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SA braces for June 30 flashpoint as police deploy, migrants flee, Ramaphosa rejects vigilante ultimatums
SA braces for June 30 flashpoint as police deploy, migrants flee, Ramaphosa rejects vigilante ultimatums
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Mozambique moves to govern AI as more African states build laws
Mozambique moves to govern AI as more African states build laws
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Museveni’s son-in-law admits soldiers beat voters, stuffed ballots in stolen election
Museveni’s son-in-law admits soldiers beat voters, stuffed ballots in stolen election
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NEWS

BURKINA FASO DIVORCE: Paris reacts, Francophone Africa watches

BURKINA FASO DIVORCE: Paris reacts, Francophone Africa watches

June 29, 2026
FRANCE has revealed that it was weighing reciprocal measures after Burkina Faso severed all diplomatic relations with Paris, calling the decision “hostile and unfounded” and warning that it illustrated a worrying drift by the Burkinabè authorities. ...
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
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SA: Kings, Queens Drawn Into Last-Ditch Push to Defuse Migration Powder Keg
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Africa’s World Cup windfall: Knockout stage breakthrough triggers a multimillion-dollar payday from FIFA
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World

Preparing for the unthinkable

Preparing for the unthinkable

June 30, 2026
IN 2024, Guadalupe Maribel Aguilar Martín became a U.S. citizen, nearly two decades after fleeing an abusive ex-boyfriend in her native Guatemala. The 42-year-old Maya-Mam immigrant, originally from Santiago Chimaltenango, a small town in the c...
Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San Andreas, and the risks aren’t over yet – a geophysicist explains
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Germany’s proposal to ease trade tensions with China has not gone down well in Beijing
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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

Atlas Lions Roar, Albirroja Ambush: Africa toasts as Europe’s giants crumble on penalties

Atlas Lions Roar, Albirroja Ambush: Africa toasts as Europe’s giants crumble on penalties

June 30, 2026
THERE are nights in football when the script tears itself up, sets fire to the bin, and dances on the ashes. Monday was one of those nights. Two of European football's grandest old houses - the Netherlands, serial World Cup nearly-men, and Germany, ...
Eustáquio’s stoppage-time heist mugs Bafana – But leave World Cup with heads held high
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Nine and rising: Africa shatters World Cup history
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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

Abdullah Ibrahim in the 1960s: how the famous pianist began to shape an African jazz sound

Abdullah Ibrahim in the 1960s: how the famous pianist began to shape an African jazz sound

June 30, 2026
THE 1960s are a significant era in Abdullah Ibrahim’s story. It’s a time when the South African master’s international career as a jazz pianist was gradually established and he laid the foundations for the signature sound that is recognised today as...
Nasty C, Skwatta Kamp and DJ Tira set Constitution Hill alight as Basha Uhuru turns 50 years of freedom into one giant street party
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The Nollywood plot nobody wrote: a Nigerian artist, the Obamas, and a wall that lasts forever
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Thought Leadership

South Africa’s political and economic crisis: in search of a visible enemy, ghosts and African immigrants

South Africa’s political and economic crisis: in search of a visible enemy, ghosts and African immigrants

THABO MBEKIJune 30, 2026
THE issue of migration in South Africa seems to have generated more heat than light. This has occupied public discourse at home and abroad. As a Foundation committed to catalyzing the Renaissance of Africa, we cannot avoid adding our voice to this m...
The Final Severance. Burkina Faso, France and the end of an era in the Sahel
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Your work is good. That’s exactly why they won’t let it through.
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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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Germany’s proposal to ease trade tensions with China has not gone down well in Beijing 1

Germany’s proposal to ease trade tensions with China has not gone down well in Beijing

June 30, 2026
Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San Andreas, and the risks aren’t over yet – a geophysicist explains 2

Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San Andreas, and the risks aren’t over yet – a geophysicist explains

June 30, 2026
Abdullah Ibrahim in the 1960s: how the famous pianist began to shape an African jazz sound 3

Abdullah Ibrahim in the 1960s: how the famous pianist began to shape an African jazz sound

June 30, 2026
The danger of US‑Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out 4

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

June 29, 2026
Museveni’s son-in-law admits soldiers beat voters, stuffed ballots in stolen election 5

Museveni’s son-in-law admits soldiers beat voters, stuffed ballots in stolen election

June 30, 2026
Atlas Lions Roar, Albirroja Ambush: Africa toasts as Europe’s giants crumble on penalties 1

Atlas Lions Roar, Albirroja Ambush: Africa toasts as Europe’s giants crumble on penalties

June 30, 2026
SA braces for June 30 flashpoint as police deploy, migrants flee, Ramaphosa rejects vigilante ultimatums 2

SA braces for June 30 flashpoint as police deploy, migrants flee, Ramaphosa rejects vigilante ultimatums

June 30, 2026
South Africa’s political and economic crisis: in search of a visible enemy, ghosts and African immigrants 3

South Africa’s political and economic crisis: in search of a visible enemy, ghosts and African immigrants

June 30, 2026
Mozambique moves to govern AI as more African states build laws 4

Mozambique moves to govern AI as more African states build laws

June 30, 2026
Museveni’s son-in-law admits soldiers beat voters, stuffed ballots in stolen election 5

Museveni’s son-in-law admits soldiers beat voters, stuffed ballots in stolen election

June 30, 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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