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gold trail

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Uebert Angel, the man of God accused of money laundering

Uebert Angel, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s envoy and ambassador at large to Europe and the Americas, is portrayed as a central figure among powerful...

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amapiano envoys

South Africa: Major League DJz link up with Major Lazer for ‘Piano Republik’ album No one has frontlined the global expansion of amapiano quite like Major League DJz. The DJ duo, which consists of 32 year old twins Banele and Bandile...
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BOUNDARY BREAKER

We are here: In memory of Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo “Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a pre...
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Maputo on 31 May 2023. ©Russian Foreign Ministry/TASS/SIPA

BETWEEN BRICS & A HARD PLACE

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Sergei Lavrov guest stars at BRICS reunion The foreign affairs ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are meeting in Cape Town to prepare for the next heads of state summit...
© Motswana novelist Gothataone Moeng. (photo: Kieron Walquist)

interplay of voices

Premium badgeGothataone Moeng brings stories from Botswana to a wider audience with ‘Call and Response’ Tensions between past and present, tradition and modernity, and urban and rural spaces provide the basis for the debut collection of short stories by ...
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tough love

Premium badgeNigeria: Solving insecurity a litmus test for Tinubu administration On Bola Tinubu’s first full day in office as Nigeria’s president, a brawl broke out in Lagos between the country’s secret police and the anti-graft ag...
The traveller’s experience is very different, depending on which side of security checks you happen to be on. © GettyImages

ready for take off

Premium badgeCongo-Brazzaville, Kenya, Senegal…Africa’s airports must modernise Online check-in, priority queues, lounges, connectivity issues…to reduce passenger waiting times and grow, the continent’s airports are slowly moderni...

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© Uebert Angel (photo twitter: @UebertAngel)

gold trail

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Uebert Angel, the man of God accused of money laundering Uebert Angel, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s envoy and ambassador at large to Europe and the Americas, is portrayed as a central figure among powerful...
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Maputo on 31 May 2023. ©Russian Foreign Ministry/TASS/SIPA

BETWEEN BRICS & A HARD PLACE

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Sergei Lavrov guest stars at BRICS reunion The foreign affairs ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are meeting in Cape Town to prepare for the next heads of state summit...
© Motswana novelist Gothataone Moeng. (photo: Kieron Walquist)

interplay of voices

Premium badgeGothataone Moeng brings stories from Botswana to a wider audience with ‘Call and Response’ Tensions between past and present, tradition and modernity, and urban and rural spaces provide the basis for the debut collection of short stories by ...

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© Uebert Angel (photo twitter: @UebertAngel)

gold trail

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Uebert Angel, the man of God accused of money laundering Uebert Angel, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s envoy and ambassador at large to Europe and the Americas, is portrayed as a central figure among powerful...
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Maputo on 31 May 2023. ©Russian Foreign Ministry/TASS/SIPA

BETWEEN BRICS & A HARD PLACE

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Sergei Lavrov guest stars at BRICS reunion The foreign affairs ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are meeting in Cape Town to prepare for the next heads of state summit...
© Motswana novelist Gothataone Moeng. (photo: Kieron Walquist)

interplay of voices

Premium badgeGothataone Moeng brings stories from Botswana to a wider audience with ‘Call and Response’ Tensions between past and present, tradition and modernity, and urban and rural spaces provide the basis for the debut collection of short stories by ...

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Guilty, again

Swiss court upholds ex-Liberian warlord’s 20-year-sentence A Swiss appeals court on Thursday upheld a 20-year sentence for a former Liberian warlord, confirming his war crimes conviction and, for the first tim...
© Supporters hold a banner bearing a portrait of the President of the Opposition Collaborating Parties (CPP), Alexander Cummings, during a rally against poor living conditions.(Photo by Emmanuel Tobey/AFP)

shifting alliances

Premium badgeLiberia’s opposition enters into alliances ahead of elections Liberia’s opposition has currently turned to cementing coalitions and alliances in a bid to win in the upcoming October 2023 elections. This push for ...
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failed networks

Premium badgeCamtel, Orange, MTN, Nexttel… Cameroon’s telecoms watchdog doles out fines For the first time since 2019, the regulatory agency has imposed a fine – totalling $9.7m – on Cameroon’s three main telecoms providers.
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More or less borrowing?

Premium badgeFive questions on Kenya’s new debt policy As Kenya prepares to table the final budget for the upcoming fiscal year beginning next July, there are adjacent hasty plans to get parliament to chan...
© Some of the Benin bronzes stolen by the British from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, on display at the British Museum. (Photo:Joy of museums/Wikimedia commons)

Oba ownership

Premium badgeNigeria: Do Benin Bronzes belong to Oba kingdom or the people? The Oba of Benin is the rightful owner of the Benin Bronzes, according to an official gazette signed by then-president Muhammadu Buhari on 28 March. T...
© A general view of solar power panels is seen at the Atlantic Shrimp farm in Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

New Dawn?

Premium badgeNigeria: Tinubu policy shift can prompt solar-power breakthrough Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the chance to drive forward the country’s adoption of solar power, WATT Renewable CEO Oluwole Eweje tell...
Mohamed Bazoum, President of Niger, in his office in Niamey, during an interview with Jeune Afrique on 1 May 2023. © Vincent Fournier pour JA

tough talk

Premium badgeNiger’s Mohamed Bazoum: ‘Arming civilians to fight terrorists is a tragic mistake.’ Mali, Burkina Faso, anti-French sentiment, Wagner, democracy, corruption…Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum speaks has no qualms about speaking his mind...
© Ethiopian immigrants returning from Saudi Arabia arrive at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport, 2013. (AFP/Jenny Vaughan)

human rights?

Premium badgeEthiopia: New scheme to export maids to Saudi Arabia after ban due to rights abuses lifted Ethiopia has started a scheme to send 500,000 house maids to Saudi Arabia, swallowing its concerns over human rights abuses in a bid to tackle depress...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu waves to a crowd as he takes the traditional ride on top of a ceremonial vehicle after his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja

post-election hangover

Nigeria: Can Tinubu pleasantly surprise his critics? Will President Bola Tinubu act on a better version of himself than his opposition fears he is? Or are concerns justified that he is not the people’s b...
© Lai Mohammed on July 1, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by OMER MESSINGER / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE / Getty Images via AFP)

PRESIDENTIAL WHISPERER

Premium badgeNigeria’s opposition should abandon bid to overturn Tinubu’s election, says Lai Mohammed Speaking to ‘The Africa Report’ in the run-up to the inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu this week, outgoing information minister Lai Mohammed has dismi...
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Dissenting voices

Kenya: Rebellion rocks ruling party over mandatory housing levy One resignation and open defiance by some ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party MPs show cracks in President William Ruto’s proposal to increa...
Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno (centre) in N’Djamena, 20 August 2022. ©Chadian Presidency

campaign promise

Premium badgeChad, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno and the 600 generals The Chadian army may have a reputation for efficiency, but it is the main pillar of the president’s power. Here, we delve into the heart of a system t...
© The Electricity Company of Ghana is disconnecting offices that are behind in paying their electricity bill. (Photo: @ECGghOfficial)

No mercy

Premium badgeGhana: More deaths feared as power cut hits hospitals over non-payment An attempt by an electricity firm in Ghana to recover debt from customers including state-run hospitals by cutting power has resulted in the death of ...