From Lagos to Enugu, a wave of TikTok and Instagram influencers are hawking unverified herbal remedies for everything from infertility to diabetes, drawing millions of views and raising urgent questions about platform responsibility and the state of public health communication.
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Eighteen years after the post-election violence that killed more than 1,100 Kenyans, ethnic-profiling rhetoric is creeping back into the country’s political discourse. Civil society groups warn that without a credible national response, the conditions for another crisis are quietly assembling.
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Two years before South Africa is due to co-host the African Nations Championship and four years before the 2030 World Cup arrives on its soil, a fresh wave of anti-foreigner violence has exposed the gulf between the country’s internationalist ambitions and the realities of its poorest neighbourhoods.
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The abduction of a retired Nigerian army general and his wife in the country’s northwest sent shockwaves through military and political circles in the final days of May 2026, prompting urgent questions about the state of internal security in a region that has seen an accelerating collapse in law and order over the past several
When Uganda closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in May 2026, citing the need to prevent the spread of the Ebola outbreak burning across the border in North Kivu and Ituri, the move was described by the government as a necessary act of self-preservation. But for public health experts watching the response
In the world of global technology investment, Nigeria rarely makes the front page of mainstream business publications. The country’s infrastructure challenges, currency volatility, and regulatory complexities are well documented, and they have historically deterred the kind of sustained capital flows that have transformed tech sectors in Asia and East Africa. But beneath the surface noise
The world watched with alarm as Ebola tore through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo again in the spring of 2026, killing more than two hundred people while the international response stumbled over funding gaps, political instability, and the ever-present challenge of accessing conflict zones. For global health experts, it was a familiar feeling — a
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When the draw placed South Africa’s national football team in Group F for the 2026 World Cup, there was genuine optimism that this could be the tournament where Bafana Bafana finally delivered on decades of promise. Instead, the build-up has descended into an administrative nightmare that has left players, coaches, and fans questioning whether the
While Nigeria political headlines are dominated by economic turbulence, security crises, and electoral anxieties, a quieter revolution is reshaping the country international profile in ways that may prove more durable. An expanding technology ecosystem, anchored by a new generation of startups and backed by an unusual consensus among policymakers, is positioning Nigeria not merely as
South Africa national football team was thrust into an embarrassing diplomatic episode as a chaotic visa and permit mix-up threatened to derail their participation in the World Cup, prompting the sports minister to publicly acknowledge that the country had been made to look foolish on the world stage. The team was initially blocked from departing
When a retired Nigerian army general and his wife were kidnapped in the country’s northwest in late 2025, the case exposed in microcosm the structural failures of Nigeria’s security architecture in the central belt u2014 and the political pressure that has shifted resources away from the regions that need them most.
In East Africa, a quiet battle is being fought over which town will host one of the largest industrial projects on the continent. At stake is not simply the pride of hosting a refinery it is the economic gravity that comes with controlling the flow of processed petroleum products across a region of several hundred
