Sun 06 September 2026: Paris calls allegations “pure fantasy” as tensions deepen between the two countries France has rejected Niger’s accusation that Paris helped provoke a mutiny during which soldiers attacked a military airbase and the presidential palace in the capital, Niamey. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot dismissed the allegations on Saturday, one week after […]
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Sun 06 September 2026: The move is part of a broader effort to develop Ghana’s gold industry beyond raw exports. Accra, Ghana – Ghana is requiring certain gold exporters to refine gold dore locally before it can be shipped abroad, in a move aimed at keeping more of the value generated by the country’s gold industry […]
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Sat 05 September 2026: The United States is signing bilateral health deals with African countries. By the end of February 2026, deals worth US$19.8 billion had been signed in new health funding. Of this amount, the US has committed US$12.2 billion and African countries US$7.5 billion. Eighteen African countries have signed these deals. They are Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, […]
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Sat 05 September 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️SAFM apologises over Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma interview: The BCCSA has upheld a complaint over an interview with March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma. It ruled that the SABC failed to flag her statements as opinion or challenge them, even though a prior segment with […]
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Fri 04 September 2026: Tunisia’s Court of Cassation has rejected the final appeals of dozens of opposition figures, upholding prison sentences of up to 45 years for those accused of conspiring to overthrow President Kais Saied. The ruling on Thursday brings three years of legal proceedings against 40 people to a close. The defendants include […]
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Fri 04 September 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Private security ‘opens door to crime’: For criminologist Prof Kholofelo Rakubu, the key concern is not simply whether criminals enter the security industry, but whether legitimate security structures can be part of organised crime. She said security companies operate in an environment which […]
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Fri 04 September 2026: Several crystal meth labs discovered on isolated farms in South Africa are prompting concern over the country’s expanding part in making and moving synthetic drugs. Officers found the newest suspected site in a late-night raid on a farm about 200 km north of Johannesburg after locals flagged unusual activity and a […]
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Open spaces around schools currently sown with vegetables can also be planted with indigenous fruit trees. Courtesy Mallika Sardeshpande. Fri 04 September 2026: Foraging, the act of gathering wild plant and animal materials from the environment, is becoming more and more popular in cities around the world. In South African cities, some people pick wild berries and imifino (wild spinach) in […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday said he had ordered India’s Tata Chemicals to leave the East African country, escalating a dispute involving one of Kenya’s largest mineral exporters and Africa’s biggest soda ash producer. Speaking in Kajiado County, Ruto accused Tata Chemicals Magadi of failing to sufficiently invest in the […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: Islamophobia in South Africa: storm in a teacup, or a warning sign? Online, the accusations are loud, that Muslims are “taking over,” But walk into a rural village like Nquthu, and a very different picture emerges: one of quiet, decades-long coexistence. On this episode of Let’s Debrief, Qaanitah Hunter unpacks the […]
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