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Tafi Mhaka

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Difficult to trust the resource nationalism of Niger’s military government

Difficult to trust the resource nationalism of Niger’s military government

Last month, France’s majority state-owned nuclear conglomerate Orano revealed that the military government of Niger has assumed “operational...

06.01.2025 8

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Tafi Mhaka

Sudan’s war came to represent the worst of humanity

In Sudan, 20 months of armed conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army (SAF) have killed at least 20,000...

28.12.2024 30

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Tafi Mhaka

Southern Africa’s liberation movements have lost their political mojo

On December 3, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced that Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the ruling South West Africa People’s...

23.12.2024 20

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Apartheid economy continues to haunt South Africa

On November 3, Lesedi Mulaudzi, a 10-year-old girl from Alexandra, a sprawling township in Johannesburg, South Africa, passed away from suspected...

30.11.2024 40

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Africa needs a true, progressive partner in the White House

The upcoming election in the United States will determine the nature of interactions between this leading global power and African countries. With...

01.11.2024 8

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Alongside Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, hip-hop culture will also be on trial

Earlier this month, the world was shocked by the arrest of one of the most successful music moguls in the history of rap, Sean “Diddy” Combs, at...

27.09.2024 2

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Why I am rooting for Bisan Owda to win a news Emmy

Bisan Owda, a young Palestinian journalist, activist and filmmaker from Gaza, deserves the highest accolades for the excellent work she has done in...

15.09.2024 20

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Ukraine is losing the plot in Africa

On August 5, the government of Mali announced its decision to cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine, citing a Ukrainian official’s boastful admission...

20.08.2024 4

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Is a sub-Saharan ‘African Spring’ in the offing?

Kenyan President William Ruto, who won the August 2022 presidential election on a promise to lower the cost of living within 100 days, has failed...

06.08.2024 30

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Tafi Mhaka