The African Mirror https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Funding boosts postgraduate student success – South African study measures how Blog Blue lights, broken trust: Ex-lover tells how EMPD crew stole R14.9m in gems – and sold them for R110,000 Britain convicts first man under landmark sex-based harassment law, sending signal to the world South Africa’s immigration squeeze tests rule of law as anti-foreigner anger rises Nasty C, Skwatta Kamp and DJ Tira set Constitution Hill alight as Basha Uhuru turns 50 years of freedom into one giant street party Black African migrants are not the reason South Africa is broken Angola’s long war changed the way farmers used fire – why it matters Twin quakes rip through Caracas, killing dozens as Venezuela declares emergency The international legal order is broken: 2 key shifts needed to fix it DRC Ebola outbreak surges: more than 1,000 confirmed cases and 267 deaths in first month, UN warns Igniting Tomorrow: BMW Group South Africa puts youth in the driver’s seat Bafana crash the party, Atlas Lions survive a fright: Africa’s World Cup quest hits top gear When the door finally locks: dignity comes home to rural KwaZulu-Natal schools UN confirms 838 victims of sexual violence, warns of crimes against humanity in Darfur SANDF’s camouflaged sentinels strike back against the syndicates bleeding South Africa dry 43 doors in Dubai: How a Bongo heir built an empire while running Gabon’s treasury African nations announce major electronic monitoring and tuna transparency commitments at Our Ocean Conference A manufactured crisis: How Washington turned Minnesota into a laboratory of state terror Keir Starmer has resigned – but what could a new PM actually do differently against Reform UK? Why US presidents end up cursing Benjamin Netanyahu After a year of mortuary limbo, courtroom combat, Lungu family wishes prevail Home Did Kenya’s Gen Z protests achieve anything? An economist weighs up what’s changed and what’s stayed the same Vaccine hesitancy can’t be boiled down to a single factor: what we learnt in South Africa and Brazil Will the US‑Iran talks in Switzerland deliver peace? It’s unlikely Andy Burnham: what to expect from the UK’s likely next prime minister Afghanistan’s slow-motion collapse: drought, starvation and the silent cost of women’s exclusion Africa’s 2026 FIFA World Cup mix: Egypt rise, Algeria rally, Senegal stumble Cocaine, cash, blue lights: how tender kingpin, police-linked CEO allegedly struck a 5kg drug deal Drama at Entebbe Airport: Kenya, east African human rights lawyer denied entry Mashatile in Beijing: South Africa seeks value‑chain deals, mineral beneficiation and regional hubs Phosa defends Didiza: former ANC treasurer general says speaker’s decision to “abide” was constitutionally sound amid impeachment crisis The ghost G-Wagon: how a Nigerian-American allegedly ran a $320,000 diaspora car scam Kenya wants to close refugee camps: the promise and risks of its ambitious new plan Andy Burnham poised to take over as Starmer quits, leaving Britain’s political turbulence to test African trade, aid and security ties How Donald Trump has changed the way diplomacy is done For Black women farmers, tending the land is ancestral and healing Pharaohs rule, Sharks bite back, Elephants mugged in Toronto: Africa’s gloriously unhinged World Cup Inside Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s war on Uganda’s press, parliament and opposition How Nigeria’s courts are now targeting the support networks behind its terror kingpins Africa told to fund its own survival as Ebola death toll passes 247 With Iran and the US signing a peace deal, where does that leave Benjamin Netanyahu? France’s ticket to nowhere: how Paris turns Black and Arab boys into lifelong debtors Bandages, Bent Knees, Rolls Royce: “AAA” Sympathy Gambit Meets Uganda’s Reckoning Western troops have been expelled from Africa’s Sahel – so why are Italy’s Carabinieri still there? 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 SA: The Cat falls – and drags the generals down with him in multimillion tender fraud scandal