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The pandemic has shifted patterns of conflict in Africa

Africa Clionadh Raleigh - 22 Jun 2020

Although the overall rate of conflict has remained steady in Africa during the past 10 weeks of the pandemic, the nature of this is changing in subtle but significant ways

Armed militants wage war on Burkina Faso’s schools

Africa Birgit Schwarz - 26 May 2020

A survivor tells of how Islamists carrying AK-47s arrived on motorbikes, forced fleeing children to lie on the ground and beat teachers before setting a building on fire

Covid-19 in Africa: The good news and the bad

Africa Judd Devermont & Simon Allison - 2 May 2020

What might Africa look like in the wake of the pandemic? There’s enough change happening to keep both optimists happy and pessimists glum

Conflict is escalating in central Mali, says Human Rights Watch

Africa Simon Allison - 10 Feb 2020

Last year was the deadliest for civilians since the current political crisis began in 2012. And the fighting is also increasing in neighbouring countries

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Secularism is not the answer to fundamentalist violence

Article John S Sanni - 18 Apr 2019

A solution to religious fundamentalist violence is neither a secularist view nor religious in nature; it entails a blend of both.

Kenya suffers Somali blowback

Africa Patrick Gathara - 18 Jan 2019

Kenya said it invaded Somalia to protect its citizens, but the attack in Nairobi this week shows this has failed

French start-up offers ‘dark web’ compass, but not for everyone

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Dec 2018

Over the past five years, Aleph has indexed 1.4 billion links and 450 million documents across some 140 000 dark websites

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Niger’s leaders have betrayed its founding principles

Africa Staff Reporter - 3 Aug 2018

Nigeriens have engaged in over six decades of painstaking work to build a strong nation. But Niger is no longer looked upon as a beacon of light

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The soldiers who won’t fight

Africa Staff Reporter - 6 Apr 2018

Many of Mali’s soldiers aren’t prepared to risk their lives fighting in the north of the country. One deserter explains why

Somali women sidestep taboos to play football

Africa Mustafa Haji Abdinur - 23 Mar 2018

'The sight of young women playing football is highly unusual in Somalia, owing to societal pressures as well as fear of al-Shabab'

China dominant in Djibouti port spat

Africa Geoff Hill - 2 Mar 2018

There are only two sea routes linking Europe with East Africa and much of Asia. Either you sail around the Cape of Good Hope or through the Suez Canal

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A Trump decree is killing innocent civilians in Somalia

Africa Staff Reporter - 15 Jan 2018

Trump's new relaxed rules of engagement are killing civilians and breeding the next generation of anti-US fighters.

Al-Shabab’s show of force backfires disastrously

Africa Simon Allison - 20 Oct 2017

Despite years of conflict, al-Shabab remains a potent military and political force, able to occupy territory and launch terror attacks

‘Somalis must stand united and fight’

Africa Staff Reporter - 20 Oct 2017

The president and citizens believe they must urgently stop al-Shabab ‘before they kill all of us’

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The unsung heroes of Somali blast

Article Simon Allison - 20 Oct 2017

Volunteer paramedics braved danger to minimise casualties in the country’s worst-ever terror attack

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The tender that keeps on giving

Athandiwe Saba - 18 Sep 2020

A battle between three North West departments has exposed how a firm was paid half a billion rand (and counting) for a R122-million contract

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SANDF mum on serial rapist claim

Sabelo Skiti - 17 Sep 2020

An internal report on sexual offences at a military academy says the defence force failed a deceased rape victim and has called for an internal investigation

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SA’s level best: Welcome to the new normal

Lester Kiewit - 17 Sep 2020

It’s a lifestyle that South Africans will have to maintain as the country navigates an almost post-lockdown situation in which the coronavirus remains very alive and active

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

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Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

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Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

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Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

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POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

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JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'