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South Africa’s largest opposition party Democratic Alliance has sparked anger after putting up election posters deemed racially inflammatory in a town still reeling from the killings of dozens of mostly black people during July unrest. Thirty-six people were killed during a wave of rioting and looting largely blamed on South Africans of Indian descent in the southeastern town of Phoenix.… Read More

Dengue affects tens of millions each year, producing the brutal symptoms that earned it the moniker “breakbone fever,” but new research may have found the first-ever treatment for the virus. Tests in cell cultures and mice found that a newly identified compound can effectively disarm the virus, stopping it from replicating and preventing disease, according to a study published Wednesday… Read More

Four years have passed since French president Emmanuel Macron spoke to students at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso about a new chapter in France’s relationship with Africa. “Reinventing this relationship” is the moto for this week’s summit opening this Friday in France. Achille Mbembe, a leading Cameroonian thinker on post-colonialism who was chosen by French President Emmanuel Macron… Read More

Authorities in Tunisia seized and sealed the broadcasting equipment of an unlicensed TV station seen as close to Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party. The broadcasting authorities, (Independent High Authority for Audiovisual Communication) (HAICA), accused the station of operating illegally for years. The head of production at the channel denied the accusations. “The HAICA came this morning accompanied by security forces. They said… Read More

The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly African children. The decision followed a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi where more than two million doses were given of the vaccine, first made by the… Read More

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on Wednesday a government reshuffle marked by the replacement of the ministers of Defence and Peace. The reshuffle takes place against the backdrop of a stalemate in the Tigray region. The rebels of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) regained control of the region in late June and government troops largely withdrew. The prime-minister… Read More

Angola’s opposition announced on Tuesday said that it was forming a coalition to contest next year’s presidential election in a bid to defeat the MPLA, which has been in power for more than 45 years. The People’s Liberation Movement of Angola has ruled the oil-rich country since its independence from Portugal in 1975. “Our homeland is crying out for change,”… Read More

Google said on Wednesday it will invest $1 billion over the next five years to allow for faster and more affordable internet access and support entrepreneurship in Africa. Internet reliability is a problem in Africa where less than a third of the continent’s 1.3 billion people are connected to broadband, according to the World Bank. But the continent, where nearly… Read More

South Africa’s metalworker’s union on Tuesday began an indefinite strike seeking pay raises. The union has around 155,000 members working in various industries including auto-mechanics. Initial wage hike talks with employer bodies became deadlocked and arbitration failed. The union is seeking an 8% wage increment and subsequent 2% above the inflation rate for the following two years. “We are left… Read More

In Kangalitai village in Turkana county, a traditional dance welcomes every day’s activity. But today the villagers are not holding the traditional herding sticks that usually accompany the dance. Instead, they have farming tools like mattocks, spades and pangas – ready for them to start work when the dance ends. This is a huge cultural shift and one – the… Read More