STATE REPRESSION OP-ED Imprisoned activist MPs in Eswatini highlight a growing crisis of civic freedoms across Africa 5 min 1 By Kgalalelo Gaebee and Paul Mulindwa
ISS TODAY OP-ED Soldiers and smugglers strip South Sudan’s valuable teak forests 4 min 0 By Josephine Muthama and Willis Okumu
FUNERAL IN LIMBO Political burial row — former Zambian president Edgar Lungu snubs incumbent from the grave 5 min 0 By Dianne Hawker
WOMEN’S AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS Defending champions Banyana Banyana crash out of Wafcon after Nigeria defeat 3 min 2 By Yanga Sibembe
EAST AFRICA Escalating Kenyan unrest marks tense midpoint on road to 2027 elections 4 min 0 By Keri Leicher and Moses Atiti
ISS TODAY OP-ED Urgent need for Mali, Mauritania and Senegal to unite against cross-border terrorism 4 min 0 By Hassane Koné and Paulin Maurice Toupane
FOOD JUSTICE How harnessing AI could transform SA's food systems for sustainable growth and reduced waste 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
TRADE OFF? Civil society groups threaten court action over US deportations of criminals to Eswatini 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
RIVALRY REBOOT Banyana Banyana gear up for formidable Nigeria at Wafcon after downing Senegal on penalties 4 min 0 By Yanga Sibembe
GROUNDUP After US funding cuts, Mozambican children died — who bears responsibility? 8 min 3 By Jesse Copelyn
‘TERROR’ CHARGES Kenyan police arrest rights activist Boniface Mwangi over role in deadly protests 2 min 0 By Reuters
ISS TODAY OP-ED Was Trump’s Africa summit just outsourcing America’s immigration problem? 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
TARIFF TRADE-OFF? Eswatini accepts five ‘uniquely barbaric’ foreign criminals deported from US 2 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
MOROCCO MISSION Banyana Banyana defender Bambanani Mbane as ravenous as ever as she heads Wafcon defence 5 min 0 By Yanga Sibembe
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Tackling a tall story — a myopic focus on trophy hunting harms real giraffe conservation 9 min 3 By Gail Thomson and 23 co-signatories
WOMEN'S AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS Banyana Banyana run riot against Mali at Wafcon, sending clear message to title rivals 4 min 0 By Yanga Sibembe
G20 FINANCE TRACK The price of inequality — Africa’s fight for fair finance at the G20 3 min 4 By Neesa Moodley
RESOURCES POLICY OP-ED SA’s critical minerals strategy a shopping list to revive existing carbon-intensive mining economy 4 min 0 By Olivia Rumble and Leezola Zongwe
AFRICAN CHALLENGES OP-ED Road ahead is steep but not insurmountable– SA’s G20 can still deliver for debt and development 4 min 0 By Daniel Bradlow and Kesaobaka Nancy Mopipi
ISS TODAY OP-ED Lake Chad Basin’s remote, vulnerable military bases in terror group’s crosshairs 5 min 0 By Taiwo Adebayo
