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The lawyer in the dock: How Uganda turned Besigye’s defence counsel into a co-accused
The lawyer in the dock: How Uganda turned Besigye’s defence counsel into a co-accused
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Nigerian Army claims fresh breakthrough against Katsina bandit kingpin, but Kachalla Muhammadu Fulani remains at large
Nigerian Army claims fresh breakthrough against Katsina bandit kingpin, but Kachalla Muhammadu Fulani remains at large
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The Nollywood plot nobody wrote: a Nigerian artist, the Obamas, and a wall that lasts forever
The Nollywood plot nobody wrote: a Nigerian artist, the Obamas, and a wall that lasts forever
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NIGERIA: Court rejects ex-cabinet minister’s bid to quash arrest warrants in $1.3m graft case

NIGERIA: Court rejects ex-cabinet minister’s bid to quash arrest warrants in $1.3m graft case

June 17, 2026
FORMER Humanitarian Affairs Minister Sadiya Umar Farouq suffered a major legal setback on Monday after a Federal Capital Territory High Court judge in Abuja refused to set aside bench and arrest warrants issued against her in a high‑profile graft pr...
‘Some people question whether Ebola is real’: trust is central in fighting DRC outbreak, humanitarians say
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SA: Ramaphosa warns against afrophobia and xenophobia, challenges employers as Youth Day marks 50 years since Soweto uprising
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Fifty years on: South Africa’s youth crisis takes centre stage as nation reckons with unfinished revolution
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The general above the law: Muhoozi Kainerugaba boasts of abducting lawyer who sought to serve him court papers
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World

The Iran peace deal must demand the release of Narges Mohammadi and other prisoners of conscience

The Iran peace deal must demand the release of Narges Mohammadi and other prisoners of conscience

June 18, 2026
FEW Iranian women are as celebrated for defending freedom in Iran as Narges Mohammadi. She is the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Andrei Sakharov Prize, the Olof Palme Prize, and the PEN and UNESCO press freedom awards, among others. Yet, li...
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have different war aims – can the Iran peace deal survive?
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As men fought in cages at the White House, women urged Americans to take a ‘deep breath’
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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: ANALYSIS
Nigerians tell their stories of banditry. ‘A month will not go by without someone being killed in this village.’

Nigerians tell their stories of banditry. ‘A month will not go by without someone being killed in this village.’

June 18, 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
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

Africa marks record World Cup as referee row sustains solidarity wave

Africa marks record World Cup as referee row sustains solidarity wave

June 18, 2026
CÔTE D'IVOIRE has secured Africa's first victory at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, giving the continent an encouraging start at its largest-ever participation in the tournament as competition gathers pace across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. T...
Ivory Coast’s historic win ignites continental pride at 2026 FIFA World Cup
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EXCLUSIVE: Ruud Gullit calls on Gianni Infantino to resign amid growing World Cup controversy
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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

Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim crafted a magnificent new culture for South Africa

Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim crafted a magnificent new culture for South Africa

June 17, 2026
ADOLPH Johannes Brand was born on 9 October 1934 in Cape Town. He would become better known as Dollar Brand and then Abdullah Ibrahim, an artist of mixed ethnic descent who personified the city’s multiculturalism and represented it on the world’s st...
The story behind Soweto Blues, Miriam Makeba’s famous song about the June 16 uprising
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Netflix’s Winnie Mandela documentary is a reckoning – with a life, a nation, and the machinery that tried to break them both
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Thought Leadership

In honour of the legendary Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma and in support of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Africa

In honour of the legendary Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma and in support of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Africa

REGINALD SHAVERJune 17, 2026
TO understand why we gather tonight for the children of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Africa, I want to take you back more than a hundred years, to one man. In the year 1913, a young man boarded a ship off the coast of this continent and point...
Ma Vesta Smith: why this unsung activist matters 50 years after the Soweto uprising
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Thabo Mbeki tribute concert restores Soga to the African Renaissance
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Features

EDUCATION
Conflict hits schooling hardest where children are the target – study

Conflict hits schooling hardest where children are the target – study

June 18, 2026
SUSTAINABILITY
Landmark study maps the future of coral reef survival

Landmark study maps the future of coral reef survival

June 18, 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
Malian journalist detained over Pan-African forum remarks as press groups sound alarm

Malian journalist detained over Pan-African forum remarks as press groups sound alarm

June 11, 2026
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As men fought in cages at the White House, women urged Americans to take a ‘deep breath’

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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have different war aims – can the Iran peace deal survive? 2

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have different war aims – can the Iran peace deal survive?

June 18, 2026
The Nollywood plot nobody wrote: a Nigerian artist, the Obamas, and a wall that lasts forever 3

The Nollywood plot nobody wrote: a Nigerian artist, the Obamas, and a wall that lasts forever

June 18, 2026
Africa marks record World Cup as referee row sustains solidarity wave 4

Africa marks record World Cup as referee row sustains solidarity wave

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Conflict hits schooling hardest where children are the target – study

June 18, 2026
The lawyer in the dock: How Uganda turned Besigye’s defence counsel into a co-accused 1

The lawyer in the dock: How Uganda turned Besigye’s defence counsel into a co-accused

June 18, 2026
Nigerian Army claims fresh breakthrough against Katsina bandit kingpin, but Kachalla Muhammadu Fulani remains at large 2

Nigerian Army claims fresh breakthrough against Katsina bandit kingpin, but Kachalla Muhammadu Fulani remains at large

June 18, 2026
The Nollywood plot nobody wrote: a Nigerian artist, the Obamas, and a wall that lasts forever 3

The Nollywood plot nobody wrote: a Nigerian artist, the Obamas, and a wall that lasts forever

June 18, 2026
Nigeria’s US$1 billion AfCFTA credit push tests if Africa’s trade finance gap can be eased 4

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

June 18, 2026
When global trade becomes a weapon, how can African economies protect themselves? 5

When global trade becomes a weapon, how can African economies protect themselves?

June 18, 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

DRC approves the use of acoziborole, a breakthrough one-day oral treatment against sleeping sickness
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Technology

Forced labour in West African cybercrime academies: how fear traps young men
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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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