SADC SUMMIT UN Special Rapporteur joins the call for the release of detained Zimbabwean human rights defenders 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
REGIONAL AFFAIRS OP-ED South Africa must lead the way in reforming SADC as leaders prepare to gather in Zimbabwe 5 min 6 By Emma Powell
ISS TODAY OP-ED Kenya’s court system bogged down by drug trafficking cases resulting in offenders on the streets 4 min 0 By Halkano Wario
SABOTAGE SAGA OP-ED Thornhill’s ring of spies and the long tail of impunity in Zimbabwe 12 min 5 By Stuart Doran
TROUBLED KINGDOM Activists call for ‘decisive’ SADC action on crisis-ridden Eswatini ahead of Harare summit 5 min 3 By Victoria O’Regan
GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN DA, Amnesty International condemn arrests of Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu and other Chadema members 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
EPIDEMIC ALERT OP-ED Mpox outbreak in the DRC – a call for an urgent collaborative continental response 6 min 1 By Peter Babigumira Ahabwe, Andrea Uhlig, Lawrence R Stanberry and Wilmot James
ISS TODAY OP-ED Mass future migration will reshape global demographics — hard borders are not the answer 5 min 4 By Jakkie Cilliers
ISS TODAY OP-ED Is Russia’s war against Ukraine spilling over into Africa? 5 min 5 By Peter Fabricius
FAKING IT 84% of surveyed Africans rely on social media as their primary news source 3 min 14 By Lisakanya Venna
CRACKED VENEER Mnangagwa cleans up and cracks down to ensure a good-looking SADC summit 5 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
ISS TODAY OP-ED AI can turn the tide on organised environmental crime in Africa 4 min 0 By Romi Sigsworth
CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING Spray and Pray – The risky business of geoengineering Africa’s climate 6 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
‘SCIENTIFIC OLYMPICS’ World’s largest astronomy conference kicks off in Cape Town, in a first for Africa 3 min 0 By Lisakanya Venna
CRACKDOWN OP-ED Optics and reality – the Zimbabwean government’s struggle to whitewash its image while unleashing violence on civilians 5 min 0 By Thandekile Moyo
POPULATION TRENDS OP-ED The power and puzzle of demographics — case studies of the Basque country and Africa 5 min 0 By Greg Mills
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Chinese Communist Party claims Ramaphosa ‘assures that GNU’s China policy will not change’ 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
MEDIA REPRESSION Journalists detained by police in Nigeria amid nationwide protests 3 min 0 By Kristin Engel
ISS TODAY Is proceeding with elections in South Sudan the least of many evils? 5 min 0 By Moses Chrispus Okello
