The African Mirror https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Tanzania bans political rallies ahead of commemorations of stolen election drenched in blood Blog Kinshasa’s third-term gambit turns violent – and exposes a familiar African script Home Uganda blows open continent’s largest cyber-fraud bust: over 1,000 foreigners held over telecom and utility hacking Rescued after 56 days in captivity: Nigeria scores a rare win in its war on mass abductions Another record. Another reckoning. Africa’s track royalty refuses to read the script African scientists build Ebola defences Brussels names Abu Dhabi: Europe’s Sudan resolution breaks a two-year diplomatic silence Africa bets on its own stories: US$1 billion film fund names its storyteller-in-chief Beyond the assembly line: Inside Ford SA’s quiet century-long promise to South Africa Africa’s last Lion falls to a French side it basically raised Racial stereotypes of African footballers persist. A World Cup is a good time to talk about them Young Gambian artist giving traditional printmaking new life World Cup history: a timeline of Africa’s greatest moments on the field US‑Iran ceasefire had a built‑in detonator. This week it went off Democracy from the front lines: How Taiwan and the Taiwanese diaspora combat global isolation How Iran used Ali Khamenei’s funeral as a political and diplomatic tool DRC has taken Rwanda to the world court over genocide again. A law scholar explains what’s different this time Communities at the heart of the DRC response to the Ebola epidemic Why Iran broke the ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz and what might happen next – expert Q&A Senator Lindsey Graham, 71, stalwart U.S. Defence hawk and former Trump ally, dies after sudden illness Zimbabwean wanted for triple murder in the Britain arrested in Johannesburg Tunisia’s vanishing republic: Saied’s courts bury rights defenders, journalists, opposition alike Flawed credit ratings in Africa: are top 3 Western agencies driven by data or bias? Egypt’s bureaucracy is leaving refugees to pay the price South Sudan at 15: how the political elite have found a way to profit from peace as well as war Gen Z women are the most pessimistic about the American dream Black women academics in my study said their main allies were White men – what this reveals Brotherhood under strain: SA’s immigration crackdown tests the limits of African solidarity Cocaine, cabinets, cover-ups: SA’s Madlanga Commission hears most devastating evidence yet Ebola continues to spread in DRC, death toll passes 500 – WHO Egypt prosecutes a doctor for alleging obstetric violence African states shouldn’t help the US endanger refugees Iran ceasefire was always going to break – here’s why How we are trying to reclaim life amid rubble and fear in Gaza Africa’s trillion-dollar paradox: “Continent must stop waiting to be rescued” Fire and ice: erratic Trump fulminates on Iran and lambasts (then embraces) Europe at NATO summit So close, Pharaohs: Egypt made Argentina sweat blood before Messi remembered he was Messi ‘Prestigious teams are calling’ – Mbekezeli Mbokazi’s agent opens up on transfer interest Uganda Parliament officials remanded as probe deepens, Anita Among name looms Ghanaian extradited in U.S. romance scam pleads guilty, agrees to repay $4.4m — now awaits prison term Mali’s junta suspends popular radio show World Cup’s credibility in question after FIFA volte-face following call from Donald Trump NATO summit will reveal how alliance plans to manage European security as US cuts back its support China’s submarine missile test looks routine. The real story is the panic it triggered America shuts the door: Supreme Court clears way to deport 330,000 Haitians into a nation in ruins Burkina Faso’s army accused of preventing civilians from leaving jihadist-besieged towns South Lebanon’s fragile ceasefire: UNIFIL warns returns to “Destroyed villages” as violations continue Narendra Modi’s visit to Australia will be a display of strategic pragmatism