Governments in the Southern Africa, including Malawi, have come under heavy criticism for their alleged perpetuation of a culture of human rights abuses and impunity, with security forces using excessive force, arbitrary arrests, and restrictions on freedoms. The 2026 World Report by Human Rights Watch cites countries like Angola, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe, where a…
South Africa’s financial and telecommunications sectors are undergoing a fundamental shift in how they verify customer identities. Faced with a staggering increase in the cost of accessing the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) national population database, banks and fintechs are moving away from routine database pings toward sophisticated, “reusable” digital identity systems. Read: Pony AI…
The Director General, Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Rev. Stephen Wilfred Arthur, said Aero Contractors’ Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) will effectively service all commercial aircraft operating in West and Central Africa approved for maintenance in the facility. Arthur stated this at the weekend after the facility tour of the maintenance facility located at the Aero…
After viewing the unredacted documents, Massie and Khanna, who co-sponsored the law which compelled the release of the Epstein files last year, told reporters they had a list of about 20 people in which every name was redacted except for Epstein’s and his convicted sex trafficker associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Evidence from Africa shows people living in drought-affected areas are more likely to justify physically disciplining children. Abstract Climate shocks strain household resources, increase stress, and weaken protective structures, all of which may elevate the risk of child abuse. Yet little is known about how climate change affects children, particularly in the Global South. This…
The African Financial Industry Barometer 2025 depicts a sector at a technology inflection point. (Image created using GenAI via ChatGPT) Africa’s financial sector is in the midst of a pronounced technological transformation, with digital innovation now being central to organisations’ competitive strategy. However, firms struggle to fully mature their tech adoption and face hurdles in…
Scale-backs and deep spending cuts within the US government and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS are hobbling HIV treatment programs across Africa, including in Ethiopia, warns a new report from a UN health agency. “Before the funding cuts in 2025, Ethiopia was heavily dependent on external funding (mainly from the Global Fund and the…
The United States is fielding its biggest Winter Olympics team ever for the 2026 Games, with 232 athletes going for the gold. Skier Breezy Johnson won America’s first gold medal of the Games in women’s downhill, and U.S. figure skaters won gold in the team competition. While Team USA brought home the most medals of any…
Addis Ababa — Foreign affairs ministers from across the African continent have begun arriving in Addis Ababa to take part in the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Summit. Among those who arrived on Tuesday evening were the Foreign Ministers of Malawi, Burundi, Nigeria, Zambia, and the Republic of Congo–George Thapatula Chaponda, Edouard…
Pick n Pay has unexpectedly warned investors that its headline loss per share for the current financial year will widen by more than 20% compared with the prior year, blaming a “highly constrained” trading environment over the critical Black Friday period that dragged down second-half performance. Its share price tanked, and was last trading down…
