August 10, 2022
Africa: CAF President Patrice Motsepe Reveals More Details of Africa Super League
The Africa Super League is expected to launch in August 2023, hailed as the competition that will take African football to the next level. Read more »
August 01, 2022
Africa: Global Discrimination Against Vulnerable Groups Fuels New HIV Infections
Many governments operate according to prejudice rather than science, ensuring that HIV continues to flourish in the crevices of restrictive societies that chose not to recognise… Read more »
July 31, 2022
Africa: Activists at Aids Conference Protest 'Systemic Racism' Behind Visa Denials and Lack of Funding Driving New Deaths
'Another minute, another death! AIDS is not over!' chant protestors as controversy engulfs an international AIDS conference in Canada. Read more »
Africa: Banyana Banyana Victory Shows the Sky Is the Limit for Woman Footballers When Properly Resourced
Lifting the Women's Africa Cup of Nations was a fantastic achievement and South Africa's players deserve all the praise they get. Read more »
July 24, 2022
Africa: Continent's Support of Russian Invasion Extraordinary After Colonial Past
Many Africans seem ambivalent about Putin's attempts to recreate Russia's empire, even though colonialism caused the African continent so much personal pain and injury, and seeded… Read more »
Africa: Do the Commonwealth Games Still Matter in 2022?
Birmingham is hosting the 22nd edition of an event that harks back to the heyday of the British Empire. Read more »
Africa: Pioneering Study Attributes U.S.$6-Trillion in Global Warming-Related Economic Losses to USA, China and Others
The first study to assess the economic impacts that individual countries have caused on other countries - through their contributions to global warming - shows that five national… Read more »
July 18, 2022
Africa: Russia's 'Weaponisation' of Food Threatens Livelihood of Millions in Vulnerable Countries
Russia's war against Ukraine has become not only a clear and present danger to international law but also a threat to global food security. Read more »
Africa: Putin Approval Needed for UN Deal to Release 20 Million Tons of Blockaded Ukrainian Grain
The agreement hinges on Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval, which the UN hopes will happen on Tuesday. This could have a major impact on the global food crisis which the… Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: Only Putin Can End the Global Food Crisis, Says UK's Minister for Africa
The major food shortages and spikes in food prices were 'entirely the result of Russia's blockade of Ukraine's ports', the UK's Minister for Africa has told journalists. Read more »
Africa: Continent Becoming the Greatest Casualty of Russia's War in Ukraine
Ukraine supplies a tenth of global wheat exports and about 95% of those exports left the country through the Black Sea ports. Russia has blocked the export of millions of tonnes of… Read more »
July 03, 2022
Africa: Sweden, Clinton Health Access Initiative Launch U.S.$34 Million Healthcare Partnership
Africa has 16% of the world's population and accounts for 23% of the global disease burden, but its spending on health is 1% that of total global health expenditure. Read more »
Africa: International Criminal Court At 20 - Not Much to Show for the U.S.$2 Billion Spent to Date
Professor Mia Swart is Visiting Fellow at Edge Hill University and Visiting Professor at Wits Law School. A former producer at Al Jazeera, she writes on human rights and… Read more »
June 30, 2022
Africa: Provincial Authorities Confident of Overturning Amazon Africa Development Judgment
The Western Cape provincial government and the City of Cape Town have joined the Liesbeek Leisure Property Trust in applying for leave to appeal against the decision of the Western… Read more »
Africa: Madagascar Delegation to Meet Ramaphosa Over Confiscated Gold Bars and Airlink Ban
The South African airline has been barred from flying to Madagascar for three months, apparently because Madagascar wants 73.5kg of confiscated gold and three jailed citizens back. Read more »
June 26, 2022
Africa: Digital Skills Will Give Africa's Women a Growing Chance of Competing in Agriculture
Women produce 70% of the food on the African continent, but they face significant barriers to succeeding in the agribusiness arena. Addressing their access to technology and… Read more »
June 15, 2022
Africa: World Trade Organisation Urged to Scrap 'Limiting' Trips Waiver
More than 150 civil society organisations from around the world are pushing for a 'real' TRIPS waiver to be adopted by the time a World Trade Organisation conference wraps up on… Read more »
June 06, 2022
Africa: Zimbabwe Hints At Sending Genocide Fugitive Mengistu Home to Ethiopia to Face Justice
Is it just more Zanu-PF smoke-and-mirrors and deception? Some suggest it's meant to deflect criticism that Zimbabwe is harbouring genocidal killers. Read more »
May 16, 2022
Africa: Zambia Leaves South Africa Choking in Its Dust At the 2022 Mining Indaba
Investors are buying President Hakainde Hichelema's narrative of 'New Dawn' change, but remain sceptical about South Africa's vague promises to break bureaucratic logjams in its… Read more »
May 09, 2022
Africa: Banyana Banyana Have Africa Women Cup of Nations Win in Their Sights
Now that Banyana know their Africa Women Cup of Nations opponents, the coach can begin plotting a path to the title. Read more »
May 04, 2022
Africa: Day Three - 'It Should Be Everybody's Responsibility to Keep the Planet Clean'
The Skhaftin Bus is a mobile grocery store that aims to provide low-cost food and promote plastic-free shopping. On the third day of its trip through SA, the bus stopped at… Read more »
August 15, 2012
Africa: Standing By to Standby - the African Peacekeeping Force With More Problems Than Solutions
The African Standby Force is a beautiful concept. The crack troops were meant to be the silver bullet for Africa's security problems, a rapid-response team able to get in and stop… Read more »