Force majeure: What is it and why have some Gulf countries invoked it?
Gulf countries, including Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, have declared force majeure on gas exports following the United States-Israel war on Iran, now in its third week, and the disruptions to shipping…
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SGS highlights stricter controls on products destined for Uganda
Baar (December 11, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is alerting exporters and supply chain partners of significant regulatory changes announced by the Uganda National…
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LE Club marketing Avis+ Joins the African Marketing Confederation
Johannesburg, 2 December 2025 Le Club Marketing Avis+, the pan-regional marketing community developed by PVRM (Plus Value Research and Marketing), has formally joined the African Marketing Confederation (AMC) as its first…
Holiday season fuels Africa mobile money fraud
"The festive season reveals both the strength and fragility of Africa's mobile money ecosystem" - Allan Juma, Cybersecurity Engineer at ESET Africa.
Medical experts say Africa faces worst cholera outbreak in 25 years
Africa is experiencing its worst outbreak of cholera in the past 25 years, with Angola and Burundi seeing renewed surges that suggest active transmission of the disease, according to African…
South Africa lets 153 Palestinians disembark following 12-hour plane ordeal
South Africa has allowed more than 150 Palestinian airline passengers to disembark, after they were kept on a plane for almost 12 hours by the country’s border police, authorities said.…
Ivory Coast boosts border defence due to ‘unusual flow’ of Malian refugees
Ivory Coast has reinforced its border security after the arrival of “several unusual flows of refugees” from neighbouring Mali, officials in the West African country have said. Ivory Coast’s National…
Rights groups decry Tunisia’s ‘injustice’, crackdown on activists
International NGOs Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have decried a sharp decline in civil liberties and a pervading “injustice” in Tunisia since President Kais Saied came to power in…
G20 innovation platform opens new opportunities
Johannesburg 13 November 2025 When a young coder in Mthatha can work on the same project as a climate scientist in São Paulo or a health researcher in Pretoria, something powerful…
Maxwell Gomera: It is time to give Africans a stake in African growth
When e-commerce company Jumia wanted to go public in 2019, Africa’s most celebrated start-up didn’t list in Lagos, Nairobi, Kigali or Johannesburg. It went to New York instead. That tells you…
Former British soldier contests extradition over alleged Kenya murder
A former British soldier wanted by Kenyan authorities has appeared in a London court after being arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a woman near a UK army…
Audio: The Take: Why al-Qaeda’s Sahel branch is blocking fuel to Mali
A long siege by al-Qaeda-linked fighters has left Bamako low on fuel, food and power. Life has stalled, and fear is growing across Mali. The crisis now tests a military…
Tanzania frees opposition leaders following deadly election protests
Police in Tanzania have released several senior opposition leaders detained following the deadly protests that followed last month’s disputed elections, according to the main opposition party, Chadema. Four senior Chadema officials arrested last…
Trump says US to boycott South Africa G20 summit over white ‘genocide’
President Donald Trump has said no United States officials will attend this year’s Group of 20 (G20) summit in South Africa, citing the country’s treatment of white farmers. Writing on…
Ukraine says over 1,400 Africans recruited to fight for Russia in war
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said that more than 1,400 people from 36 African nations are known to be fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine, urging governments…
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