movement tests his political aura 3

Modi faces rare Gen Z rebellion as Instagram protest movement tests his political aura

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BRICS charts a sovereign health order: Chandigarh declaration signals the Global South is done waiting on the West 4

BRICS charts a sovereign health order: Chandigarh declaration signals the Global South is done waiting on the West

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SA warns migrant vigilantes: ‘Face the might of the law’ as SA claims migration crackdown is working 5

SA warns migrant vigilantes: ‘Face the might of the law’ as SA claims migration crackdown is working

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Atlas Lionesses roar into life as Morocco, Algeria seize early control of WAFCON 1

Atlas Lionesses roar into life as Morocco, Algeria seize early control of WAFCON

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Drones by day, rapists by night: El Obeid’s women pay in blood for a bucket of water 2

Drones by day, rapists by night: El Obeid’s women pay in blood for a bucket of water

July 27, 2026
SA warns migrant vigilantes: ‘Face the might of the law’ as SA claims migration crackdown is working 3

SA warns migrant vigilantes: ‘Face the might of the law’ as SA claims migration crackdown is working

July 27, 2026
Kenya’s NFL pioneer deported: Daniel Adongo’s fall from the gridiron to a federal removal order 4

Kenya’s NFL pioneer deported: Daniel Adongo’s fall from the gridiron to a federal removal order

July 27, 2026
SIU freezes Montana properties worth R15.75 million over R5.6 bn PRASA tender 5

SIU freezes Montana properties worth R15.75 million over R5.6 bn PRASA tender

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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

Healthcare in Africa involves families and communities: training of professionals should reflect this
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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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