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Southern AfricaPolitics & Governance
Eswatini and Lesotho are exploring stronger education and trade ties, with agriculture also on the agenda as African leaders discuss investment in seed systems.
Central AfricaPolitics & Governance
A Cameroonian delegate died after collapsing at a weather satellite forum in Eswatini. Authorities are working with his family to arrange repatriation.
Southern AfricaEconomy & Business
Standard Bank plans to invest in OPay alongside its proposed US listing, with payments, lending and remittances among possible areas of cooperation.
Southern AfricaPolitics & Governance
Botswana’s diamond jubilee brought street celebrations and new regional ties, with Madagascar securing a visa pledge and a 30-day cooperation deadline.
Across AfricaEconomy & Business
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy is set to grow by 4.3% in 2026, but the World Bank warns that job creation is still falling short.
Police arrested five people after uncovering a suspected drug lab on a Krugersdorp farm, two days after a similar raid near Hartbeespoort Dam.
A Turkish man accused of kidnapping, raping and permanently injuring his fiancée has been arrested near Durban, ten days after another Turkish fugitive was caught in Cape Town.
Schools reportedly hit, communications cut and casualties mounting: renewed fighting in Tigray has prompted Amnesty International to demand urgent African Union action.
African football leaders left Cabo Verde with a plan to turn a record World Cup into a 2030 push built on investment, stronger structures and attention to detail.
Verstappen took the Singapore Sprint, but Antonelli gained in the title race as Russell crashed and McLaren turned a nine-point position into one.
Threats to disrupt the sold-out MTN8 final have put security in focus as Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns prepare to meet in Durban.
Southern AfricaEconomy & Business
South Africa’s new FuturePHARMA facility aims to turn research into medicines. Its success will depend on whether local discoveries reach patients.
Fifteen years of family planning gains in nine West African countries face a funding squeeze, putting governments under pressure to protect access.
The Uniting Reformed Church has demanded action against corruption and violence, warning leaders to stop shielding wrongdoing and scapegoating migrants.
A third attack this week on Riyadh’s airport killed at least 12 people and wounded 309, Saudi authorities said, forcing flights to be diverted.
At a New York gathering of more than 3,000 business leaders, investors and policymakers, Africa’s industrialisation challenge came into sharp focus as Aliko Dangote urged the continent to invest its capital at home, while leaders highlighted trade, technology and creative industries as engines of future growth.
Liberia’s president met White House Faith Office adviser Paula White-Cain during his US visit, highlighting the longstanding relationship between the two countries as migration, visas, aid and trade remain key issues in the wider bilateral relationship.
