Fifteen years after France promised a new relationship with Africa, Paris is still struggling to reconcile its rejection of colonial-era interference with its desire to retain influence on the continent. RFI Africa specialist Christophe Boisbouvier argues in a new book that France can still build a partnership of equals – based on respect rather than…
Former University of Fort Hare vice-chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu has argued that South Africa must confront the enduring legacy of migrant labour by rebuilding rural economies, rethinking land management and decentralising economic activity. Delivering the fourth annual Francis Wilson Memorial Lecture on 15 October, Professor Buhlungu warned that poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and the deterioration…
Connecting more than 10,000 children to new learning opportunities through reliable Starlink connectivity. Paratus Zambia completed Starlink installations in 18 Family Legacy Lusaka schools to provide high-speed, reliable internet access for more than 10 000 vulnerable children. The connectivity roll-out, completed within approximately two weeks, replaces a previously unstable connection that was unreliable and affected…
Paratus Zambia has completed Starlink installations at 18 Family Legacy schools in Lusaka, giving more than 10 000 vulnerable children high-speed, reliable internet access. The roll-out, completed in about two weeks, replaces a previous connection that was unreliable and affected by frequent outages and limited infrastructure. Traditional connectivity options are often constrained by distance from cellular…
The legacy of enslavement and colonialism continues to shape the lives of Africans and people of African descent, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Thursday, calling for urgent action to deliver reparatory justice beyond financial compensation. Over 30 million people were violently uprooted from Africa and condemned to a life of slavery. Yet…
In his farewell address to the United Nations General Assembly last week, António Guterres reminisced about his time as secretary general. In his words, it was a decade during which wars: dragged on with despicable cruelty. Civilians were targeted. Human rights trampled. Hunger weaponised. Humanitarians killed. International law cast aside. It’s true Guterres and the…
I was aware that this was going to be a very busy weekend for me, so I tried as much as possible to finish my article for the week quite early. I had been working on a piece I was actually very eager to have published, so I was pleased to have gotten it out…
Her early breakthrough came in 1967 when she was hired as the “girl singer” on The Porter Wagoner Show, a TV showcase for country singer Porter Wagoner that reached millions of viewers each week. Together, they released 21 hit duets including Just Someone I Used to Know, If Teardrops Were Pennies and Please Don’t Stop…
Germany splits At least two generations on both Guetinger’s maternal and paternal sides were from Babenhausen, a small Bavarian market town of about 4,000 people in the 1960s. Surrounded by a castle, it was once home to a merchant family said to have been prominent during the Middle Ages. Guetinger’s father, Ernst, was among five…
X has stopped accepting applications for its legacy ad revenue-sharing system and will shut down the programme entirely after September 7. Replacing it is the new Original Content Rewards Programme, which compensates creators based on qualified impressions generated by authentic, original posts. Read: NASA’s Operation Big Bang extends Voyager 2’s science mission Eligible content includes…
