
eSwatini’s success against snakebites under threat after USAid funding freeze
Country that ‘achieved the impossible’ in reducing deaths to zero now faces closure of key treatment centre
MONDAY, 02 JUNE 2025, 06:15
Country that ‘achieved the impossible’ in reducing deaths to zero now faces closure of key treatment centre
Some $4 million has been sent to Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to plug some of the immediate healthcare funding gaps left by US president Donald Trump’s freeze on aid.
The ANC and its GNU partners are divided over South Africa’s military involvement in the DRC, as opposition parties call for an immediate withdrawal of troops
Southern and East African leaders gave military commanders five days to give technical direction on an immediate ceasefire
At the epicentre of the outbreak, burst pipes had been left in disrepair for months, spewing human waste into the streets
The year ahead for the continent will be shaped by key elections and geopolitical shifts
The outspoken foreign minister will be vying for the African Union Commission chair in February
An investigation by Open Secrets reveals how Mozambican elites exploited weak enforcement to ‘invest’ in luxury properties in the neighbouring country
Businesses surveyed report that trading within Africa is easier than trading with the rest of the world
More than 1.7 million people in the country live with disabilities, but the hospital system is not set up for them, so they suffer indignity and worse
Nepotism, graft, shifting ideologies: Southern Africa’s liberation parties have experienced historic setbacks in 2024
The entry of Thales Alenia Space comes at a time when SpaceX’s Starlink is recording significant milestones on the continent
A fuller picture of the Rapid Support Forces massacres in Gezira, committed under the cover of a communications blackout, is emerging from survivors and victims’ families
The Botswana Democratic Party suffered a humiliating defeat in last week’s parliamentary elections
With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers
When the country legalised some types of cannabis, it threw a centuries-old industry into disarray
The party that has ruled Mozambique since 1975 remains popular
A bitter dispute over which faction should control the central bank has laid bare the country’s fragilities
A steep improvement in Seychelles has seen it take over top spot in the foundation’s overall ranking from Mauritius
Christian rights groups have spent millions over four years in efforts to push anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQIA+ agendas
Human rights bodies fear that geoeconomic interests will overshadow promotion of democracy and human rights during the visit