AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS Review of Afcon first-round matches: Hitches, glitches and, of course, a little soccer 4 min 0 By Yanga Sibembe
AFCON Hosts Cameroon open campaign with key win as Covid-19 looms large over tournament 2 min 0 By Yanga Sibembe
A CONTINENT IN TROUBLE Africa ventures tentatively into 2022 with huge economic and political challenges 5 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
HORN OF AFRICA President Ramaphosa to contribute as peace efforts in Ethiopia gain momentum 4 min 0 By Carien du Plessis
Maverick Citizen: Africa Human Rights Roundup The year in rights: Embracing gains and continuing to fight for freedoms in 2021 7 min 0 By Deprose Muchena
MEDIA UNDER FIRE Journalists jailed in record numbers worldwide – for second year in a row 4 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
THE CONVERSATION Extreme heat hurts human health. Its effects must be mitigated – urgently 5 min 1 By Abdu Mohiddin, Christopher Jack, Evans Kituyi, Kristie Ebi, Matthew Chersich and Stanley Luchters
PEACE OF WORK ‘Ignorance or naiveté’: How the world failed to foresee the fall from grace of Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed 6 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
CONFLICT OP-ED Can insurgencies be beaten; can outsiders help? Oman's lessons for Afghanistan and Ethiopia 6 min 0 By Greg Mills
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Israel has earned its place as an observer at the AU, despite South Africa’s opposition 3 min 1 By Benji Shulman
HORN OF AFRICA Abiy’s offensive against Tigray collapses: Dreams of a ‘new Ethiopia’ arise 4 min 6 By Phillip van Niekerk
Op-ed: Eswatini Uprising In the face of pro-democracy uprising, King Mswati III reads from Selassie’s script 6 min 1 By Drew Forrest
HORN OF STRIFE Secretary-General António Guterres shocked after Ethiopia expels seven UN officials – including a South African – for ‘meddling’ in internal affairs 6 min 3 By Peter Fabricius
OUR BURNING PLANET OP-ED New breeding swarms of desert locusts pose major threat to food security in Horn of Africa and Yemen 6 min 1 By Monique Bennett
BUSINESS MAVERICK MTN gets some respite in the US, paving the way to focus on its African strategy 3 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
ISS TODAY Neither the Security Council nor the AU is grasping the Gerd nettle or its potential for conflict 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius for ISS TODAY
ISS TODAY: ANALYSIS Ethiopia’s election was peaceful, not competitive but stark political divides endure 4 min 0 By Tegbaru Yared
HORN OF AFRICA Fall of Tigray capital: Ethiopia on the brink of meltdown without genuine negotiations 5 min 1 By Phillip van Niekerk
OP-ED Ethiopia’s internal refugees able to vote after special measures put in place 3 min 0 By Enguday Meskele Ashine and Omotunde Enigbokan
BUSINESS MAVERICK Dial D for determination: MTN considers a second bite at the Ethiopian cherry 3 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
