In spite of some drawbacks, the competition lives up to its billing After a dramatic final that was nearly disrupted by poor officiating and team indiscipline, the Teranga Lions of Senegal defeated the host nation, Morocco, on Sunday night to claim their second Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title. Pape Gueye scored in the first…
Member states of the African Union (AU) will hold their most consequential election of the year in February 2026, to fill ten vacancies in continental human rights institutions. They will elect three experts to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and seven to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare…
Anna FosterPresenter, Today programme UN Photo / Alba García Ruiz Antonio Guterres told the BBC some believe “the power of law should be replaced by the law of power” The US is acting with impunity and believes its power matters more than international law, the head of the UN has told the BBC. Speaking to…
Binance South Africa GM Hannes Wessels The crypto world moves much more quickly than most people realise. At this speed, there’s plenty of opportunity, but plenty of danger, too. For Binance, the way forward is simple: education before action, because nothing in crypto works, not trading, adoption or safety, unless users understand what they are…
Two days after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, 63, was abducted by special forces of the United States during an operation in the Latin American country, he appeared in a courthouse in New York. On Monday, Maduro pleaded not guilty to federal charges, including narcoterrorism and conspiring to import cocaine. In a blue and orange prison…
BBD builds the platforms businesses rely on. Most software works perfectly on the happy path. But the top software development companies know that real customers, real data and real-world complexity is where systems are truly tested. For more than four decades, BBD has helped organisations modernise legacy estates, design future-ready platforms and orchestrate processes end-to-end…
Most software works perfectly on the “happy path”. But the top software development companies know that real customers, real data and real-world complexity is where systems are truly tested. For more than four decades, BBD has helped organisations modernise legacy estates, design future-ready platforms and orchestrate processes end-to-end – not just where things run smoothly…
NewsFeed As Gaza fades from world headlines, Muslim scholar Omar Suleiman tells Al Jazeera that abandoning the Palestinian struggle now would repeat the very failures that enabled Israel’s genocidal war. Published On 7 Dec 20257 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share
Nairobi — As donor funding for Africa’s flagship health programmes declines, African leaders are pushing for greater self-reliance anchored in domestic resource mobilisation, even as they stress that targeted external support remains critical. At the Africa Health Systems Forum hosted by Strathmore Business School’s PRISM Centre with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,…
Despite important progress in diversity, the payments industry continues to face a persistent gender gap. These statistics are not abstract, they directly affect how talent is developed, how innovation is nurtured and how the payments ecosystem evolves. Addressing this gap is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative. Across tech and payments, women continue…
