South Africa’s Ramaphosa to visit Trump: Can they fix tricky relations? The two countries have clashed over alleged persecution of white South Africans and Israel’s war on Gaza. Al Jazeera · May 19, 2025
First white South Africans to arrive in America despite Trump’s refugee freeze The assertion that minority white South Africans face discrimination from the Black majority has been echoed by Trump's white South African-born ally Elon Musk The Independent UK · May 9, 2025
Russia has ‘learned nothing’ from ‘colonial failures and wars’, suggests Lammy Foreign Secretary David Lammy was speaking at the G20 meeting of foreign ministers in South Africa. Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2025
Botswana election: Who is in the running and what’s at stake? Some 1 million Batswana will vote amid worries about the economy as diamond dollars fall. Al Jazeera · Oct 30, 2024
Eritrea's history-making cyclist Biniam Girmay sets sights on Paris Olympics Biniam Girmay of Eritrea blazed a trail of glory at this year's Tour de France, becoming the first black cyclist to win a stage of the gruelling race followed by the green jersey for best sprinter. Now the African hero is taking on his next challenge: the Olympic road cycling… Radio France Internationale · Jul 27, 2024
Will survivors of Zimbabwe’s Gukurahundi massacre finally get justice? President Mnangagwa launched initiative to foster healing over 1980s killings, but survivor communities are sceptical. Al Jazeera · Jul 22, 2024
AP PHOTOS: A race to capture the Tour de France before it flies by The three-week Tour de France goes by in the blink of an eye The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2024
AP PHOTOS: The race to capture fleeting scenes from the Tour de France The three-week Tour de France goes by in the blink of an eye The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2024
'Then it's gone forever:' AP photographers race to capture fleeting Tour de France scenes The three-week Tour de France goes by in the blink of an eye The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2024
Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected South African president after ANC, DA reach deal African National Congress leader Cyril Ramaphosa secures second term with the help of lawmakers from opposition parties. Al Jazeera · Jun 14, 2024
Johannesburg's water crisis is the latest blow to South Africa's 'world-class city' It bills itself as a "world-class African city" but these days residents say it's anything but — with the collapse of the water system and frequent power outages. WEKU · Apr 1, 2024
Conflict-weary DR Congo votes on December 20: A guide to the election As the mineral-rich DR Congo prepares to vote for a new president this December, opponents are already crying foul. Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2023
With Johannesburg's building fire, the misery of gang-hijacked towers comes into focus People desperate for housing in a country with sky-high unemployment have taken to squatting in squalid conditions in former office buildings that are rented out by criminal gangs. WEKU · Sep 1, 2023
India ‘fully supports’ BRICS expansion as summit continues South African officials say more than 40 countries from the Global South have shown interest in joining the BRICS bloc. Al Jazeera · Aug 23, 2023
The Conversation · Aug 6, 2023 Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad watched Saddam's statue topple in 2003. His 'standout' war memoir de-centres the West Baghdad native and former architect Ghaith Abdul-Ahad traces his start as a journalist to the day Saddam Hussein’s statue was toppled in central Baghdad, on April 9 2003 – two weeks after US troops invaded the city.
The Conversation · Mar 19, 2023 'We did it so badly ... it's now backfired': women and minority US forces reflect on the invasion of Iraq – now 20 years ago Twenty years ago, the United States led the “coalition of the willing” in an invasion of Iraq, in the shadow of the September 11 2001 attacks on the US by militant Islamic network al-Qaeda.
Al Jazeera · Aug 31, 2022 Gabon sets example of how to preserve the Congo Basin rainforest As Gabon hosts the Africa Climate Week, its environmental industry is setting the pace for the region and continent.