Mon 20 October 2025: One billion Africans have to cook on open fires or with fuel that is hazardous to their health and the environment, the International Energy Agency said Friday. The problem, which its report says can be easily solved, causes as much greenhouse gas emissions every year as the aviation industry. Two billion people across the world […]
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Mon 20 October 2025: Biko, Mandela and the words South Africa is reaching for. Minibus taxis lean on their hooters and squeeze in the gaps. Hatfield’s main road is a river of backpacks and hoodies as Pretoria University students jaywalk between the flashing green man. On the corners flanking Burnett Street, ten—maybe twelve—volunteers with placards […]
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Mon 20 October 2025 Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Calls grow for major security reforms in SA: “We can definitely show a correlation between a leadership deficit and a growth in serious crime. “When it comes to one of the most important components of Saps, that being the role of crime intelligence, […]
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Senegal Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, attend a ceremony after receiving the official report on the Thiaroye massacre, at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Oct. 16, 2025. Sun 19 October 2025: A 1944 massacre by French troops against African soldiers demanding their pay in Senegal was “premeditated” and “covered up,” […]
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Sat 18 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Will Gaza ceasefire change SA’s ICJ genocide case against Israel? “The ceasefire is a welcome step because, of course, we want to end the killing,” Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s former foreign minister said. “But I’m concerned because the struggle of the people of […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ‘He hasn’t paid anything’: The Presidency is fighting to get former president Jacob Zuma to pay back R29 million in taxpayer funds that he spent on his corruption trial costs. However, the office does not believe that Zuma will ever pay, given that […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: Millions of children face malnutrition as government inaction, systemic failures, and bureaucratic paralysis worsen child hunger. South Africa is facing a severe child hunger crisis. Millions of people, including children, do not have enough nutritious food. This is despite the country producing and importing sufficient food for its needs. The problem […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: The United States’ approval of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Bridge Plan (PBP) has provided a significant boost to South Africa’s ongoing fight against HIV/AIDS. The plan, worth US$115 million, will fund essential HIV services from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026. Minister in the Presidency […]
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CAPSAT military unit commander Colonel Michael Randrianirina joins protesters to announce that the armed forces are taking control of the country in Antananarivo, Madagascar Thu 16 October 2025: Colonel Michael Randrianirina, a military leader, is set to be inaugurated as Madagascar’s interim president on Friday, according to the nation’s new leadership, while the African Union […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: Egypt and Sudan reiterated their firm rejection on Wednesday of any unilateral measures regarding the Blue Nile, where Ethiopia built a dam project disputed by the two downstream nations, Anadolu reports. Speaking during a meeting in Cairo between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, […]
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