Sudan: The UAE's Malign Role in Sudan War Can't Be 'Sportswashed' Away

The US National Basketball Association recently concluded a tournament sponsored by the UAE-owned Emirates Airlines, the same UAE that has been accused by a United Nations Panel of… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: SA Troops Still Fighting in Eastern DRC After Peace Summit Fails

A contingent of South African soldiers began their second year in the war zone with no peace in sight. Read more »

Africa: After the Bell - Elections in Africa Can Teach the Rest of the World About Democracy

Liberation movements no longer appeal to voters and this is why there have been tectonic shifts in election outcomes. Democracy is maturing in Africa, as seen in a peaceful… Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique's Electoral Turmoil - - Urgent Action Needed to Support Democracy and Justice

SADC must now translate prudence into action, supporting Mozambique in finding a sustainable, inclusive and democratic resolution to its escalating political and social crisis. Read more »

Mozambique: South Africa Feels Impact of Violence, Clampdown in Maputo

A prolonged closure of the border would be costly not only to the mining sector but also to both economies more widely, and would be a fresh blow to investor sentiment towards… Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique's Dark Hour - - Repression, Digital Isolation and the Struggle for Freedom

For more than a week, internet access in Mozambique has been restricted, throttled by authorities in a desperate bid to silence protests that have swept the nation. Read more »

South Africa: UK Foreign Secretary Voices Concern to SA Counterpart About North Koreans Fighting Against Ukraine

At a meeting on Tuesday, David Lammy and Ronald Lamola agreed to strengthen collaboration on defence and security. Read more »

Africa: The US and Russia Are in a New Nuclear Race to Power African Economies

Russia is keen to boost its clout in Africa -- for reasons that are frankly nefarious given the odious nature of Vladimir Putin's regime -- and nuclear power is one of the paths it… Read more »

South Africa: Simon's Town Naval Buildings Named in Honour of Three Submariners Who Died At Sea Off Kommetjie

Acknowledging a year of sadness and anger over the past year since the Kommetjie submarine disaster, the SA Navy held a ceremony to rename three buildings at the Simon's Town Naval… Read more »

Tanzania: Arrest of Tanzanian Opposition Leaders Fuels Fears of Government Crackdown As Elections Loom

Tanzanian police arrested more than 50 people ahead of a planned demonstration against recent abductions and killings in the country. Read more »

Africa: SA Military Denies It's to Blame for Us Pulling Out of Africa's Biggest Air Show At Waterkloof

Africa's largest air show and aerospace and defence exhibition kicked off at Air Force Base Waterkloof on Wednesday without a key regular participant: the US. Read more »

South Africa: The Critical Role of South African Aircrews in Supporting the 1944 Warsaw Rising

Between 13 August and 22 September 1944, South African airmen from 31 and 34 Squadrons of the South African Air Force dropped arms, food and clothes for Warsaw. A total of 23 SAAF… Read more »

Africa: From Glorious Republic to Civic Wasteland - - Somalia's Stark Warning for Africa

The fundamental cause of Africa's recurring crises and calamities are corrupt elites who transform cultural identities into divisive political wedges between communities. Read more »

South Africa: Arrests After 'Ammo' Burglary At Western Cape Police Base Reminiscent of 1998 Gang Theft

Three suspects have been arrested after a burglary at a cop base in Faure in the Western Cape, the same vicinity where a group including ex-Hard Livings gang boss Rashied Staggie… Read more »

South Africa: A Woman Soldier's Beautiful Book Reclaims the MK Mantle

Marion Sparg's Guilty and Proud shows up Jacob Zuma's party as interlocutors. Ferial Haffajee asked the author about her memoir. Read more »

East Africa: Sudan's Government Denies Famine Exists in Darfur's Zamzam Camp

CAIRO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Sudan on Sunday denied the existence of famine in North Darfur's Zamzam camp for internally displaced people, while an aid group said there was a risk of a… Read more »

South Africa: High Court Declares South African Arms Exports to War-Torn Myanmar Unlawful

The ruling could have direct implications for South Africa's arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which are accused of committing war crimes in Yemen. Read more »

Africa: Why the African Union Should Weigh in On the Gaza Crisis, Beyond Adding to Ceasefire Calls

Unlike its ambiguous response to the Russia-Ukraine war, the AU's position on the destruction of Gaza has been clear, but the body could play a useful short-term role beyond adding… Read more »

South Africa: 'Blue Light Bullies' Case Drags On While Members of Mashatile's Vip Protection Unit Are Back At Work

A year ago, eight police officers attached to Deputy President Paul Mashatile's protection unit allegedly assaulted military trainees on the N1 highway in Johannesburg. Justice is… Read more »

Africa: Africa's World War 2 Veterans Are the Ignored Heroes of Britain's Colonial Empire

Many African WW2 veterans returned with a sense of pride and commitment to the democratic and human rights movement that they helped create, but were disappointed by the treatment… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Two More SANDF Soldiers Killed in Eastern DRC, Death Toll Rises to Five

South Africa's death toll in the DRC mission has risen to five after a mortar attack on their base claimed two soldiers. Read more »

Malawi: Malawian Soldiers Search Forest for Missing Aircraft Carrying Vice-President Saulos Chilima

President Chakwera was clinging to the hope of finding survivors after a plane carrying 10 people went missing during bad weather. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: After Mortar Fire Tragedy, Two SANDF Soldiers Deployed in DRC Die in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Just two weeks after two South African soldiers were killed by mortar fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two more SA soldiers died in an apparent murder-suicide in the… Read more »

South Africa: Army Training for Controversial Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens Raises Concerns

The Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens are now training under the supervision of the South African National Defence Force, a decision that has sparked concerns from an expert on… Read more »

South Africa: Vladimir Putin Justified Adolf Hitler's Invasion of Poland - South Africa Must Denounce Him

The world is reeling from brutal wars, seething conflicts that could soon explode, and the prospect of deadly weapons (not all of them physical) that are already creeping towards… Read more »