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Prejudice in sport is society in miniature, and racism at the World Cup is a recurring indictment. This article explores how football authorities often treat racism as a PR…
When the final whistle blew at the New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, relief came before celebration. The best team had won the 2026 Fifa World Cup. That…
Explore the hidden psychological battles in elite football, where players test nerves, referees set limits, and technology interrupts the game's rhythm. Discover how mind games…
South Africa's freedom was never a purely South African achievement. The country liberated by African solidarity should not allow anger over migration to become an alibi for…
On 25 March 2026 the UN General Assembly did something rare: it put a long-denied moral truth into the language of international diplomacy. In adopting Resolution A/RES/80/250…
The World Cup delivered a full human theatre of football, from Cape Verde's exhilarating performances to generational shifts with Lamine Yamal's arrival and the possible…
For eight decades, the UN has championed equality, yet its highest office has remained closed to women. This article argues that the next UN Secretary-General must be a woman to…
Football has become one of the world’s most eloquent arguments against the fiction of sealed borders. The modern game is no longer arranged neatly around birthplace, passport or…
Cape Verde's football team, the Blue Sharks, has emerged as a serious force on the global stage, challenging traditional hierarchies with their disciplined play and historic…
The 2026 World Cup marks a historic moment for African football, with a record 10 teams participating and 9 advancing to the Round of 32. This article explores how the…
Haiti's return to the FIFA World Cup after more than five decades symbolises a powerful message of unity and hope amidst political turbulence, natural disasters, economic…
The 2026 World Cup, hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico, will feature an expanded 48 teams, significantly boosting Africa's representation. The Confederation of African Football…
The Kenyan court’s decision should be read well beyond Kenya. Across Africa, governments will need to negotiate such arrangements with greater care, more transparency and a…
The sight of human beings being hunted, threatened or treated as disposable because they are perceived to be foreign is morally troubling.
But the continent will not be able to do this at scale without having credible rules, institutional independence and effective supervision in place
The FIFA World Cup begins on 11 June 2026, hosted across Canada, Mexico and the United States—the first time the tournament has been shared by three countries. It opens, however,…
He warns against reducing people to measurable outputs, predictive profiles or behavioural categories. Once technology becomes the standard by which human beings are judged, it…
Africa Day should not be observed merely as a ritual of speeches and nostalgia. It should be approached as a test.
Until the AU can fund a much greater share of its own agenda and use Africa’s financial institutions more strategically, its agency will remain constrained
The virus takes its name from the Ebola River, near the site of one of the first recorded outbreaks in what is now the DRC, in 1976. Four of these six species are known to cause…
