African Union Advances Continental Infrastructure Agenda At 5th Stc-T&e Session in Johannesburg

African Union Advances Continental Infrastructure Agenda At 5th Stc-T&e Session in Johannesburg

The African Union Commission (AUC) concluded the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee on Transport and Energy (STC-T&E) today in Johannesburg, bringing together Ministers and experts from across the continent to accelerate infrastructure integration and address critical challenges in Africa’s transport and energy sectors. The four-day session, hosted by the Republic of South…

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Africa: Summit on Human Rights, Technology Effectively Canceled

Africa: Summit on Human Rights, Technology Effectively Canceled

The Zambian government’s decision to postpone RightsCon 2026, effectively canceling the summit, raises concerns about the authorities’ commitment to free expression and assembly and about possible Chinese government interference, Human Rights Watch said today. The 14th edition of RightsCon was scheduled to be held in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, from May 5 to 8, 2026. In an April 29 statement, the…

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Ukraine begins to flex muscle as an emerging air power, angering Russia | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine begins to flex muscle as an emerging air power, angering Russia | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine used its latest technology to deepen strikes against Russian oil storage, ports and refineries in the past week, bombing targets in the Urals 1,600 kilometres (990 miles) from its borders and prompting protests about “terrorist attacks” from the Kremlin spokesman. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday announced “a new stage in the use of Ukrainian…

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Africa: May Day – African Workers Decry Rising Inequality, ‘Vanishing Billions’ and Elite Control

Africa: May Day – African Workers Decry Rising Inequality, ‘Vanishing Billions’ and Elite Control

Organised labour under the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has raised concern over what it describes as worsening inequality and economic hardship across the continent. Marking this year’s International Workers’ Day, ITUC-Africa warned that Africa is facing a growing imbalance in wealth distribution, where economic gains are increasingly concentrated among…

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Home Affairs officials suspended over AI ‘hallucinations’

Home Affairs officials suspended over AI ‘hallucinations’

Home affairs minister Dr Leon Schreiber. (Image source: Department of Home Affairs) The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is suspending two senior officials with immediate effect following the detection of apparent artificial intelligence (AI) “hallucinations” cited as references appended to the recently Cabinet-approved Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection. In a statement…

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African Union Advances Continental Infrastructure Agenda At 5th Stc-T&e Session in Johannesburg

Africa: Hate On Parade – Xenophobic Marches Gather Pace As UN Warns South Africa

Across major cities, political entrepreneurs like Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma and Zandile Dabula are staging increasingly bold anti-migrant marches, with little pushback from authorities. As António Guterres condemns the surge in threats and violence, South Africa faces mounting pressure to act before rhetoric turns fully combustible. City by city, South Africa’s two leading anti-foreigner figures – media-facing…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – May 1, 2026

Africa: All of Africa Today – May 1, 2026

  Ugandan Man Gets Death Sentence for Nursery School Killings A Ugandan court has sentenced 38-year-old Christopher Okello Onyum to death by hanging for the murder of four toddlers at a nursery school in Kampala. The victims, aged between one and two, were fatally stabbed at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program on 2 April….

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