Relations between South Africa and the United States have grown increasingly tense in recent months—and the strain is now hard to ignore. Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, the two countries have clashed repeatedly over the US administration’s decision to grant refugee status to white South African farmers, whom Trump claims are victims […]

The Gambian government has launched an investigation into the sale of assets seized from former President Yahya Jammeh, following growing public concern over alleged corruption and lack of transparency. Some of the assets—including livestock, luxury cars, and farm equipment—were reportedly sold while an official panel was still investigating the vast wealth Jammeh accumulated during his […]

South African rugby is mourning the loss of Cornal Hendricks, the former Springbok winger who passed away at the age of 37 on May 14, 2025, following a suspected heart attack . Born on April 18, 1988, in Paarl, Hendricks began his rugby journey with the Boland Cavaliers, making his first-team debut in the 2008 […]

Mali’s military junta has dissolved all political parties and organisations of a political nature, deepening its crackdown on dissent amid growing domestic and international pressure to return to democratic rule. The announcement was made via a presidential decree read on state television on Tuesday. It stated that “all meetings of members of political parties and […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has sharply criticised a group of 59 white South Africans who were granted refugee status in the US, calling their relocation an act of cowardice and expressing confidence that “they’ll be back soon.” The Afrikaner group, descendants of Dutch settlers, arrived in the US on Monday following claims of racial persecution—a narrative […]

At just 37 years old, Burkina Faso’s military leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré has become one of the most talked-about figures in African politics. Charismatic and media-savvy, he has fashioned himself as a modern-day pan-Africanist on a mission to liberate his country from what he sees as the grip of Western imperialism and neo-colonialism. Since taking […]

The first group of white, Afrikaans-speaking South Africans is reportedly set to arrive in the United States early next week, after being granted refugee status by the Trump administration. The group claims to be fleeing racial persecution and violence in South Africa. President Donald Trump, who previously signed an executive order suspending U.S. aid to […]

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and other world leaders in Moscow to mark the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The Victory Day celebration—Russia’s most significant secular holiday—comes as the Kremlin seeks to showcase global […]

As Europe commemorates the 80th anniversary of its victory over fascism and the end of World War II, Algeria marks a far more somber milestone: the brutal colonial-era massacres that erupted on that very same day, May 8, 1945. Ceremonies were held this week in the Algerian towns of Sétif, Guelma, and Kherrata — the […]

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), home to some of the world’s largest cobalt and copper reserves, is entering a transformative new chapter. Recent geological surveys have uncovered fresh mineral-rich zones, igniting investor interest and paving the way for strategic international partnerships. “These new Geological Research Zones are key to unlocking long-term investor confidence and […]