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Mar
07
2026
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Washington escalates pressure on Kigali with visa bans as DRC peace deal unravels

Washington escalates pressure on Kigali with visa bans as DRC peace deal unravels

NEWS
THE  United States has barred senior Rwandan officials from entering American territory, escalating a rapidly intensifying confrontation with Kigali over its alleged backing of the M23 rebel movement in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo - a conflict that has already blown apart a peace agreement brokered by President Donald Trump less than three months ago. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the State Department would impose visa restrictions on several unnamed senior Rwandan officials under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which empowers the Secretary to deny entry to foreign nationals whose presence in the United…
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Mar
06
2026
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s war has a hidden front: women jailed, abused and forgotten in SAF detention

Sudan’s war has a hidden front: women jailed, abused and forgotten in SAF detention

NEWS
MORE than 840 women have been arbitrarily detained across government-controlled Sudan between August 2024 and December 2025, accused of collaborating with the Rapid Support Forces - often on no basis beyond their ethnicity, neighbourhood, or economic status. That figure, documented by the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA), is widely believed to be a fraction of the true toll. The detentions span Wad Madani, Gedaref, Port Sudan, Dilling, Kadugli, El Obeid, and Khartoum. Inside overcrowded cells, women report racist abuse, humiliation, and physical violence during interrogation by Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) military intelligence. Pregnant women are…
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Mar
06
2026
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Lewis Hamilton, Africa, and the voice the world needs right now

Lewis Hamilton, Africa, and the voice the world needs right now

NEWS
THERE is a version of Lewis Hamilton the world knows well - the one in the helmet, chasing apex after apex, rewriting the record books with seven world championship titles. The greatest Formula 1 driver of all time. A man so dominant that his sport had to contend with the uncomfortable question of whether the records would ever stop falling. But in Melbourne, at the Australian Grand Prix, a different Hamilton stepped forward. Not the driver. The man. And what he said deserves to echo far beyond the paddock. *"I'm half African. I've got roots from a few different places…
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Mar
06
2026
By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Belgium’s arrests expose the transnational reach of Cameroon’s anglophone war

Belgium’s arrests expose the transnational reach of Cameroon’s anglophone war

NEWS
BELGIAN federal prosecutors have detained three suspected leaders of the Ambazonia Defence Forces (ADF) following coordinated raids in Antwerp and Londerzeel, marking a significant escalation in international legal pressure on the armed separatist movement waging war in Cameroon's English-speaking regions. The arrests are part of a formal investigation into crimes against humanity and war crimes launched last summer. Prosecutors allege the suspects were directing military operations and financing the armed struggle from Belgian soil - an accusation that, if proven, would establish Belgium as a command node in a conflict that has killed more than 6,500 people and displaced nearly…
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Mar
07
2026
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Naturalised South African citizen faces nearly 20,000 counts over R500m in illegal financial flows

Naturalised South African citizen faces nearly 20,000 counts over R500m in illegal financial flows

NEWS
A naturalised South African citizen has appeared in court on close to 19,000 charges linked to more than R500 million in alleged illegal financial flows, in what the Hawks have described as a major enforcement action against illicit capital transfers. Zhang Ying Potgieter, 51, was arrested on 4 March 2026 and charged with multiple contraventions of the Exchange Control Act, 1961, read with the Currency and Exchanges Act 9 of 1933. She faces 19,097 counts in total. She appeared before the Palm Ridge Magistrates' Court on the day of her arrest and was released on R70,000 bail under strict conditions.…
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Mar
05
2026
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Africa’s moment has arrived – and the world is taking notice

Africa’s moment has arrived – and the world is taking notice

NEWS
INSIDE the storied Africa Hall in Addis Ababa, something unmistakable was in the air. Heads of state, investment heavyweights and a new generation of African entrepreneurs convened Monday for the 9th Africa Business Forum -  and the conversation had shifted. The world is no longer asking whether Africa can grow. It is asking whether it can afford to be left out. Organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) under the theme Financing Africa's Future, the Forum landed at a pivotal moment. Global markets are jittery - growth is slowing, debt is rising, supply chains are fracturing. Yet…
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Mar
05
2026
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Ramaphosa tells Africa: Turn energy potential into power

Ramaphosa tells Africa: Turn energy potential into power

NEWS
SOUTH Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on Africa to convert its vast natural energy wealth into reliable electricity and industrial jobs, warning that geopolitical volatility and the ongoing Middle East conflict are sharpening the urgency of the continent's energy security agenda. Delivering the keynote address at the 18th annual Africa Energy Indaba at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Wednesday, Ramaphosa told more than 1,600 delegates from 37 African countries that the continent's abundant solar, wind, hydro and mineral resources placed it in a uniquely strong position — but only if matched by sustained implementation. "The present moment…
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Mar
05
2026
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Britain bans student visas for Cameroon, Sudan in unprecedented asylum crackdown

Britain bans student visas for Cameroon, Sudan in unprecedented asylum crackdown

NEWS
BRITAIN has moved to ban student visas for nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, invoking what it called an "emergency brake" in an unprecedented tightening of immigration policy aimed at curbing asylum claims filed through legal entry routes. The Home Office said it would also suspend skilled worker visas for Afghan nationals as part of the broader clampdown. The visa brake will be introduced via an immigration rules change on March 5 and come into force on March 26. Asylum applications by students from the four countries rocketed by over 470% between 2021 and 2025. Among the most striking…
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Mar
06
2026
By The African Mirror
Exclusive: Combating black market operations in South Africa and the fate of responsible gambling

Exclusive: Combating black market operations in South Africa and the fate of responsible gambling

NEWS
WITH a sheer amount of work being put lately into sustaining South Africa's booming industry, the leading gambling market in Africa, battling black market operations and problem gambling have become some of the most discussed conference panel topics. As SYNOT Games Sales Manager, Annalisa Emelia Samuels described it, 'nobody could have depicted what was to come when igaming started out in Africa, but having seen what it is today, there is an urgent need for protection.' "I think it is time to pick up the 'responsible gambling' mantra and turn it into strong action", Annalisa told SportsBoom.co.za. "From these player…
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Mar
05
2026
By The African Mirror
The Sting: R1.4 Million in a Briefcase

The Sting: R1.4 Million in a Briefcase

NEWS
THE suspect never saw it coming. As he lifted a bag containing R1.4 million in cash and pressed it into the hands of a city official at the Watershed Centre in Somerset West on Monday afternoon, he was surrounded. Officers from the South African Police Service's Commercial Crime Investigation Unit (CCI) closed in from every angle, badges flashing in the late summer sun. Within seconds, the money was on a table, the Toyota bakkie impounded, and the man in handcuffs. What the suspect didn't know — couldn't have known — was that the official accepting the cash was no ordinary…
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