Countries around the world are increasingly turning against Israel and its aggression in the Middle East. South Africa’s unions and citizens must join in solidarity with Palestinians
Responsible AI requires development that is centred on environmental and human protection
More than 2,000 people – 55 from South Africa – have converged in Egypt in a show of international solidarity
The fight for climate justice must include the people who are most affected, including those in the Arab region
To keep migrants away, Fortress Europe has extended its walls
into African countries such as Morocco and Mauritania
The cartoonist, known only as Z, has now taken on President Kais Saied, who rules by decree
President Kais Saied is using African migrants and European Union migration policies to undo recently acquired democratic rights
Real leaders don’t pick on the weak. They include them in problem-solving and strengthening their nations and the continent
Hundreds of terrified African migrants flee to embassies and camps as human rights groups warns of increasing vigilante attacks
Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga has broken new ground to become the first African woman to officiate a men’s World Cup
With Mané and Salah absent, the semifinals seem as remote as ever, thanks to a glaring imbalance in development systems
France are missing key midfielders, which makes Denmark strong candidates for the top spot in this group
With high prices continuing to bear down on consumers the world over, leaders who fail to bring inflation to heel could face a reckoning
Since the Ukraine war sent global cereal prices soaring, import-dependent Tunisia has announced a push to grow all its own durum wheat, the basis for local staples like couscous and pasta.
Critics fear President Kais Saied is growing increasingly authoritarian following his decision to dissolve the country’s judicial watchdog
Leaders typically spread power among their ‘rival allies’ to keep it and co-opt enough of those elites in exchange for political support.
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Immigration is shaping up to be a key issue in next year’s French presidential election, when President Macron is widely expected to face off again against the far-right leader Marine Le Pen
The Taliban must respect women’s rights if it is serious about fostering economic development
What happened on the continent this past week
Nongovernmental organisations applying for observer status at the African Union are subjected to intense scrutiny but a non-African state merely needs the approval of the AU Commission’s chairperson
Street clashes erupted Monday outside Tunisia’s army-barricaded parliament, a day after President Kais Saied ousted the prime minister and suspended the legislature, plunging the young democracy into a constitutional crisis
Sipho Makhubela assures that the private equity firm has what it takes to raise the capital to get SAA flying again
The semifinals tip off on Saturday, with a champion to be crowned on Sunday
COMMENT: The AU has laid out a clear path for the continent to produce its own vaccines
China is becoming the preferred destination for countries such as Ghana and Nigeria
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
South Africa is working towards establishing a publicly-funded universal health service and now, amid the coronavirus pandemic, is the time to implement it
A long-delayed flight to repatriate South African citizens from Wuhan will depart tonight and return on Friday the 13th, before a 21-day quarantine
The agreement could go beyond economics towards the political unification of Africa
The government is expected to evacuate citizens from Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak originated
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