Top Cricket Malawi official dies after ‘heartless violence’
Tributes are paid to Cricket Malawi operations manager Arjun Menon, who died aged 48 in Blantyre on Saturday.
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Burkina Faso military accused of killing over 100 civilians in ‘massacre’
More jihadist attacks were reported over the weekend, said to have led to dozens of casualties.
Why Burkina Faso’s junta leader has captured hearts and minds around the world
Capt Ibrahim Traoré, 37, is portraying himself as a champion of pan-Africanism.
Art curator Koyo Kouoh dies at height of career
A fierce advocate of African art, she was due to become the first African woman to lead the Venice Biennale.
Day 13 – The greatest rebellion is to know yourself.
Colonialism did not just conquer our lands—it disoriented our minds. The violence of colonization was not merely physical but epistemic: it rewrote our past, renamed our gods, ridiculed our tongues, and replaced our truths with borrowed lies. But no external force is stronger than internal clarity. Self-knowledge is not a luxury—it is resistance. To remember … Read more
Day 12 – Neo-Liberationism is not a dream; it is a directive.
We must abandon the colonial illusion that independence was ever granted. True liberation was not handed to us—it remains to be seized. The African revolution is not a relic of the past; it is an unfinished project. Neo-Liberationism demands a new kind of leadership—conscious, unbought, and unafraid. It is not protest for its own sake … Read more
‘Proud to be young’ – Beauty queen, lawyer and Botswana’s youngest cabinet minister
Lesego Chombo tells the BBC she was appointed by the president before he had even met her.