Wed 29 July 2026: A separatist–al-Qaeda alliance has shifted the balance of power in northern Mali and complicated efforts to end the war. Bamako, Mali – An unprecedented battlefield partnership between a separatist movement and an al-Qaeda affiliate has transformed the conflict in northern Mali, shifting the military balance and deepening divisions over how, if at […]
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Wed 29 July 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ SA must prepare for end of US HIV funding: Bekker stressed that having the funding for 25 years has been amazing. “It’s saved so many, many lives, particularly in Africa. The impact is going to vary from country to country. “But probably […]
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Tue 28 July 2026: Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, has ordered his troops to change their military strategy in his first public appearance since the Sudanese army announced it had captured several areas in North Kordofan state. In a recorded video released on Monday, Hemeti urged his forces to […]
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Tue 28 July 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ ‘Xenophobic violence’, building hijackers and drugs: Nigeria has urged South Africa to do more to prevent xenophobic attacks on African migrants, as the two countries meet this week to try to cool tensions. Foreign nationals have come under attack, and foreign-owned shops […]
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Tue 28 July 2026: It has been an eventful week for me in the world of Facebook politics. Firstly, two things crossed my screen within days of each other, and together they said something about the state of the African mind that deeply troubled me, and that I have not been able to shake. The […]
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Mon 27 July 2026: The daughter of jailed Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi said Monday her family “has had no contact” with the former parliament speaker for nearly a week. Soumaya Ghannouchi said in a video on US social media platform X that lawyers had tried to visit her father at Mornaguia Prison, north of Tunis, […]
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Mon 27 July 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Death of Epstein’s ‘girl scout’ Daniel Siad in Paris revives South African connections: Previously unreleased emails obtained through the US Department of Justice’s disclosure of the Epstein files reveal that South Africa featured prominently in Epstein’s international recruitment network. The correspondence shows […]
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Sun 26 July 2026: Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo went on strike Saturday over payment issues, disrupting care for patients in the epicenter of the country’s rapidly growing outbreak. The number of confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo has reached 2,973, including 1,309 deaths, according to government data released Friday […]
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Sat 25 July 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ President unveils national plan to tackle SA’s water crisis: A key part of the plan is to reform the way water services are managed and financed, including ring-fencing water revenues to ensure that money collected for water services is used to maintain and […]
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Sat 25 July 2026: President Cyril Ramaphosa has unveiled a National Water Action Plan aimed at addressing South Africa’s worsening water supply crisis and ensuring a reliable supply of quality water across the country. The plan was released on Thursday, following a meeting of the National Water Crisis Committee (WATERCOM) at the Union Buildings in […]
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