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Why Trump's G20 boycott tests multilateral resolve more than host South Africa
Trump's planned boycott of the landmark Johannesburg G20 summit is a stress test for the continent on its debut as host, symbolising both disruption and resilience in global power realignment.
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Emmanuel Oduor
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Marburg virus outbreak confirmed in southern Ethiopia
The virus strain detected shows similarities to those previously identified in East Africa, the Africa CDC said.
Angola at 50: How a nation rose from the rubble of civil war
Angola's fifty-year arc reflects a nation rewriting its identity as a country no longer defined by colonial history, civil war and oil-fuelled resurgence, but by strategic ambition and global engagement.
By
Mamadou Dian Barry
'Solution-seeking' Kiir sacks 37 senior South Sudanese officials in under one year
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit has sacked more than 37 senior state officials, including vice-presidents, a chief justice, ministers, and army generals, in less than one year.
By
Brian Okoth
Africa's diabetes crisis: When a foot sore ends in amputation
Diabetes cases are exploding across Africa because of changing urban lifestyles, outpacing healthcare systems and burdening millions with life-threatening complications, medical costs and chronic uncertainty.
By
Pauline Odhiambo
LAND DEGRADATION: ETHIOPIA AND SENEGAL FIND PATHWAYS TO SURVIVAL
As land degradation threatens 1.7 billion lives and slashes yields worldwide, grassroots restoration in Africa shows recovery is possible.
By
Pauline Odhiambo
Butcher of Al Fasher: How Sudan's agony became his spectacle
Sylvia Chebet
Cameroon’s Paul Biya: A political chess master to rule until 99 years old?
Susan Mwongeli
Trump's 'Christian genocide' salvo strikes Nigeria's diplomatic gap
Abdulwasiu Hassan
'Christian genocide': Why Trump's salvo at Nigeria is flawed and fraught
Trump's claim of a "Christian genocide" in Nigeria distorts a complex, resource-driven conflict, risks alienating a key counterterrorism partner, and underscores his administration's transactional diplomacy.
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Emmanuel Oduor
Phobias: Why what scares us can feel impossible to explain
A young African's lifelong phobia of buttons reveals how the most ordinary objects can become the most extraordinary prisons.
By
Paula Odek
Sam Kodo: How his infinite loop of ingenuity produced Africa's first farm robot
This self-taught inventor is building award-winning robots and solar-powered tools from recycled parts to help transform farming, education and everyday life in his native Togo and beyond.
By
Firmain Eric Mbadinga
Pictures of 13 African presidents, one PM who wore military uniforms in recent years
At least 14 civilian African heads of state and government have worn military uniforms in public in recent years, a symbolic attire that often draws attention to them.
By
Brian Okoth
What Kenya needs to do to prevent another Shakahola
Three decades after a commission in Kenya warned of the proliferation of cults that force vulnerable communities into dangerous ritualistic practices, the Shakahola forest massacre showed that the rot runs deep.
Tanzania election: What you need to know
In the absence of her main rivals in the elections, President Samia Suluhu Hassan and the ruling CCM party are expected to have a clear advantage over smaller rivals.
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Nuri Aden, Abubakar Famau, Edward Qorro and Emmanuel Onyango
ELIE MINEMA: EBOLA SURVIVOR ON THE CUSP OF MEDICAL HISTORY
From surviving Ebola to potentially becoming the last known patient on record, this young man's recovery after the recent outbreak in DRC marks a turning point in the country's long battle against the virus.
By
Sylvia Chebet
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Pauline Odhiambo
One in five: How antibiotic misuse has weaponised routine infections
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Emmanuel Oduor
Côte d'Ivoire election: Why all bets are on continuity
4 min read
Nuri Aden
Why Istanbul to Mombasa direct is more than a flight path in Türkiye-Kenya ties
5 min read
Pauline Odhiambo
Shot of hope: Sudanese vaccination drive saves herds and livelihoods
4 min read
CITY UNDER SIEGE: WHY AL FASHER MIGHT BE THE ENDGAME IN SUDAN'S WAR
Al Fasher is now the epicentre of Sudan's unending internal conflict, with the paramilitary RSF raising an earthen wall that has trapped civilians, blocked aid, and reignited ethnic violence in a fight for control.
By
Sylvia Chebet
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