Share Local Content Success Strategies With Us, African Leaders Urge Nigeria

African leaders have called on Nigeria to create a cross-border policy alignment to allow for more knowledge sharing to enable them achieve their goals in local content development. Specifically, Ghana and other African nations have underscored...

Odisha youth abducted by Al-Qaeda in Mali says terrorists demanding ransom

Ganjam (Odisha): Brother in law of P Venkataraman, a resident of Odisha’s Ganjam district who is among the three Indians abducted by an al-Qaeda linked terrorist group in West Africa’s Mali has said that the terrorists are demanding ransom. The...

Nangolo champions local food production in northern Namibia

Africa should stop imitating the West, it needs to become itself

The Ngilai community in Samburu County that has embarked in vegetable farming to address malnutrition. [File, Standard] There is a question that haunts me often—one that echoes louder every time I see another policy copied from the West, another...

ZIM vs SA 2nd Test 2025: Zimbabwe Opener Prince Masvaure Misses Second Match Against South Africa Due to Respiratory Tract Infection

Mumbai, July 6: Zimbabwe opener Prince Masvaure missed out on the second Test against South Africa at Queens Sports Club on Sunday due to a respiratory tract infection. Masvaure was left out of Zimbabwe's playing XI after being deemed unfit to...

Judge Dunstan Mlambo recommended as South Africa's next deputy chief justice

Following the public interview process over two days last week, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) resolved to recommend Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo to be the country’s next deputy chief justice. It will accordingly advise President...

Cricketer Masvaure ruled out of second Test against South Africa

By James Muonwa ZIMBABWE”s Chevrons opening batter Prince Masvaure will miss the second Test match against South Africa, which gets underway at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo this Sunday morning. Masvaure is suffering from a respiratory tract...

Senegalese PM Sonko says international order is shifting to a more balanced, multilateral world

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has expressed concerns about the erosion of international norms and the growing tendency of some powerful countries to unilaterally impose their own rules. In an interview with China Media Group (CMG),...

Larritosh: Diaspora’s loudest voice and the rise of CBI African Icons Merit Award

What began as a vibrant voice on radio in Nigeria has blossomed into a transatlantic platform, celebrating African excellence — CBI Community Network. Lanre Omotoso, fondly known as Larritosh, has forged a legacy that ambitiously spans development...

"It wasn't real" — Baddies Africa star Tavii accuses Big Lex and Badd Dolly of provoking a fight to create a storyline

Baddies Africa episode 8 premiered on Zeus on June 29, 2025. In the episode, as the cast was traveling from Cape Town to Johannesburg, Tavii Babii and Big Lex were sitting near each other on the bus and started a conversation about alliances....

Inside China and Tanzania’s ‘very special’ ties – found nowhere else in Africa

Observers say that of those countries, Tanzania stands out as an exceptionally strong and enduring military partner for Beijing, with more than 90 per cent of its military arms from China. According to a study released last month by the Africa...

Gabon coup leader-turned-president launches political party

Gabon coup leader-turned-president launches political party LIBREVILLE, July 6, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Gabon's President Brice Oligui Nguema, who took power in a coup that ended 56 years of rule by the Bongo family, launched a political party Saturday....

Coups in west Africa have five things in common: knowing what they are is key to defending democracy

August 2025 makes it five years since Malian soldiers ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in a coup d’état. While the event reshaped Mali’s domestic politics, it also marked the beginning of a broader wave of military takeovers that swept...

Ratings agencies stand by African assessments

Big three agencies defend the objectivity but S&P says it will boost its presence on the continent Ratings agencies, facing a barrage of criticism over the way they assess sovereign credit in Africa, have defended their methodologies — though S&P...

PODCAST: South Africa’s ample grain and oilseed harvest bodes well for food price inflation

Some glimpses of positivity sometimes arise from the agricultural data that are worth highlighting. That is not to say that all is well with South Africa’s agriculture; we continue to struggle with animal disease challenges in cattle farming and...

Child labour numbers rise in homes where adults are jobless – South African study

Child labour is a big concern across the world. It is particularly acute in countries in the global south, where it is estimated that about 160 million children are engaged in child labour, about 87 million of them in sub-Saharan Africa. A range...

Naija Market brings vibrant African market experience to Winnipeg

Mpox: Three countries account for 84% of Africa’s cases – Official

The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, and Uganda account for over 84 per cent of Mpox cases across Africa. The figure reflects the data as of epidemiological week...

How Millen Magese gave Tanzanian pageantry a glamorous new lease of life

TANZANIA: JUST when you thought the Tanzanian beauty pageant scene had been laid gently to rest, like a oncebeloved family heirloom placed at the back of a cupboard up pops a twist so poetic, even Shaaban Robert himself might have raised an...

Prince Masvaure Misses Second Test Against South Africa Due To Respiratory Tract Infection

(MENAFN- IANS) Bulawayo, July 6 (IANS) Zimbabwe opener Prince Masvaure missed out on the second Test against South Africa at Queens Sports Club on Sunday due to a respiratory tract infection. Masvaure was left out of Zimbabwe's playing XI after...