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South Africa: Phala Phala Scandal Returns as IPID Report Prompts New Impeachment Calls

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South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing a renewed political storm as new revelations from a declassified police watchdog report have reignited calls for his impeachment — nearly four years after the so-called Farmgate scandal first surfaced. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) report, published this week after opposition party ActionSA and news outlet News24 […]

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How Russia Is Weaponising Information: A Disinformation Network Spreading Anti-Ukrainian Propaganda in Ivory Coast

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In Abidjan’s lively media ecosystem — a city of bustling newspapers, radio stations, and a growing digital audience — something troubling has taken root. Over the past three years, a coordinated network of social media accounts, websites, and local opinion makers has been systematically amplifying narratives that portray Ukraine and the West as aggressors, glorify

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Africa’s Silent Pandemic: Antimicrobial Resistance Is Killing More People Than HIV and Malaria Combined

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While the world’s attention remains fixed on emerging infectious disease threats, a quieter — and in many ways deadlier — crisis has taken root across the African continent. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the process by which bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evolve to defeat the drugs designed to kill them, is now responsible for more deaths

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Africa Faces Sharp Economic Slowdown as Middle East War Drags On, Report Warns

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A new economic report has sounded a stark alarm for Africa: the continent faces the risk of a sharper-than-expected growth slowdown in 2026 if the ongoing Middle East conflict — centred on Iran-Israel-US tensions — continues to escalate. The warning comes as global energy markets remain on edge, with the Strait of Hormuz effectively disrupted

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Gene Editing Offers Hope for Africa’s Sickle Cell Patients — But Price Tag Makes Cure a Distant Dream

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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.

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Saudi Arabia’s African Safari: How Riyadh Is Quietly Building a Critical Minerals Empire Across the Continent

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, historically associated with oil fields stretching to the horizon, is running an acquisition campaign in Africa that would be the envy of any global mining major. At stake are not gold deposits or copper veins alone, but the precise minerals — cobalt, lithium, nickel, manganese, rare earth elements — that

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Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Push Into Africa’s Critical Minerals Sector

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Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Push Into Africa’s Critical Minerals Sector At January’s Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman delivered a statement that crystallised the kingdom’s strategic rethink: “Oil is no longer the energy security challenge — it’s going to be gas, electricity and predominantly minerals.” It was a revealing

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