The death toll after a ferry capsized on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba this week has risen to 68 after more bodies were recovered on Saturday, the police said.

Senegal has raised fuel prices in a move the government says is necessary because of the sharp rise in global oil costs.

Dr G.P.A. N.N. Richard. PHOTO/UGC. By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Institute of Global Peace and Conflict Management (IGPCM), a lobby that contributes to the prevention and management of conflicts around the world, has appointed Cameroonian-born, Dr G.P.A. N.N. Richard, as its new liaison officer for Central and East Africa. The appointment, announced on Thursday, is part of IGPCM’s broader strategy to expand its global peace-building mission. In a statement, IGPCM said the move reflects its commitment to “strengthening peace building, conflict management, leadership development, collaboration, and sustainable transformation across Africa”. “Dr Richard’s appointment places him in a strategic position to represent the vision and values of IGPCM while fostering stronger connections and opportunities across the Central and East African regions,” the Institute said. The statement said his leadership journey and the diverse roles he has undertaken demonstrate a strong commitment to...

INFOGRAPHIC/EYEWITNESS MEDIA GROUP By PATRICK MAYOYO President William Ruto’s decision to initiate a national conversation aimed at shaping Kenya’s long-term development blueprint beyond Vision 2030 deserves recognition as a historic opportunity for the country to confront the deeper questions that have shaped its political journey since independence. Beyond the promises of economic transformation, this moment offers Kenyans a rare platform to examine the foundations of governance itself; how power is acquired, how it is exercised, who benefits from it and whether the political system truly reflects the diversity of the nation. At the heart of this conversation are two fundamental questions that Kenya has struggled to resolve: the winner-takes-it-all nature of presidential politics and the persistent reality that the highest office in the land has largely remained within the political orbit of two communities, the Kikuyu and the Kalenjin. These are not merely questions about indi...

The Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo is now the second-largest on record, with more than 2,100 deaths and the virus spreading to a sixth province. Health workers are struggling to contain the rapidly growing outbreak amid community resistance, misinformation, unpaid staff strikes and threats from rebel groups.

In Chad, the Chari River has been badly affected by years of intensive sand extraction along its banks, particularly around the capital, N’Djamena. The Ministry of Mines recently banned the practice to protect the environment and wildlife, but the decision has sparked controversy as thousands of people in the capital depend on sand mining for their livelihoods.

As South Africa’s cities become denser and more interconnected, safety must be treated as core infrastructure. Phillip de Vos of Waterfall City explains why proactive security, technology and public-private cooperation should be built into urban development from the outset.

South Africa’s proposed crypto rules could allow authorised providers to use crypto behind the scenes to settle selected regional remittances.

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze The Manufacture of Orthodoxy How Correct Belief Was Produced by Vote, Exile, and Fire In the year 325 a council of bishops at Nicaea condemned the priest Arius, who taught that the Son was created by the Father and therefore lesser, and declared instead that the Son was of one substance […]

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze The Metals: What Was Found in Tampons, What the Regulator Did, and the Step Still Missing Two studies, two years, three questions. Only two of them have been answered. Nobody had ever measured metals in a tampon until 2024. Products worn inside the body by between half and four-fifths of menstruating […]