How ‘big belly’ is fast changing from a symbol of wealth to a sign of ‘early grave’ in Africa
In South Africa, obesity-related deaths due to non-communicable diseases have surpassed HIV-related deaths, according to the WHO. The 2025 World Obesity Atlas said 32 per cent of South Africa’s adults are obese.
A look at ‘Trump’s criminals’ being deported to South Sudan after serving terms US prisons
Deputy director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Madison Sheahan, flanked by Acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons, speaks during a news conference at ICE Headquarters, in Washington on May 21, 2025. Credit: AP
Detention and release of Kenyan rights activist spotlights Tanzania’s vicious crackdown on President Suluhu Hassan’s rivals
Khalid said Mwangi had been severely tortured by Tanzanian security agents and could barely walk: “His body is broken but his spirit remains strong.”
Analysis: Trump’s claims of white genocide in South Africa is a pretext to pressure Pretoria to withdraw ICJ case against Israel
They have shared video clips, captioned “terrible things are happening” of white South Africans dancing and carousing with their Black compatriots, and made skits in which white South Africans speak, direct-to-camera, ironically about their terrible lives, as they record themselves in beautiful homes and are served drinks by Black staff.
In pillorying Trump’s binder to raw racism South Africa discarded, Afrikaners in US are a symbol of what South Africa no longer wants to be
A group of white descendants of Dutch settlers to South Africa landed at Washington Dulles International Airport last week, part of a new Trump administration programme aimed at “Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination.” The group, Trump officials claimed, were fleeing “white genocide.” On social...
Burkina Faso look to ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’ to reset country weighed down by insecurity, foreign debts
Nearly four decades after his death, Sankara is being celebrated in Burkina Faso, a nation of 23 million people once known for its bustling arts scene and vibrant intellectual life, including Sankara’s anti-imperialist and pan-Africanist legacy.
As Trump alleges ‘genocide’ in South Africa, Afrikaner farmers at an agricultural fair scoff at the claim
The late President Nelson Mandela – South Africa’s first Black leader – stood in Bothaville over a quarter-century ago and acknowledged the increasing violent attacks on farmers in the first years following the decades-long racial system of apartheid.
While eastern Congo keeps world’s tech running, 70 per cent of local people live abject poverty
The Rubaya mines have been at the centre of the fighting, changing hands between the Congolese government and rebel groups. For over a year now, it has been controlled by the M23 rebels, who earlier this year advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma and Bukavu in a major escalation of the conflict.
In Uganda environmental impact assessment is usually a presidentialist con to enable Museveni to push his agenda
Corporate sustainability deception or corporate sustainability fraud continues to predominate in the EIA process and to cause great suffering especially in the poor countries where corporates undertake projects and programmes not so much to spur development as to make money.
Zimbabwe’s elephant population is rising rapidly, stoking conflicts with villagers over resources
Zimbabwe’s collaring project may offer a way forward. Sixteen elephants, mostly matriarchs, have been fitted with GPS collars, allowing rangers to track entire herds by following their leaders. But Hwange holds about 45,000 elephants, and parks officials say it has capacity for 15,000. Project officials acknowledge a huge gap remains.
