Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo smashes half-marathon world record
Two-time world cross-country champion clocks 56 minutes, 42 seconds at World Athletics race in Barcelona.Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo has become the ...
Tag: Africa
African Art Renaissance: Voices from the continent and the diaspora
Exploring contemporary African art with three influential women bridging the continent and its global diaspora.In this episode of Talk to ...
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels reach centre of Bukavu in DR Congo
NewsFeedM23 rebel fighters have advanced into the centre of Bukavu, South Kivu’s capital, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
How realistic is the African Union’s call for reparatory justice?
African leaders are seeking reparations from former colonial powers at a summit in Ethiopia.After decades of colonisation, exploitation and resource ...
What explains Trump’s fixation on South Africa?
Trump’s executive order cutting aid to South Africa stems from his claims of human rights abuses against white farmers. But ...
DR Congo’s M23 fighters seize Bukavu airport before African Union summit
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi traveled to Germany to attend Munich Security Conference in efforts to rally international supportThe Rwanda-backed M23 ...
As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?
Nairobi, Kenya – Weeks after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed control of the Congolese city of Goma, the capital of North ...
French troops to exit Senegal by end of 2025
Senegal distances itself from colonial past, following trend sweeping across West and Central Africa since 2022.France and Senegal are setting ...
Will China and the US head into a full-blown trade war?
The US and China’s tit-for-tat tariffs are ratcheting up economic tensions between the two nations.They were seen as a restrained ...
M23 fighters resume attacks in DR Congo after two-day pause
Fighters continue advancing on South Kivu province despite ceasefire calls from regional leaders.The M23 rebels have resumed attacks on armed ...
How do global perceptions of Africa affect the continent?
Today on The Stream: We examine how negative global perceptions of the African continent affect its economies and the lives ...
‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s US immigration offer
US president’s executive order provides resettlement for Afrikaners ‘who are victims of unjust racial discrimination’.United States President Donald Trump’s offer ...
DR Congo summit directs army chiefs to enforce ceasefire
The Rwanda-backed M23 is closing on the town of Kavumu in South Kivu in an offensive that has left thousands ...
Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa
For decades, sub-Saharan Africa was a singular focus of American foreign aid. The continent received over $8 billion a year, ...
Trump freezes aid to South Africa amid spat over land expropriation law
United States President Donald Trump has frozen aid to South Africa in an escalation of a rift between his administration ...
DR Congo court issues arrest warrant for rebel leader Corneille Nangaa
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has issued an international arrest warrant for the leader of the ...
Trump’s plan to colonise Gaza is rooted in an old white fantasy
The US president’s imagined entitlement to other people’s land is very familiar to Africans.The declaration by United States President Donald ...
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Leaves Millions Without HIV Treatment
Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the ...
Is South Africa ‘confiscating land’, targeting some groups as Trump claims?
Johannesburg, South Africa — United States President Donald Trump this week threatened to cut all funding to South Africa over ...
Amid ceasefire, Goma residents race to bury 2,000 bodies
People in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Goma rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of last week’s battles ...
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