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Mending broken Nigerian talent

Article Tolu Olasoji - 14 Feb 2020

Young footballers in Nigeria often struggle to get the specialised healthcare they need

Sabelo Mlangeni’s intimate portrayal of queer Nigeria

Article Carl Collison - 9 Feb 2020

The photographer continues exploring queer lived experiences across Africa in The Royal House of Allure, tenderly documenting a safehouse for queer folk in Lagos.

The last French speakers in Lagos

Africa Oluwatosin Adeshokan - 10 Jan 2020

In the floating suburb of Makoko a dwindling Francophone community clings to its linguistic heritage

Caught in a diplomatic crossfire

Article Zukiswa Wanner - 24 Sep 2019

On a recent trip to northern Nigeria, Zukiswa Wanner finds solace through African sisterhood in a time of xenophobia

Discard the odd and publish in Africa

Article Zukiswa Wanner - 21 Jun 2019

As we continue using the same blueprint, we will continue mourning the high illiteracy rates and low returns in the book market

Death toll rises in Lagos school building collapse

Africa Agency - 14 Mar 2019

The dilapidated building in the densely populated Lagos Island area of the city came down without warning on Wednesday morning

School children trapped as building collapses in Lagos

Africa Agency & Celia Lebur - 13 Mar 2019

Nigerian news station reports a primary school was located on the top floor of the building, "with pupils feared killed and others trapped"

Why governing Lagos is Nigeria’s ultimate political prize

Africa Shola Lawal - 8 Mar 2019

Forget the presidency. Whoever controls Lagos controls Africa’s most important city

The bridge that binds Lagos together

Africa Anne Mucheke - 31 Aug 2018

The Third Mainland Bridge has become part of the fabric of Africa’s most populous city. Closing it, even temporarily, wreaks havoc for residents

Women shaping Africa’s art

Article Nkgopoleng Moloi - 17 Aug 2018

For too long their contribution has been ignored but the evidence of their role is there to be seen

Poems by Saaleha Idrees Bamjee and Shailja Patel

Article Shailja Patel - 21 Dec 2017

'Only poetry can plaster'

Gearing Africa’s cities for the future

Analysis Staff Reporter - 7 Aug 2017

By 2030, 15 cities in Africa will have populations over 5 million, most of whom will live in informal settlements.

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Tshwane water woes in court again

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

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Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

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Apartheid criminals still at large

Ilham Rawoot - 21 Feb 2020

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

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