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Deadly waterways: Why Nigeria suffers recurring boat tragedies
Nigeria's latest boat tragedy resulted in at least 60 deaths, highlighting how the country's inland waterways remain dangerously unregulated, with safety laws routinely flouted and rescue infrastructure limited.
By
Charles Mgbolu
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Türkiye’s women volleyball team reaches first World final as basketball team advances in EuroBasket
"Sultans of the Net" to face either Italy or Brazil in championship match on Sunday.
Recurrent heatwaves: Why worker safety is a policy stress test
Heat stress has become a public health and labour crisis that demands urgent protection for workers most exposed to climate extremes.
By
Pauline Odhiambo
Splintered Sudan: Why a parallel government is worse than a deadlocked war
The formation of a parallel government in Sudan by the paramilitary RSF and its allies portends grim possibilities for a nation already battling what is already the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
By
Emmanuel Oduor
SA confronts vigilantes targeting immigrants in hospitals
As anti-immigrant vigilantes disrupt healthcare access in South Africa, rights groups, medical charities and lawmakers are pushing back to defend constitutional protections for all.
By
Sylvia Chebet
Diving into inclusion: Nigerian coach teaches swimming to children with disabilities
This Nigerian swimming coach is turning fear into freedom by teaching children with disabilities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds how to survive and thrive in the water.
By
Charles Mgbolu
Spatial emanators: Why Africa's new weapon against malaria is a game-changer
Pauline Odhiambo
Kenya's anti-doping blitz: Education, testing and redemption
Charles Mgbolu
Why Cameroon can't live down the war France refused to name
Tuğrul Oğuzhan Yılmaz
Grief to hope: What new test protocols mean for Africa's fight against infant sepsis
New WHO guidelines aim to fast-track rapid, affordable sepsis tests for newborns to rural African clinics, where diagnostic delays still cost hundreds of lives each year.
By
Pauline Odhiambo
How Senegal's trachoma triumph removes an old blind spot
WHO's acknowledgement of Senegal's success in eradicating trachoma as a public health concern after decades of trial provides a template for other African nations still struggling with the disease.
By
Pauline Odhiambo
How Erdogan's historic visit ushered in a new era of Türkiye-Somalia brotherly ties
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a bold move in August 2011, visiting Somalia at a time much of the world abandoned the country amid heightened insecurity and famine.
By
Nuri Aden
How tradition, tech and talent became Kenya's global signature
Kenya has evolved from being a colonial vignette to a geopolitical force where nature, traditions, innovation, and national ambition converge.
By
Millicent Akeyo
World Humanitarian Day: Sudan among the most dangerous for aid workers
In Africa, the highest number of major attacks against aid workers were in Sudan, South Sudan, Nigeria and DR Congo, according to the Aid Worker Security Database
By
Emmanuel Oduor
French colonial atrocities in Cameroon: Why Macron's admission is a half truth
French President Emmanuel Macron's acknowledgement of the bloody history of Cameroon's struggle for independence has cracked open a sealed archive of colonial brutality without offering the catharsis the country needs.
By
Emmanuel Oduor,
Emmanuel Oduor
Life after Cecil: How community conservation can combat trophy hunting
Cecil the lion's death at the hands of an American hunter in 2015 exposed the brazenness of the global trophy hunting industry and triggered a backlash that now fuels community-driven conservation efforts.
By
Sylvia Chebet
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Sylvia Chebet
'Not everyone who goes to the US wants to overstay'
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Susan Mwongeli
Why Türkiye's ‘win-win’ ties with African countries are flourishing
7 min read
Coletta Wanjohi
Birds without borders: Africa rallies world to save wetlands critical to billions of migratory birds
4 min read
Nuri Aden
Africa's gateway to the Moon: Somalia set to blast off into space with Türkiye's help
4 min read
Why Congolese farmers are swapping coffee for cocoa
Farmers in eastern Congo are trading coffee for cocoa as the scope for getting better returns with fewer inputs reshapes the region's choice of cash crop.
By
Kudra Maliro
