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One of the suspected abductors of Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO The recent abduction of Standard Group associate editor Alex Kiprotich should not be dismissed as an isolated attack on one journalist. It should be viewed against a troubling backdrop of growing pressure on Kenya’s media and the shrinking space…
The US was the only country that voted against a recent Africa-sponsored resolution at the UN. On Friday, the UN General Assembly voted to adopt a new world map that accurately depicts Africa’s size. Togo introduced the resolution. It sought to replace the age-old Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection, which is considered more…
Arusha — THE World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Professor Mohamed Janabi, has urged African countries to take greater ownership of their health systems and move from conference commitments to concrete action in financing and strengthening primary healthcare. Prof Janabi said governments must lead health-sector development, while development partners align their support with…
Conservation scientist Lee White reflects on four decades spent creating Gabon’s national parks, tackling illegal logging and confronting the failures of global carbon markets. Climate change will trigger wars over water across much of Africa unless the continent protects the Congo Basin, warns former Gabonese environment minister Professor Lee White. White describes the Congo Basin…
When the creek beside Taudibura Garo’s school in Papua New Guinea floods, the water doesn’t stop at the gate. It rises through the pit toilets – making the school unsafe – sending the 16-year-old and her classmates home without being able to finish. She is one of an estimated 171 million students worldwide whose schooling…
Spain Warned of Ceuta Mass Crossing Before Surge Newly declassified Spanish government documents show that intelligence services warned authorities a day before a mass migrant crossing into Ceuta that social media groups were encouraging thousands of migrants to enter Spanish territory. On 29 July, Spain’s National Intelligence Service reportedly alerted Moroccan and Ceuta authorities…
[CFR] The lone dissent came from Washington on a UN resolution over a map long criticized for making Africa look smaller than it is.
The TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2026/27 got under way with a weekend that showed just how fine the margins can be in the preliminary rounds. Across the 28 first legs completed from Friday to Sunday, there were 43 goals, 11 home victories, seven away wins and 10 draws, leaving plenty still to play for when…
The TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2026/27 burst into life with an entertaining weekend of first preliminary round action, with goals flowing across the continent and several clubs taking significant strides towards the next stage. Singida Black Stars produced the most emphatic result with a remarkable 7-1 away victory over Al Ghazala Wau, while ASKO de…
A television game show in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has an unforgiving rule: Speak English and you lose. For a U.S.-born millennial in the audience and a student of her parents’ mother tongue, the high-stakes setting is a perfect classroom. Meanwhile, a 15-year-old Canadian speaks to a teacher about 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away…
