Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls on Sunday to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment. The changes would expand the president’s powers, including giving him the right to appoint and dismiss the prime minister.

A small but growing body of men in Lesotho are successfully challenging traditional gender roles and becoming professional midwives.

INFOGRAPHIC/EYEWITNESS MEDIA. By PATRICK MAYOYO Wealth in 2026 is no longer simply a measure of money in the bank. It is a reflection of technological power, global business empires, political influence, royal heritage, sporting fame and ownership of some of the world’s most valuable assets. From Silicon Valley to royal palaces, luxury estates and private islands, extraordinary fortunes continue to shape the way people live, invest and influence the world around them. The ranks of the ultra-rich have also reached unprecedented levels. Forbes’ 2026 annual billionaires list counted 3,428 billionaires with a combined fortune of $20.1 trillion, with technology entrepreneurs dominating the upper reaches of the rankings. At the top are familiar names such as Elon Musk, whose interests span electric vehicles, space exploration and artificial intelligence, alongside technology giants including Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang. Their fortunes can fluctua...

A session at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. PHOTO/UNCCD. By PATRICK MAYOYO The African Development Bank has committed to work with partners to mobilise funds for the Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWI) during the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Ulaanbaatar. The commitment came on 24 August as African ministers, development partners and international organisations participating in an event titled Scaling the Great Green Wall through Continental Integration and the AU GGWI Strategy (2024-2034) and co-organised by the African Union (AU), the African Development Bank and the UN, voiced calls to scale up GGWI. Participants also welcomed the AU’s adoption in 2024 of the Great Green Wall Strategy and Ten-Year Implementation Framework (2024–2034), which provides a roadmap to expand the initiative into a continental platform for land restoration and ...

Life returned to normal in Niger's capital on Sunday, a day after mutineers stormed the presidential palace and a military base at Niamey's main airport, resisting forces loyal to the ruling junta until Russia’s Africa Corps intervened. State TV reported that dozens of soldiers were killed or arrested, with some paraded in front of cameras live on television.

Gunfire and explosions have been reported in Niger, as mutinying soldiers attempted to storm the presidential palace in the capital, Niamey, in a challenge to the ruling junta. The government said it had regained control after hours of fighting on Saturday. Léo Paichard and Nick Rushworth report.

African e-commerce is growing, but scaling across borders remains difficult. Payments, logistics, customs, data and trust are still major barriers for SMEs seeking regional growth.

Africa's remittance networks could become the foundation for a much broader financial ecosystem connecting diaspora communities, businesses, payments, trade and investment across Africa, Europe and North America.

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze Timbuktu Burning How the African Past Was Renamed as Ignorance, and What the Fire Could Not Reach On the twenty-seventh of September in 2016, the International Criminal Court convicted Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi of a war crime and sentenced him to nine years. His offense was the destruction, over eleven days in […]

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze Abuja: Another 45 Shi’a Protesters Shot Dead Three years after Zaria, the same security institution again confronted members of the same movement, and at least 45 people died. The Army then posted a video of a foreign president saying that rocks should be treated as rifles. Members of the Islamic Movement […]