Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye refused to accept the lawyers being forced upon him for his treason trial on Wednesday after his chosen advocates were arrested or barred from the country.

Zambia's former vice president Guy Scott, who briefly became Africa's only white head of state since the end of apartheid, died on Wednesday at the age of 82, the government said.

Kiharu MP, Ndindi Nyoro. PHOTO/UGC. BY MUHOHO FRANCIS Kiharu MP, Ndīndī Nyoro, stands as a revealing mirror of Mount Kenya’s contemporary leadership crisis. The Member of Parliament is not a leader in the traditional or transformative sense. Rather, he resembles a discotheque performer of economic rhetoric—animated, visible, and constantly in motion, yet ultimately detached from the structural realities he claims to address. He frequently brandishes spreadsheets, speaks fluently about bottom-up economics, and tweets gross domestic product figures as though he alone discovered the arithmetic of development. Yet the fundamental question remains unanswered: where is the parliamentary Bill that translates these assertions into binding law? Where is the motion designed to dismantle the entrenched coffee cartels that continue to impoverish farmers in Kangema, Mathira, and Othaya? Where is the legislative intervention aimed at breaking the dairy sector monopolies that determine the pr...

Barrister Ntumfon Ndangoh Tah Calvin of Cameroon. PHOTO/UGC. By Ntumfon Ndangoh Tah Calvin Recent reports of xenophobic violence targeting Africans, including Cameroonians and other foreign nationals in South Africa, have once again raised serious concerns about the protection of African citizens within their own continent. The continued silence and apparent lack of decisive response from several African governments, including Cameroon, is both troubling and disappointing. As a Cameroonian, it is difficult to understand why stronger diplomatic measures have not been taken to address the recurring incidents of hostility and discrimination directed at fellow Africans in South Africa. African unity cannot be reduced to rhetoric and slogans while citizens of one African state are attacked, intimidated, or denied opportunities in another. Diplomacy is grounded in mutual respect and reciprocity. The principle is straightforward: if you treat my citizens with dignity and fairness, I will ens...

The World Health Organization launched the first clinical trial on Tuesday to test whether an antiviral drug can prevent infection in people exposed to the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the outbreak continues to outpace response efforts and spread beyond known chains of transmission.

In this edition: a murder case makes the headlines and a man is sought in the UK over the death of his wife and two daughters. Also, the WHO warns the numbers for the Ebola crisis in DRC may be four times higher than previously estimated. Finally, we look at the DR Congo's national team's jackets – a success story made in Kinshasa.

MANCOSA highlights how education inequality is weakening South Africa’s STEM pipeline and limiting future skills, innovation and digital competitiveness.

As AI and performance marketing reshape digital advertising, are brands becoming less memorable? Nicole Glover, Executive Creative Director – Digital at Penquin, argues that the industry's obsession with optimisation and short-term metrics—not artificial intelligence—is driving creative sameness. Discover why balancing data with emotional storytelling is essential for long-term brand growth and marketing effectiveness.

A Kathmandu court sentenced former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi to four years in prison and former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand to two years on Tuesday, convicting them and 14 others in a scheme that forged Nepali citizens’ identities as Bhutanese refugees to secure their resettlement in the United States. A single bench […]

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