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With more Ethiopians facing hunger, the social security net collapses

By  Liam Taylor Ethiopia’s flagship social protection programme has cut food and cash transfers to the country’s poorest households, even as the threat of starvation...

Sudan: Music has the power to unite people and eliminate hostility.

There were tears and feelings of nostalgia of home, but also revolutionairy chants as Mohamed Adam, a 32-year old Sudanese musician, took to the...

Jihadism in Mozambique has not been stopped by military intervention

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) military mission in Mozambique (Samim), which was deployed on 15 July 2021 to fight the Islamic insurgents terrorising the...

Undersea cables for Africa’s internet are vulnerable

By Jess Auerbach Jahajeeah Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town Large parts of west and central Africa, as well as some...

Kenyans use humour to counter unpopular state policies

By George Ogola Seemingly disillusioned with the country’s leadership, Kenyans have taken to new ways of expressing their anger and frustration with their government. On social...

Drones have changed African warfare: more and more civilians fall prey to them

By Fred Harter The Ethiopian Orthodox priest reached the site of the explosion just minutes after the missile had hit. It was a scene of...

“We were killed 20 years ago, and we are still killed today,”

Reporter’s diary on Darfur’s neglected refugee crisis ‘I have visited Chad three times since the start of the war and I have seen that...

Sudan: ‘Will I survive? Will I emerge unscathed? If I am killed, will I be buried, or will my body be left on the...

by Hawa Rahma You cannot become a war correspondent overnight. That’s a reality I’ve been wrestling with for the past 10 months of bitter fighting...

Kelvin Kiptum: the Kenyan runner who redefined what it takes to win marathons

Kelvin Kiptum after setting a world record, running a marathon in 2 hours 35 seconds in Chicago, 2023. Michael Reaves/Getty Images By Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu Kenyan...
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