[SAnews.gov.za] Government is deepening its efforts to build State capacity and unlock development finance to drive industrialisation after securing access to a US$14 billion funding programme through Afreximbank.
[SAnews.gov.za] Deputy President Paul Mashatile has called on Chinese medical device and healthcare technology manufacturer Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics to consider expanding its footprint in South Africa through manufacturing, assembly and localisation opportunities.
[GroundUp] Foreign affairs minister Limpho Tau lists land dispossession, migrant labour and apartheid-era raids as historical injustices
It’s been 12 months since the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the DRC signed the 27 June 2025 peace accord to end their three-decade-old border conflict. On the ground, shifting front lines and escalating drone strikes are causing an orgy of violence.
[IFEX] Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
Murphy Oil’s find at the Bubale-1X well caps an expansion spanning Morocco and Cameroon – but a $1bn debt pile raises questions over its staying power.
[CAF] In 30 days, Africa's premier women's football competition, the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2026, will kick off in Rabat.
The US Trump administration is following Europe’s lead in targeting a gold refinery accused of fuelling the conflict in eastern Congo.
A booming mining sector and record harvests offer strong re-election arguments for the governing UPND party, but stalled democratic reforms have left the next generation asking questions.
While Middle East volatility diverts vital Gulf liquidity, Africa’s climate transition and structural growth keep long-term private equity appetite intact.
[Vanguard] ABUJA -- Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sola Enikanolaiye, has said Nigeria must first strengthen its economy, security and internal stability before it can effectively reclaim its leadership role in Africa and project greater influence on the global stage.
[Africa Check] Four ways disinformation about migration is circulating in South Africa
[The Conversation Africa] There is a special gallery inside the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi where visitors slow down, lower their voices and often fall silent. In front of them, carefully lit and disarmingly small, lies the skeleton of Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old hominin.
[IPS] London & Dar es Salaam -- Shifra Ainomugisha from Uganda is the 2026 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year. Her award was announced at the 2026 Commonwealth Youth Awards ceremony in London, where she was also named the Africa Regional Winner.
[Daba Finance] Spiro raised an additional $55 million from NewTrails Capital, bringing its latest funding round to $270 million as the electric motorcycle and battery-swapping company expands across Africa.
[African Arguments] Words matter in conflict, and few carry more consequences than 'terrorist'. Overused for decades, applied to insurgents, separatists, and state enemies alike, the label has been stretched to the point that it has become analytically meaningless. Yet the
[The Conversation Africa] The international legal order that was created after the second world war is no longer fit for purpose. Its response to urgent global problems like climate, poverty and pandemics is inadequate. Its key institutions like the United Nations are incapable
Two years on, families of those killed during Kenya’s 2024 anti-government protests returned to Parliament to remember their loved ones and demand justice.
[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, this morning received the Letters of Credence of H.E. Khwauli Msiska, Ambassador of the Republic of #Malawi to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia & Permanent
[African Union] H.E. André Poh, Ambassador of the Republic of the Congo to the Ethiopia & Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU), this afternoon presented his Letters of Credence to the Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Prof Mohamed Janabi, has stressed the importance of rapid patient monitoring and investment in health systems as key pillars of controlling Ebola in Africa.
Kenyan police mounted a massive security operation Thursday, blocking off much of the capital in a bid to prevent protests marking two years since a landmark “Gen Z” uprising.
Prosecutors say Vusimusi "Cat" Matlala could provide evidence against "high-ranking officials".
For many Zimbabweans abroad, the decision to return has always depended on confidence in the country’s political and economic future. Critics say the Constitution Amendment No. 3 has weakened that confidence even further.