Why Are African States Joining BRICS?
Geopolitical changes and the reconfiguration of economic architecture towards the Global South, under the rapidly-growing influence of BRICS+ (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)…
Women’s T20 World Cup: Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch’s ‘astounding’ batting sends South Africa into World T20 final
Watch the best shots as Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch share a 96-run partnership to guide South Africa to an eight-wicket victory over Australia in…
How did so many people die in the Nigeria tanker explosion? | Poverty and Development
NewsFeedVictims of a fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria have been buried in a mass grave, after the deaths of more than 150 people on Wednesday.Published…
Fuel tanker explosion kills more than 150 people in Nigeria | In Pictures News
More than 150 people, including children, were killed and dozens of others wounded after an overturned fuel tanker exploded in northwestern Nigeria. The crash took…
UN report says 1.1 billion people living in acute poverty | Poverty and Development News
Index shows that 83.2 percent of the world’s poorest people live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.More than one billion people live in acute poverty,…
Where is Cameroon’s Paul Biya — and why is his health a banned topic? | Politics News
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya’s month-long absence from the public eye is causing intense speculation about his health and raising fears of a post-Biya power struggle…
Global conflicts driving up to 21,000 deaths daily from hunger: Report | Food News
Oxfam finds most food crises are ‘largely manufactured’ in new report published on World Food Day.Hunger caused by conflicts around the world has reached record…
Mozambique’s faded hotel squatters hope for change after polls | Elections News
In the sprawling slum of the once-glorious Grande Hotel in Mozambique’s Beira city, around 4,000 people living in squalor hope this month’s election will bring…
A sustainable global universal basic income can be done. Here is how | Business and Economy
In September, Pope Francis attended the World Meeting of Popular Movements, an initiative he launched 10 years ago as a platform for grassroots organisations to…
Kenya relocates 50 elephants to a larger park as population thrives | Wildlife News
Kenya is suffering from a problem, albeit a good one: the elephant population in the 42-square-kilometre (16-square-mile) Mwea National Reserve, east of the capital Nairobi,…
Sophie Wessex weeps as she meets women raped in exchange for food & water on harrowing trip to war victims in Chad – The Sun
THE Duchess of Edinburgh made a historic trip to meet war victims at a refugee camp on the border of Sudan - becoming the first…
Nigeria boycotts AFCON 2025 qualifier in Libya over ‘inhumane treatment’ | Football News
Nigeria captain William Troost-Ekong says his team have been left at an abandoned airport in Libya for more than 17 hours without food or drink.Nigeria’s…
Why hasn’t US President Biden made any state visits to Africa? | Joe Biden News
Joe Biden’s planned trip to Angola on October 13 was meant to be historic. It would have been his first visit to Africa during his…
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich breaks women’s marathon world record in Chicago | Athletics News
Chepngetich wins the Chicago Marathon in 2:09:56, dedicating the record to Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a car crash.Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich has put on a…
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and PM Abiy Ahmed Ali: The Anatomy of the Conflict
The relationship between the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, and the newly reelected president of the Federal Government of Somalia on May 15th, 2022,…
The South African anti-apartheid cathedral that’s now a pro-Palestine hub | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Cape Town, South Africa – At the corner of a main intersection in the heart of Cape Town’s city centre stands the oldest cathedral in…
Somalia, Eritrea and Egypt pledge to bolster security ties | Politics News
The three leaders agreed to improve regional stability as Somalia battles with the al-Shabab armed group.The presidents of Somalia, Eritrea, and Egypt have agreed to…
Over 79 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa raped, sexually assaulted: UN | Sexual Assault News
UNICEF report finds more than 370 million girls worldwide have faced sexual violence before the age of 18.The United Nations children’s agency says one in…
Mozambique’s election: Who’s contesting and what’s at stake? | Elections News
Mozambicans are heading to the polls to vote in elections that could, for the first time, usher in a president born after the country’s independence…
Kenya lawmakers vote to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua | Politics News
Gachagua has been accused of corruption, insubordination, undermining the government and divisive politics.Lawmakers in Kenya have voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua for abuse…