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Blitzboks need to find consistency in London as new players join the fold

Keanan Hemmonsbey
27 May

East African Community extends olive branch to eastern DRC’s rebel groups

Peter Fabricius
08 May

Motorcycle smuggling syndicates put brakes on young Kenyans’ careers 

Willis Okumu for ISS Today
04 May

Kenya’s push to promote traditional food is good for nutrition and cultural heritage

Patrick Maundu
13 Apr

The seizure of more than 1,000 assault rifles en route to Yemen points to Iranian state-sponsored arms smuggling

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
16 Mar

The story of how Swahili became Africa’s most spoken language

John M. Mugane
06 Mar

Young people commit to rebuilding Kenya’s polluted waterways, one river at a time

Onke Ngcuka
01 Mar

SA Rugby backs growth with Georgia, Kenya, Zimbabwe in domestic competition

Craig Ray
28 Feb

The science of weather forecasting: what it takes and why it’s so hard to get right

Victor Ongoma
17 Feb

Five exciting African museums to add to your travel wish list

Nompumelelo Maringa
18 Jan

Kenya’s port expansions project could open door to nation for organised crime and terrorism

Mohamed Daghar, Willis Okumu and Denis Ombuna for ISS Today
13 Jan

African countries perform badly when it comes to drug policies: A new index shows how

Matt Wall and David Bewley-Taylor
12 Dec

I Am Samuel: An African love story against all odds, yet with further obstacles and divisions to navigate 

Carl Collison
06 Dec

Ramaphosa’s tour: South Africa to lift visa restrictions for Ghana, Kenya in bid to boost trade

Carien du Plessis
06 Dec

Extreme heat hurts human health. Its effects must be mitigated – urgently

Abdu Mohiddin, Christopher Jack, Evans Kituyi, Kristie Ebi, Matthew Chersich and Stanley Luchters
01 Dec

Industry mismanagement sweetening the illicit deals for sugar smugglers in Kenya

Willis Okumu for ISS Today
29 Nov

Islamic State insurgents could target South Africa, warns President Ramaphosa during Pretoria conference with Kenya’s Kenyatta

Peter Fabricius
24 Nov

We unpack what some African countries are doing about tobacco control

Corné van Walbeek and Zunda Chisha
21 Nov

Surveillance laws are failing to protect privacy rights: what we found in six African countries, including South Africa

Tony Roberts
08 Nov

It’s a Covid world: ‘We just want to meet people and be able to party again’

Street Talk
05 Nov

Kenya needs to address historical land injustices in warring Laikipia with action, not firepower

Guyo Chepe Turi for ISS Today
03 Nov