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Opinion: Tanzania’s railway is laying the tracks for a New East Africa

Opinion: Tanzania’s railway is laying the tracks for a New East Africa

Tanzania’s new electric railway is more than a national upgrade. It is a bold step toward regional transformation. As the country rolls out its Standard Gauge Railway linking Dar es Salaam to Dodoma, with future links to Burundi, Rwanda, and the...

Gift of the Givers mobilises aid for flood-affected residents in Cape Metro

Gift of the Givers mobilises aid for flood-affected residents in Cape Metro

Gift of the Givers said they are being swamped with calls from communities across the Cape Metro area due to severe flooding caused by a cold front, affecting thousands. The Western Cape Disaster Management Centre on Sunday said that they remain...

Severe flooding prompts urgent response from Gift of the Givers

Severe flooding prompts urgent response from Gift of the Givers

Gift of the Givers (GoTG) teams extended their humanitarian aid distribution to over 20 000 flood victims in the Cape Metropole on Sunday. The organisation said they were receiving calls from communities across the Cape Metro area due to the heavy...

Police Clarify Arrest of Foreign Protesters

Police Clarify Arrest of Foreign Protesters

The National Police Service has flagged as fake a notice purporting that there has been an increase in the number of foreigners infiltrating protests. Taking to X on Monday, July 7, the police refuted claims of being behind the notice, which has...

Mukaza : beer or gold? The administration threatens speculators of beer produced by Brarudi

Mukaza : beer or gold? The administration threatens speculators of beer produced by Brarudi

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 26, 2025 — The administrator of the urban district of Mukaza in the commercial city of Bujumbura, Florent Nkezabahizi, issued a stern warning on Tuesday to owners of liquor stores operating within his...

President Hassan Sheikh asks Egypt to speed up troop deployment to Somalia

President Hassan Sheikh asks Egypt to speed up troop deployment to Somalia

CAIRO, Egypt — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Egypt on Sunday for talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation on security, economic development, education, and...

Freedom’s fallout: How post-colonial Africa lost its way - Andrew Kenny

Freedom’s fallout: How post-colonial Africa lost its way - Andrew Kenny

The first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence was Ghana in 1957 under Prime Minister (later President) Kwame Nkrumah. Nkrumah set a pattern for African liberation leaders. He gave lofty sermons about Pan-Africanism and seeking the “political...

Analysts commend Tanzania for rise in global peace index ranking

DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA has been praised by analysts for emerging as the most peaceful country in the East African Community (EAC), according to the newly released Global Peace Index (GPI) 2025 report. However, they also believe the country...

Czech musician set to perform in Ohio detained, sent back to Prague

Czech musician set to perform in Ohio detained, sent back to Prague

Jaroslav Skuta said he was detained for several hours before being denied entry into the U.S. Skuta, 35, attended Kent State University on a scholarship in 2019. Skuta has returned to northern Ohio several times to perform. A Czech clarinetist...

Liverpool alum pays tribute to Jota and four key observations from Super Falcons' win v Tunisia

Nigeria kicked off their Women's Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Morocco with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Tunisia. The Super Falcons were 2-0 up in the first half with goals from Asisat Oshoala and Rinsola Babajide. However, Chinwendu Ihezuo...

South Sudan embassy advises citizens against protests in Kenya

South Sudan embassy advises citizens against protests in Kenya

Author: Alhadi Hawari | Published: 3 hours ago Members of Kenyan security forces gather near a burning billboard in downtown Nairobi. Courtesy of Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images The South Sudan Embassy in Nairobi has advised South Sudanese nationals in...

Donald Trump humiliated as Africa says, ‘keep your America, we’ll keep our continent’

Donald Trump humiliated as Africa says, ‘keep your America, we’ll keep our continent’

Donald Trump's sweeping travel ban on countries in Africa has been dismissed with a critic telling the US President he can keep America and Africans will keep their continent. Mr Trump's ban applies to citizens from countries around the world,...

Nigeria begin Wafcon bid with routine win over Tunisia

Nigeria begin Wafcon bid with routine win over Tunisia

Nigeria have not lifted the Wafcon trophy since 2018 and, after finishing fourth at the last edition in Morocco in 2022, have targeted regaining their continental crown in what has been dubbed 'Mission X'. Oshoala got them up and running with her...

Ethiopia announces GERD project completion

Ethiopia announces GERD project completion

(MENAFN) Ethiopia has declared that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive hydropower project on the Blue Nile, has been completed after years of construction and disputes involving Egypt and Sudan, as stated by reports. The Prime...

Tanzania to host Pan-African social security summit

DAR ES SALAAM, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania is set to host a high-level Pan-African summit focusing on the future of social security on the continent, a senior official announced Sunday. The summit, to be held on July 10 in the northern city of...

Kenya’s Samman Vohra racks up maiden international win in Rwanda as Nikhil wins ARC3

Kenya’s Samman Vohra racks up maiden international win in Rwanda as Nikhil wins ARC3

Samman Vohra chalked-up his maiden international win in the 2025 edition of the FIA African Rally Championship (ARC) Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally which culminated in Eastern Province district of Bugesera. Navigated by Briton Drew Sturrock behind...

Reflexions on the African Commission’s Resolution 627 on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Reflexions on the African Commission’s Resolution 627 on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Introduction This article offers a critical analysis of the uniqueness, legal significance, and silences in Resolution 627 on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) adopted by the African Commission on Human and...

Africa Rail Infrastructure Powers Mineral Trade Growth

Africa Rail Infrastructure Powers Mineral Trade Growth

Africa rail Infrastructure is getting a new lease of life. Important transportation lines are swiftly increasing to make the continent’s natural resources more accessible and improve trade linkages across the globe. The Italian development bank...

From Awareness to Action: Informaction Theory of Change and ...

From Awareness to Action: Informaction Theory of Change and ...

The theme "From Awareness to Action: Strengthening Open Societies through Scientific Literacy" speaks to the Advocacy for Alleged Witches' theory of change, that is Informaction Theory of Change. This theory codifies an attempt to provide the...

Liberia: As Five African Heads of State Prepare for High-stakes White House talks, President Trump Pushes Trade over Aid in Renewed African policy framework

Liberia: As Five African Heads of State Prepare for High-stakes White House talks, President Trump Pushes Trade over Aid in Renewed African policy framework

Washington, D.C. – President Donald Trump is set to host the heads of state from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at the White House next week for a luncheon aimed at strengthening commercial and security ties between the...

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