Beyond the scoreline, the performance offered interim coach Augustine Eguavoen encouraging signs of a team beginning to rediscover its defensive solidity while exploring fresh possibilities in attack Nigeria’s Super Falcons took another confident step towards the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games after dismantling Comoros 5-0 on Tuesday to complete a 7-0 aggregate victory and advance…
Ampath says the claim that 80 million patient records were stolen in a cyberattack on the pathology group refers to database entries, not 80 million people. In a statement on Wednesday, Ampath said the figure “should not be interpreted as 80 million individual patients” because it appears to refer to database records or entries rather…
IN SHORT: A graphic circulating online in South Africa and Nigeria warns of criminals claiming to test blood sugar for free, only to infect people with HIV instead. But this hoax circulated in the Philippines in 2025, and the country’s health department debunked it. According to a shocking claim sent to Africa Check by subscribers…
The Mzansi EV Truck Super Test 2026 is being led by flx EV, GoMetro and the Kuehne Climate Centre, with SANY supplying the vehicles. Two battery electric trucks have begun a planned 4 000km journey across South Africa in a test aimed at measuring the viability of heavy electric vehicles on the country’s major freight…
Victoria, Seychelles — After decades in which the high seas were too often treated as a distant frontier–vast, ownerless and beyond meaningful protection–the High Seas Treaty entered into force on 17 January 2026. It was a landmark achievement for international cooperation and a reminder that, even in an increasingly divided world, nations can still come…
For African governments, the significance of China’s humanoid-robotics programme is not that robots may one day appear on African battlefields. It is a diagnostic case of how a dual-use technology can move from commercial deployment to military relevance faster than the institutions responsible for assessing and governing it can adapt. Africa’s stake is therefore not…
As political parties race to build alliances ahead of The Gambia’s December 2026 presidential election, a growing question is being asked about the agreements shaping those partnerships: what exactly did they sign? From the coalition that helped end Yahya Jammeh’s rule in 2016 to the alliances being formed today, political parties have increasingly used agreements…
More batting collapses for Pakistan, concerns over the Lord’s pitch and Ollie Robinson’s rampant form highlight the series. Published On 31 Aug 202631 Aug 2026 England clinched a Test cricket series victory over Pakistan with a thumping 194-run win in the second match of the tour at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. Pakistan, set an…
Washington, DC — The inaugural Africa Business Investment Summit saw a target of $500m of structured commitments, a royal keynote and an unusually candid accounting of why capital still hesitates. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II had been speaking for barely five minutes when he put the question the rest of the day would attempt to answer….
With the qualification race in Group E so tightly contested, another defeat could leave D’Tigers with little room for error heading into their final game of the window against Cape Verde on Sunday Nigeria’s D’Tigers have little times to dwell on their disappointing start to the second round of the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup…
