Spiro is leading Africa’s electric mobility revolution with battery-as-a-service motorcycles across Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Egypt — transforming urban transport without the upfront cost barrier.
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Refugee accounts and HRW investigations document systematic abuses by Russia-linked Africa Corps fighters in Mali, raising urgent questions about accountability as the group expands its footprint.
Russia Africa Corps Under Scrutiny as New Evidence of Civilian Abuses Emerges in Mali Read More »
In a move that has ignited fierce debate across Cameroon and the wider African continent, parliament has overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to reintroduce the position of vice president — a role that would for the first time give the world’s oldest serving head of state an appointed successor. The bill, passed on Saturday April
Kenya’s energy sector has been rocked by a scandal involving an alleged KSh4 billion ($33 million) fuel import fraud, with President William Ruto breaking his silence to announce a full crackdown on oil sector cartels. The controversy has engulfed senior officials in the Ministry of Energy and the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), with
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has signed into law a bill that dramatically escalates penalties for same-sex relations, doubling the maximum prison sentence from five to ten years. The law, which classifies homosexuality alongside necrophilia and bestiality under offenses deemed “acts against nature,” has sent shockwaves through human rights organizations and deepened concerns about the
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Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis bids to lead South Africa’s main opposition as the Democratic Alliance prepares for its April 11-12 federal congress.
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Russia’s Africa Corps, the successor to the Wagner Group, is rapidly expanding across the Sahel — replacing French forces, deepening ties with military juntas, and raising serious questions about African security.
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Kinshasa is negotiating with Washington over a deal that would see the DRC accept migrants expelled from the United States — revealing the complex geopolitics driving Africa’s migration diplomacy.
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A cache of leaked documents from a network of Russian agents operating across Africa reveals a systematic campaign to place hundreds of pro-Kremlin articles in 35 West African media outlets — paying between $250 and $700 per article — in an operation that has exposed the fragility of the region’s media landscape and its susceptibility
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Revolutionary CRISPR-based sickle cell therapies are raising unprecedented hope across Africa — the continent that carries 85 percent of the global disease burden — even as the $2.2 million price tag places cures forever out of reach for most patients.
Liberia’s Information Minister Jerolinmek Matthew Piah has mounted a defence of the government’s nominee to lead the National Elections Commission (NEC), Jonathan K. Weedor, following sustained criticism from opposition figures and civil society actors who question his political independence. Speaking at the Ministry of Information’s regular press briefing, Minister Piah acknowledged concerns about Weedor’s alleged
