Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
SELLOANE NTSHONYANE The Cape Town Regional Court postponed Chidimma Adetshina’s immigration case to February 2027, pending a Western Cape High Court review. Operation Dudula members protested outside court, calling for Adetshina, born in South Africa to a Nigerian father, to be sent to Nigeria. Former Miss South Africa finalist Chidimma Adetshina will have […]
African countries to receive support as part of efforts to allow in-country producers to play a larger role in making medicines for the continent’s own needs. LIZ COOKMAN African countries are being backed to develop their own manufacturing capacity for next-generation HIV prevention medicines in a move aimed at reducing reliance on overseas drugmakers. Manufacturers […]
BEN LYNCH A “leaked” report has revealed that members of the governing body of London’s Square Mile were “instrumental” in England’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The report, seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, identified 280 City of London Corporation members as traffickers between 1640 and 1807. This included 41 lord mayors – […]
JACKSON CHEN A US-backed investment consortium has emerged as the preferred partner for one of the world’s largest undeveloped nickel projects. Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM), which is developing the Kabanga Nickel Project in Tanzania, has selected Orion CMC as its preferred investment partner, according to Bloomberg. The report follows comments by Lifezone CEO Chris Showalter during […]
CECILIA AKOKO ATTIOGBE ATAYI INTERPOL announced on Monday, August 3 that it has released a new report entitled “African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026,” which reveals that artificial intelligence (AI) now drives over 55 percent of cybercrime across Africa, with financial losses doubling to $484 million since 2024. In commenting on the significance of the report, […]
SECHABA MOKHETHI Goods made in Lesotho will once again enter the United States duty-free after Washington’s tariffs expired on 29 July. It comes as a relief to the country’s export-dependent garment industry and thousands of workers whose jobs were threatened. The restoration of duty-free access follows the expiry on 29 July of 122 tariffs that […]
A series of diplomatic consultations in Cairo underscores the Horn of Africa’s growing strategic importance. A series of diplomatic consultations in Cairo involving Egypt, Somalia, Eritrea and a senior US envoy reflect growing efforts to coordinate approaches to security challenges in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea. The discussions come as Ethiopia’s maritime […]
Zimbabwean farmers are reviving drought-resistant traditional crops through a community seed bank, helping them cope with worsening climate variability. The initiative, rooted in indigenous knowledge, is strengthening food security and offering a safety net against future droughts and floods. FARAI SHAWN MATIASHE Angeline Garwe monitors smallholder farmers bringing small grain seeds to a community seed […]
SERTAN SANDERSON Is Kenya Africa’s next major energy hub? A plan from Dangote Industries to build a massive refinery off the country’s coast could reshape fuel supply, trade and economic growth across East Africa. Nigerian billionaire and business tycoon Aliko Dangote last week confirmed the final location of his new oil refinery in East Africa: […]
KIZITO MAKOYE Every evening just before sunset, Salima Kitwana hobbles into her backyard holding a photograph. In the picture, her son Hemedi, wearing a green football jersey, smiles awkwardly into the camera, unaware that his fate would soon be engulfed in one of Tanzania’s darkest political chapters. At 57, Kitwana has lived with diabetes for […]