AMABHUNGANE & FINANCE UNCOVERED Origins and purpose unknown – the curious case of a ‘phantom’ bank in Bulembu, Eswatini 16 min 8 By Warren Thompson and Micah Reddy
DOSE OF CAUTION OP-ED Confronting the crisis of unsafe medicines in Africa — a call for heightened regulatory vigilance 3 min 1 By Lenias Hwenda, Farai Masekela and Wayne Muller
GEOPOLITICS OP-ED Europe changed Africa and vice versa — today’s relationships with former colonies have fewer shared values 9 min 1 By Greg Mills and Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
CONSUMER ALERT Benylin Paediatric cough syrup recalled in six countries due to toxic compound 3 min 1 By Georgina Crouth
ISS TODAY OP-ED Cyril Ramaphosa tries to patch up relations with Rwanda as DRC tensions escalate 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
WAR IN AFRICA OP-ED It’s time to put an end to the humanitarian disaster in Sudan 4 min 1 By Josep Borrell Fontelles and Janez Lenarčič
WAR AND FAMINE Famine looms in Sudan one year into its devastating civil war 4 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
ISS TODAY OP-ED EU-Seychelles naval agreement could help curb illicit Indian Ocean drug trafficking 4 min 0 By Carina Bruwer
PROSPERITY GAP ANALYSIS World Bank points to worrying slowdown in Africa’s poverty reduction 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
ISS TODAY OP-ED Lake Chad Basin states can intensively target terrorist groups’ financing to quell regional violence 4 min 0 By Malik Samuel for ISS TODAY
DEADLY DEPLOYMENT Four more SADC peacekeepers killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 2 min 6 By Peter Fabricius
EXTINCTION OP-ED It’s now or never for African penguins – if we don’t halt their decline, they will go extinct 6 min 4 By Mark D Anderson and Natalie Maskell
ISS TODAY OP-ED Spike in lucrative Chad kidnappings helping to fuel regional security crisis 4 min 0 By Remadji Hoinathy and Allioum Tondandi
CURRENCY CRISIS Zimbabwe’s banking services disrupted on eve of brand new currency launch 2 min 1 By Bloomberg
ISS TODAY OP-ED Eswatini democratic reform process hangs by thread as absolute monarchy reigns 5 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
ISS TODAY OP-ED Abandon ship — growing use of uncrewed vessels threatens Africa maritime security 4 min 2 By Denys Reva and Tshegofatso Johanna Ramachela
DIRTY AIR South Africa among top air polluters on the continent, NGO report finds 4 min 3 By Onke Ngcuka
HOME WIN VITAL Sundowns steal morale-boosting league win ahead of crucial Champions League contest 3 min 0 By Yanga Sibembe
TROUBLED KINGDOM Widow of murdered Eswatini human rights lawyer refuses state interrogation without legal team present 5 min 1 By Khulekani Nene
ISS TODAY OP-ED Enduring ‘West versus the rest’ dynamic empowering rapid rise and resistance of global south 4 min 12 By Ronak Gopaldas
