Poll unrest has ‘stained’ Tanzania’s global image, president says
Tanzania relies on foreign loans, but “what happened eroded our global credibility”, President Samia says.
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Eswatini confirms receiving $5.1m from the US for accepting deportees
The kingdom acknowledges for the first time it received cash as part of a deal with Trump’s administration.
Total faces war crimes allegations over Mozambique massacre
TotalEnergies denies responsibility for the actions of local security forces involved in dozens of killings.
Australia detains South African seen at neo-Nazi rally
The civil engineer was seen in the front row of a protest organised by the National Socialist Network.
South Africa to refuse charter flights of Palestinians over fears of ‘cleansing agenda’
Israel says South Africa had previously agreed to receive the 153 Palestinians who arrived last week.
Teacher killed and 25 girls abducted in gunbattle at Nigerian school
The army is called in to help the police search nearby forests and rescue the kidnapped girls.
Dozens die in DR Congo mine after makeshift bridge collapses
The structure fell after panicked miners reportedly fled from military gunfire.
‘Back to the drawing board’ for Nigeria after World Cup qualifying failure
BBC Sport examines where it went wrong for Nigeria, with the Super Eagles missing out on a second successive World Cup.
How Tanzania police crushed election protests with lethal force
The UN says hundreds of people were killed in the protests. Verified clips show the violent actions of police as they attempted to crush protests.
The Digital Scramble: The Somali E-Visa Heist and the Theft of African Sovereignty
They did not need to storm the beaches. They did not need to plant a flag or dispatch a governor. The invasion was silent, legal, and contracted. The territory was not land, but the digital soul of a nation. The recent warnings from the US and UK about a catastrophic breach of Somalia’s e-visa system … Read more
The Promise of a Probe: In Tanzania, a Reckoning or a Ritual?
A promise hangs in the humid Dar es Salaam air. A pledge to excavate the truth. President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s vow to investigate the deaths that marred Tanzania’s recent elections is presented as a balm, a step toward national healing. But a promise can be two things: a seed of genuine reckoning, or a ritual … Read more
DR Congo and M23 rebels sign framework for peace in Qatar
Building on previous deals it covers humanitarian access, the return of displaced people and more.
US and UK warn of major e-visa data breach in Somalia
Tens of thousands of people’s personal data has been leaked online, according to the US embassy.
The Final Border of Our Liberation: Why the Battle for Africa’s Mother Tongues is a War for the Future
My English teacher in high school stood before our class on the first day and made a declaration he believed was as fundamental as gravity: “English,” he announced, “is the mother of all subjects you will study here.” He was wrong. Profoundly, catastrophically wrong. But his error was not his own; it was the ghost … Read more
Tanzania president promises probe into election protest deaths
The opposition says that hundreds of people were killed during the unrest but there is no official death toll.
South Africa to investigate ‘mystery’ of planeload of Palestinians
It is not clear who chartered the plane carrying the Palestinians from Kenya to South Africa.
Mass killings probe in Sudan will hold culprits to account, vows UN
“There has been too much pretence and performance, and too little action,” says UN human rights chief Volker Türk.
The Man on Trial is Ghana’s Own Reflection: Wontumi and the Pathology of a Nation
We are obsessed with the man in the dock, but we are missing the monster in the mirror. The case against Chairman Wontumi for the illegal acquisition of mining concessions is treated as a legal anomaly, a breach of the norm. This is a comforting lie. The uncomfortable, searing truth is that Bernard Antwi Bosiako … Read more
The Gavel and the Gold: The Wontumi Crucible and Ghana’s Unfinished Liberation
The courtroom is a theater of the absurd. The air, thick with the formality of law, tries to mask the primal scent of power and earth. On one side, the state, armed with statutes and a mountain of allegations. On the other, Bernard Antwi Bosiako, known to a nation as Chairman Wontumi—a man whose very … Read more
US calls for international action to cut weapons supply to Sudan paramilitaries
“They’re committing acts of sexual violence and atrocities,” says the US secretary of state, “and it needs to end immediately”.