The Global Africa Investment Summit (GAIS), a platform connecting  Africa's untapped sovereign assets with global private capital, was officially launched at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. Co-founded by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, former president of the African Development Bank Group, and Margery Kraus, founder and executive chair of APCO, GAIS is designed to be

The breakdown is reportedly driving community conflict. Residents queue for hours at water tankers only for supplies to run out. Arguments and fights have broken out as some people collect far more water than others, and the government is being called on to urgently declare Johannesburg a national disaster area, as some areas have been without water for 20 days.

Meanwhile, in the Western Cape, the municipality is

The 48th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) has called for unity, sustainable water management, and accelerated continental Integration as it gathered in Addis Ababa, bringing together foreign ministers to prepare for the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government this weekend.

Every year since 2013, Africa Check has fact-checked South Africa's State of the Nation Address - the speech President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers tomorrow to mark the beginning of the political calendar, officially open parliament, summarise the government's aims for the year ahead, and recap the one gone by.After all these years, our researchers can often

The cabinet has approved draft legislation that would allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa, 83, to extend his stay in office until 2030. Presidents would be chosen by MPs rather than in a direct vote and could serve a maximum of two seven-year terms, rather than the current five-year terms, under the proposals.

Justice

Corruption remains a major challenge in Africa, with most Sub-Saharan countries ranking among the lowest on Transparency International's 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index.

The index, which scores countries from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), showed Seychelles as the region's highest performer with 68, followed by Cabo Verde (62), Botswana (58), and Rwanda (58). Mozambique scored just 21,

Congolese lawyers and human rights defenders are challenging a "minerals-for-security" deal signed between the government of President Félix Tshisekedi and the United States in December. Critics argue the agreement bypassed necessary parliamentary approval and may even require a national referendum under the Congolese constitution.

The deal grants the U.S. preferential access to critical minerals,

The Electoral Act will now accommodate the electronic transmission of results. However, the provision comes with a caveat.

The Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jim Risch, has called for a "re-evaluation" of relations with Uganda. The call follows a series of now-deleted tweets from Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who accused the U.S. of aiding the escape of former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine.

Senator Risch has said the defence

South Sudan has been ravaged by violence, political deadlock, and an intensifying humanitarian crisis, while funding cuts have weakened UN missions intended to protect civilians.

Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN peacekeeping chief, told the Security Council that clashes had displaced over 280,000 people, raising fears of a return to past