China in the driver’s seat amid calls for Africa debt relief
Support is growing for debt relief to help the world’s poorest, indebted nations - most of them in Africa - confront the economic havoc wreaked by COVID-19. But there is…
Lockdown opens window to treat South Africa’s drug abusers
When South African graphic designer Jimi was expelled from a drug rehabilitation centre last month, his exasperated mother refused to let him back into the house. That night, the 25-year-old…
African nations gear up to polish image at Dubai Expo
African nations are attending this year’s Dubai Expo 2020 in force, hoping to project an image of a modern and ambitious continent and shed stereotypes of conflict and underdevelopment. The…
South Africa hikes troop deployment against looters Jul 16, 2021
The death toll in South Africa’s unrest rose to 117 on Thursday as the country called up its army reserves in a bid to quell looting that has stoked fears…
African nations mend and make do as China ‘tightens’ Belt and Road
Deep in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, members of the National Youth Service tirelessly swing machetes to clear dense shrubs obscuring railway tracks more than a century old. It’s a distinctly…
Armed with drones, Turkey explores African arms sales
Armed with battle-tested drones, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been deepening defence ties with African countries ahead of a major gathering of the continent’s leaders in Istanbul. The two-day…
WHO-backed vaccine hub for Africa to copy Moderna shot
Efforts to develop an African base for COVID-19 vaccine production will focus on trying to replicate Moderna’s shot, but a lack of progress in talks with the US company mean…
Pakistan and Africa: the common thread
The strategic and resourceful importance of Africa for developed and developing nations around the globe is immense. An existing fact remains is the benefit colonial powers such as Britain and…
Out of Africa
What truly matters is not that an author of African origin has finally won the award [Nobel Prize] after the Academy’s neglect of Africa for nearly fifteen years. The last…
Imperialism in Africa
Canadian imperialism in Africa has had a rare social media moment. On Twitter K Diallo recently posted a map of the continent with the sum of Canadian mining investment in…
