Category: Africa

Tue 07 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in *South Africa today:* 👇🏼 ◼️ 18% drop in Easter road fatalities: More than 500 drivers were arrested for drunk driving, 14 for speeding and 93 pedestrians were arrested for jaywalking on freeways. Creecy said 291 road deaths had been recorded at the start of the long weekend […]

Mon 06 April 2026: A new report by the African Union, AfDB & UN agencies warned the war in Iran is driving 50% oil price surge, weakening 29 African currencies & disrupting fertilizer supplies, while threatening food security & economic stability. African institutions warn that the Middle East war is rapidly transmitting economic shocks across […]

Mon 06 April 2026:  Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ SA airport named the best in Africa: During the annual Skytrax World Airport Awards, the South African airport also received awards for the best staff among airports in Africa, as well as recognition as the cleanest airport on the continent. O.R. Tambo […]

Sat 04 April 2026: Zimbabwe and Zambia have pushed back against ‘lopsided’ agreements after US asks for health data and minerals. In late 2025 after the United States shocked the world by suspending global health aid and experts said it would lead to 700,000 more deaths, mostly of children, each year, Washington began proposing unusual […]

Sat 04 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Will SA receive reparations from UK and Netherlands for colonialism? The question comes as momentum builds across the continent after the African Union’s (AU) declaration of a “decade for reparations”. At an AU assembly session in Ethiopia in February 2026, African leaders […]

Fri 03 April 2026: Traore reneged on promises to hold elections and has since scrapped political parties in the country. Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traore, says that people need to “forget” about democracy, just three months after his government dissolved all political parties in the West African nation. Speaking to journalists in a lengthy interview on […]

Fri 03 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ SA urged to stop coal exports to Israel amid humanitarian crisis: The activists said that although South Africa has already demonstrated its commitment to these obligations on the international plane, notably through its proceedings at the ICJ and consistent public position in […]

Thu 02 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Public demands urgent access to sex offenders register amid escalating violence: The first South African national gender-based violence study in 2024 survey found that an estimated 33,1% of all women in South Africa, aged 18 and older, have experienced physical or sexual […]

Thu 02 April 2026: Government and allied forces in Burkina Faso have killed more than twice as many civilians as Islamist militants have since 2023, according to a tally of incidents documented in a report, opens new tab published on Thursday by Human Rights Watch. The pattern is broadly consistent with data shared ​with Reuters […]

Wed 01 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Health risks exposed in SA’s latest water report cards: Anet Muir, chief director of water use compliance monitoring and enforcement, said the volume of water leaking from old or damaged pipes in Gauteng (431 million cubic metres per annum) was now almost equivalent […]