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Here’s the uncomfortable truth that South Africa needs to hear: blaming African migrants for the country’s economic struggles doesn’t just fail to solve anything — it actively destroys the continent’s potential. The University of South Africa (UNISA) made exactly this…
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed the head of the National Elections Commission just three months before the country’s first national election since independence — with no explanation, no transparency, and a replacement named overnight. The move is raising…
A Flat World, A Distorted Truth Maps lie. Not always on purpose, but they do. Every world map you have ever seen in a classroom, a textbook, or on a government wall has shrunk Africa — and for centuries, almost…
A Kingdom Mourns, a Throne in Dispute Uganda’s King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, once celebrated by Guinness World Records as the world’s youngest reigning monarch, was buried on Saturday in Fort Portal amid mounting tensions over who will…
A kingdom is mourning — and at war with itself. It started with a record. In 1995, a three-year-old boy named Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV ascended to the throne of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom, becoming the youngest reigning monarch…
A Web of Deals, Messages and Money The Madlanga Commission has pulled back the curtain on a deeply troubling network of alleged corruption linking the late taxi boss Jothan “Mswazi” Msibi, controversial businessman Ze Nxumalo, and former Ekurhuleni City Manager…
One hundred and twenty-three countries raised their hands. That number alone should stop you in your tracks. At the United Nations, Ghana spearheaded a historic vote on the “Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialised Chattel Enslavement of…
What happened in Ngorongoro? Three men set off on a motorcycle from Arusha, heading to a funeral in Babati — a roughly 166-kilometre journey. They took a wrong turn. That simple mistake may have cost one of them his life.…
A Diplomatic Flashpoint Across the Continent The debate over anti-migrant violence in South Africa has just got a lot louder. Dr Naledi Pandor, former South African Minister of International Relations, has fired back at Ghana and Nigeria for pointing fingers…
A Democracy Under Pressure Zambia’s pre-election climate is raising serious alarm bells, with opposition leaders, civic activists, former diplomats, and social voices facing what observers describe as an organised and systematic campaign of repression orchestrated from within government circles. The…
