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Africa-Türkiye security ties gain momentum in a changing world order
Türkiye's growing influence in Africa rests on security, military training, and defence partnerships, as African nations view Ankara as an alternative to Western powers and as a supporter of local capacity-building.
By
Emmanuel Oduor
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Mikel Merino's late goal sends Spain to quarterfinals and ends Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup career
Mikel Merino scored seconds into second-half stoppage time, and Spain beat Portugal 1-0 on Monday to end the World Cup career of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
How Türkiye’s model of mediation and defence outreach is advancing security in Africa
African nations have found a veritable security partner in Türkiye through win-win engagements that combine bolstering military capability and geopolitical diplomacy.
By
Mazhun Idris
Gathering storm: How El Niños threaten to reshape lives in Africa
A new El Niño phase is likely to begin within weeks and UN agencies warn that the risk of drought will be sharpest across the Sahel and southern Africa.
By
Pauline Odhiambo
How Nigeria is reacting to surge in price of cooking gas
Retail prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas has nearly doubled in a country with the ninth largest natural gas reserve in the world.
By
Abdulwasiu Hassan
AFRICA'S HIDDEN TOLL: WHEN A MEAL BECOMES A DEATH SENTENCE
Unsafe food causes 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths annually, with children under 5 years at highest risk.
By
Pauline Odhiambo
Ebola: Congolese youth throw their weight behind fight against outbreak
Firmain Eric Mbadinga
When the diaspora comes home: How Africa is reconnecting with its global diaspora
Adama Juldeh Munu
Somalia turns to industrial revival in path to more economic independence
Nuri Aden
Justice or Symbolism? Can Bozizé's trial in absentia deliver closure for CAR's Bossembélé victims?
As former Central African Republic president Francois Bozize faces crimes against humanity charges in absentia, survivors of the Bossembélé atrocities are left confronting a difficult question: can a trial deliver justice when the accused is absent?
By
Sylvia Chebet
How climate shocks impact children in Somalia and Madagascar
Over 65 million children across eastern and southern Africa—nearly one in four— are exposed to three or more overlapping climate hazards, according to UNICEF.
By
Pauline Odhiambo
The politics of blame: Why migrants have become targets in South Africa’s economic crisis
As Ghanaian migrant Sylvester Boakye recounts his escape from violence in South Africa, analysts argue that recurring anti-migrant tensions reflect not only hostility toward foreigners, but also economic frustration and political opportunism
By
Sylvia Chebet
How Uganda’s para-social workers are fighting child labour one household at a time
More than 100 para-social workers in Uganda have received training in community-based child labour monitoring.
By
Pauline Odhiambo
Solar energy startup seeks to power Guinea to electricity sufficiency
ZePowerNet, a tech startup, seeks to offer solar energy as an alternative solution to the problem of electricity coverage in Guinea.
By
Firmain Eric Mbadinga
South Africa migration unrest: A headache that won’t go away?
Planeloads and busloads of migrants have been leaving South Africa as anti-migrant groups demand that undocumented migrants leave the country.
By
Emmanuel Oduor
HOME AWAY FROM HOME: REFUGEES REDEFINING EXILE IN AFRICA'S HOST COUNTRIES
At least 6.4 million refugees and asylum-seekers were recorded across Eastern and Southern Africa at the end of 2025, with many making homes in their host countries for an average sixteen years.
By
Pauline Odhiambo
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Susan Mwongeli,
Sylvia Chebet
France’s African reset: Can Paris escape its colonial shadow?
8 min read
Charles Mgbolu
Mistaken culture? How AI moderation threatens African artistic traditions
6 min read
Pauline Odhiambo
African nursing, global divide: two wards, one struggle for universal care
6 min read
Sylvia Chebet
South Africa migrant crisis and the cost of Africa's broken solidarity
6 min read
ARSON AT KENYA SCHOOL DORM LEAVES BIG QUESTIONS IN AFTERMATH
Surveillance cameras captured the moment students from Kenya's Utumishi Girls' Academy set a dormitory on fire, killing 16 of their peers and injuring 79 others.
By
Pauline Odhiambo
