What’s next for Nasa, the opposition alliance, after its break-up?
Since the boycott of Kenya’s repeated 2017 presidential election, the National Super Alliance (Nasa) has been dogged by unending wrangles…
China signals crackdown on privacy, data, monopolies to continue | Politics News
China’s leadership announces plans to draft new laws on national security, technology and monopolies. China’s leadership has unveiled plans to…
Canberra enters snap lockdown as Sydney tightens COVID curbs | Coronavirus pandemic News
Official says Australian capital is facing its ‘most serious public health risk’ this year after detecting first case of community…
N Korea warns of ‘serious security crisis’ over US-S Korea drills | North Korea News
Pyongyang says Seoul is risking a security crisis by choosing to go ahead with joint military drills with the US.…
‘I felt that Haftar had done me a dirty trick,’ says Ghassan Salamé
This is part two of a two-part interview. Since April 2019, Libya had been tearing itself apart more than ever…
California first US state to order teachers get COVID jabs, tests | Coronavirus pandemic News
Move is ‘right thing to do’ to protect children as schools begin new academic year, Governor Gavin Newsom says. California…
Twitter, Google to ban content denying Srebrenica genocide: RFE | Genocide News
Youtube, Twitter say they are taking measures against behaviour that glorifies, minimises or denies the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia.…
Afghanistan’s interior minister reveals plan to push back Taliban | Taliban News
Afghanistan’s government is arming local groups as part of a three-phase plan to push back the Taliban offensive, the Afghan…
Zambia election: Lungu fights to retain strongholds as young voters push for change
President Edgar Lungu and the ruling Patriotic Front go into this Thursday’s general election on the back foot as disgruntled…
Mali: What happened in Ansongo?
Shortly before nightfall on Sunday, August 8, a series of attacks bloodied the villages of Ouattagouna, Karou, Dirga and Daoutegueft…
Afghan capital could fall to Taliban within 90 days: US intel | Taliban News
‘Everything is moving in the wrong direction,’ one US official says about the situation in Afghanistan. The Taliban could overrun…
US real estate is haven for African money-laundering, report says
The Global Financial Integrity (GFI) and the Financial Transparency Coalition published a new report this month by Lakshmi Kumar and…
Football club ownership regulations need to be made tougher | Football
Vanity, insanity, love and profit. There are many reasons why people want to own football clubs. The most sought-after clubs…
From Middle East to India, women ‘violated’ in Pegasus phone hack | Technology News
Dozens of women across India, the Middle East and North Africa who were likely targeted for surveillance by governments using…
Navies of 21 countries kick off US-led drills in Southeast Asia | Border Disputes News
SEACAT exercises under way in Singapore and virtually as Beijing and Moscow also hold drills in China’s Ningxia. The United…
Why is Ghana giving $1bn to big oil in Norway?
The minister made a case for Ghana to borrow $1.6bn for onward lending – on commercial terms – to its…
Oil climbs on bet demand will hold up despite Delta variant surge | Coronavirus pandemic News
While the Delta variant of the coronavirus has led to rising infections and curbs on movement, global consumption is expected…
This is our time to get food systems right
The Covid-19 pandemic – that has disrupted supply chains and broken down everything from transport and communication, to finance and…
What’s next for disgraced New York Governor Andrew Cuomo? | Politics News
While Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation on Tuesday amid mounting political pressure over sexual harassment allegations, the outgoing New York…
Algeria wildfire death toll rises as 25 soldiers killed | Climate News
The interior ministry said earlier that fires raging east of the capital Algiers had killed at least 7 civilians. Algeria’s…