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What is the FDLR, and why does its anti-Tutsi ideology endure?
Four former FDLR officers reveal how its anti-Tutsi ideology took root and endured in Africa.
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Politics
When Big Tech becomes a tool of state control in Kenya
Access Now's 2025 report found that at least 313 shutdowns were implemented globally, and that in Africa the Internet was shut down 30 times in 15 countries, with protests the leading trigger, followed by elections.
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Nigeria records first Ebola case as outbreak spreads across Africa
Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case in Africa's latest outbreak, while Kenya reported its ninth infection, raising fears of further spread across the continent. Africa CDC chief Jean Kaseya warned of an “extremely serious threat” and urged the international community to send funding, medical supplies and health workers.
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Nigeria records its first Ebola case, in capital Abuja
Nigeria has reported its first known case of Ebola during Africa's latest outbreak originating in the DRC. Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said the patient was a woman who had recently flown to Abuja from Uganda.
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More than 150 killed in Sudan drone strike on disputed Abyei border region
At least 153 people have been killed in a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region, where a fire at a nearby fuel depot continued to burn on Tuesday. Local officials blamed Sudan’s military for Monday’s attack, which also left dozens injured.
Sports
Boland exposes South Africa's frailties to give Robinson blueprint
Australia expose South Africa's batting frailties again as Scott Boland takes four wickets to leave hosts in trouble in second Test.
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Drone attacks kill scores in Sudan's West Kordofan state and capital Khartoum
At least 80 people were killed in a drone strike near a market in Sudan’s southern West Kordofan state, a medical source and a witness said Monday, in one of the deadliest single attacks since the Sudan war erupted in 2023. A separate drone attack Monday in the capital Khartoum killed four, including three children.
Sports
Rain returns after Australia's Boland dents South Africa - scorecard
Latest scorecard from the second Test between South Africa and Australia in Gqeberha.
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Politics
Ethiopia announces interim government in Tigray, aims for polls in six months
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday announced the appointment of an interim administration to prepare elections in the northern Tigray region previously controlled by the Tigray People's Liberation Front that has clashed with government forces since September. The recent conflict revived a war that killed hundreds of thousands between 2020 and 2022.
World
Formula One in Rwanda: Sportswashing claims vs. hopes for African legacy
Formula One will return to Africa for the first time since 1993. There is concern Rwanda are using it as another sportswashing opportunity, but there is also hope the event's legacy can impact wider African society.
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Spring-summer 2027 ready-to-wear collections: Africa in the spotlight at Paris Fashion Week
Fashion can absolutely be political, when it shapes identities and questions the balance of power. With his label Maxhosa Africa, South Africa's Laduma Ngxokolo is determined to put the continent in the spotlight. In Paris, Jacques Logoh, designer and founder of Togo's International Fashion Festival, gives African creatives a platform on the theme "Fashion against HIV". Plus Mossi Traoré stages his show at Paris's Père Lachaise Cemetery, to tackle the subject of death without taboo.
World
Formula 1 in Rwanda: Sportswashing claims vs. hopes for African legacy
Formula 1 will return to Africa for the first time since 1993. There is concern Rwanda are using it as another sportswashing opportunity, but there is also hope the event's legacy can impact wider African society.
Health
Digital payments to health workers boost retention, motivation, and impact
An immunization worker gets set up to receive her wages on her mobile wallet in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit: WHO Campaigns in Africa to stop polio and other diseases have a more stable, better-motivated workforce thanks to WHO’s collaboration with countries and partners to pay frontline health workers through their mobile phones instead of in cash. “Over 80 percent of workers are saying they prefer the digital payments,” said Ahmed Hamani Djibo, head of WHO’s Digital Finance Team. WHO has been leading among international organizations in moving away from the unwieldy, less-sec
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DR Congo protests Formula 1’s ‘indefensible’ decision to race in Rwanda
Formula One returns to Africa for the first time since 1993, but DRC slams decision to stage race in Rwanda.
Sports
South Africa call on 'Aussie agitator' Breetzke
South Africa respond to their heavy first-Test defeat by Australia by calling up “Aussie agitator” Matthew Breetzke.
Politics
From Morocco to South Africa, Israel election watched closely across Africa
October 27 vote could test whether Israel's ties with African countries withstand the fallout from the war on Gaza.
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Politics
F1, Rwanda announce creation of African Grand Prix
Rwanda will host Africa's first Formula One Grand Prix since 1993 in "the early 2030s" after the circuit announced a decade-long deal with the country on Tuesday. The East African nation has been chasing a Grand Prix race for years, having already used football, basketball and other sports to enhance its image and attract investment. Human rights campaigners Amnesty International accused Formula One of offering Rwanda a "sportswashing prize".
Science
210-million-year-old dinosaur discovery reveals a lost world in Africa
A newly identified 210-million-year-old dinosaur from Zimbabwe is helping scientists uncover a surprisingly distinct prehistoric ecosystem. The discovery suggests that ancient climate differences may have separated dinosaur populations across southern Africa, leading to unique species that challenge previous assumptions about their evolution.
Politics
Kabila launches new coalition with M23
In tonight's edition, Joseph Kabila has been named leader of a new rebel coalition, vowing to topple the government. Also, Africa's largest ever IPO has been extended. And Formula 1 will return to Africa in the early 2030s, once a new circuit is built in Rwanda.
Entertainment
South Africa’s Cash Rebate Bounces Back, African Verticals Lift Off and AI at a Crossroads: 10 Takeaways From the Durban FilmMart
The Durban FilmMart wrapped its 17th edition on Oct. 12 with a boisterous awards ceremony that offered a fitting exclamation point to a four-day event whose rousing turn-out — with more than 1,100 industry delegates in attendance from 56 countries — cemented its position as the leading lynchpin of the African screen industries. The mood […]