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Obama should rethink US military expansion

Armed engagement ties the US to unstable regimes and detracts from diplomatic and economic efforts to address Africa's underlying problems ...

Mali: Chasing the desert sands

The US is helping its West African partners to fight the influence of Al Qaida-affiliated groups by providing specialised training and ... intelligence

Nigerian President Umaru Yar’ Adua – a death foretold

Goodluck Jonathan is sworn in as president as Nigeria mourns the passing of Umaru Yar'Adua... ...

Creating a new South Africa identity

William Gumede argues the country's history provides both a challenge and an opportunity to mould a new identity around shared democratic ... values

The quest for a malaria vaccine

Ahead of World Malaria Day on 25 April, researcher Dr Tsiri Agbenyega says that after 20 years of development, a vaccination is nearly a ... reality.

Knocked out of orbit

Gateway's Mike Van Den Bergh predicts that the role of satellites will have to change as fibre-optic cables spread around and across the African ... continent

Class to blame for Terreblanche’s murder

The recent murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche has as much to do with land and class in South Africa as it does with racism, ... writes Mphutlane wa Bofelo.

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart, Felix Tshisekedi, in September 2019

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart, Felix Tshisekedi, in September 2019

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DRC seeks US help with Rwanda and the M23 rebels

South Africa graft inquiry hand over final investigation report

credibility questions

South Africa: Zondo report shows Ramaphosa didn’t do enough to stop the rot

Spaces for opportunity

Ousmane Diagana (World Bank): “We do not discourage all subsidies”

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The ICC arrives in Nairobi

As international investigators arrive in Kenya to probe the post-election violence there is an awkward silence about how they are going to ... operate, says Parselelo Kantai.

Film Review: This is my Africa

This is My Africa directed by Zina Saro-Wiwa ...

“I felt that black did not define me, Africa did”

Film-maker and journalist Zina Saro-Wiwa on her activism, her Nigerianness and the future of African cinema ...

This month… Retail

We focus on Africa's retailers, who are feeding an emerging and hungry middle class ...

A telecoms deal for Africa’s poorest

Bharti's take-over of Zain's African assets is a landmark South-South deal and good news for African consumers, says Laura Recuero Virto ...

Should local politicians be paid more?

Would better-paid civil servants help build better cities in Africa? Or are local politicans paid too much anyway? Have your say in our debate ... for this month.

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Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja: Moved by nature, not by man

Washington's policy of intervention is uneven – rushing to assist earthquake victims in Haiti while ignoring those suffering in the Democratic ... Republic of Congo, where a 12-year war has killed more than seven million people

Nigeria: Tug of war

Decision making is back on track under Jonathan. ...

Sudan: Hopes raised ahead of landmark elections

Peace in Darfur and the south hung on April's elections. The polls, with all their flaws and complexity, shaped the future of Africa's largest ... country

Cameron Duodu on Ghana’s ‘Reichstag fire’

A gross overreaction by Ghanaian security forces to claims by an opposition activist have sparked debate about the government's tolerance and ... accountability

South Africa: Sexwale, the Apprentice

From freedom fighter to provincial premier to business mogul – Tokyo Sexwale is back ?at political centre-stage and may be a frontrunner for ... South Africa's presidency

US/Africa: A militarised diplomacy

The blurring line between US soldiers and diplomats ...

Hannibal: The deals that smell too sweet

Plea-bargains do not compensate the victims of corporate crimes ...

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