The African Mirror https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html US‑Iran war: what the ‘peace deal’ really means Blog Home Ten Lions, One Mountain: Africa’s World Cup reckoning reaches its defining week Where champions and dreams wear the same kit Ebola outbreak threatens displaced communities in DRC as conflict, disease converge “Barack, there are no words to express how proud I am of the way you showed up and continue to show up every single day” Africa footballer of the year – PSG, Morocco’s Hakimi – to stand trial for rape Bayede, Sir Wicknell: a king, a jet and passport number three Trump declared peace in Congo. This is the reality Who was Andimba Toivo ya Toivo? The Namibian leader who chose justice over power Great Zimbabwe: debunking the myth of tyrants and forced labour People are marrying holograms and making friends with chatbots. But can AI bring true happiness? What’s overlooked in student mental health in South Africa: social connection and sexual wellbeing Ex Nigerian Oil Minister cleared of criminal charges in UK court South African scientists make breakthrough in decoding cancer’s most effective survival strategy Israel escalates East Jerusalem home demolitions, evictions in Silwan as discriminatory laws drive forced displacement The Nollywood plot nobody wrote: a Nigerian artist, the Obamas, and a wall that lasts forever Iran ceasefire deal confirms what we’ve been saying for years: military might doesn’t work Tens of thousands march as South Africa scrambles to manage growing illegal‑migration crisis Zimbabwe’s Parliament tears up its own Constitution Sixteen countries adopt Mombasa Declaration to advance fisheries transparency and combat illegal fishing South Africa launches major purge of corrupt police after Madlanga Commission — Mashatile vows prosecutions, vetting and task teams After Showmax, MTN tests telecom-led distribution as Africa’s streaming wars intensify She left TV to build an animation dream Xenophobia in South Africa: state’s complicity with gangs and vigilantes is threatening its ability to govern Money, food and survival: what drives paid sex among young mums in 3 African countries Nigerians tell their stories of banditry. ‘A month will not go by without someone being killed in this village.’ Malawi’s education choices in the wake of aid cuts Landmark study maps the future of coral reef survival Africa’s World Cup charge: Ghana and Ivory Coast win as Cape Verde, Morocco and DR Congo hold giants, while South Africa, Tunisia and Algeria stumble Nigerian Army claims fresh breakthrough against Katsina bandit kingpin, but Kachalla Muhammadu Fulani remains at large The lawyer in the dock: How Uganda turned Besigye’s defence counsel into a co-accused Nigeria’s US$1 billion AfCFTA credit push tests if Africa’s trade finance gap can be eased When global trade becomes a weapon, how can African economies protect themselves? Conflict hits schooling hardest where children are the target – study Soccer fan and angry at FIFA? Africa marks record World Cup as referee row sustains solidarity wave Sweden retreats on child jail plan – but Human Rights Watch urges full reversal as gang violence fuels political pressure NIGERIA: Court rejects ex-cabinet minister’s bid to quash arrest warrants in $1.3m graft case ‘Some people question whether Ebola is real’: trust is central in fighting DRC outbreak, humanitarians say SA: Ramaphosa warns against afrophobia and xenophobia, challenges employers as Youth Day marks 50 years since Soweto uprising Fifty years on: South Africa’s youth crisis takes centre stage as nation reckons with unfinished revolution Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim crafted a magnificent new culture for South Africa In honour of the legendary Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma and in support of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Africa The Iran peace deal must demand the release of Narges Mohammadi and other prisoners of conscience Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have different war aims – can the Iran peace deal survive? As men fought in cages at the White House, women urged Americans to take a ‘deep breath’ US‑Iran deal leaves the future of Lebanon uncertain – and subject to Israel playing the spoiler How China’s ‘red lines’ are quietly shaping global news reporting