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Faye Takes ECOWAS Helm As Sahel Split Tests Regional Survival

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has assumed the chairmanship of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of...

BY Staff Reporter
July 20, 2026
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Zambia Keeps Changing Presidents While Roads, Jobs And Promises Stall

LUSAKA, Zambia – Zambia enters another presidential election with rallies, songs, motorcades, party colours, and promises of national renewal. Voters will...

BY Staff Reporter
July 18, 2026
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South Africa Warns Asset Seizures Would Punish African Economies First

PRETORIA, South Africa – South Africa has warned Nigeria, Ghana, and other African states against seizing or nationalising assets linked to...

BY Staff Reporter
July 16, 2026
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Why Africans Rush To South Africa As Liberation Parties Fail

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Africans are not rushing to South Africa because they hate their countries. They are fleeing policy...

BY Staff Reporter
July 7, 2026
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US Envoy Meets Afrikaner Leaders As Protests Shake South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The United States has walked into South Africa’s most dangerous domestic fracture at the worst possible...

BY Staff Reporter
July 6, 2026
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EXCLUSIVE – Islamist Ideology Tightens Grip As South Africa Confronts...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – South Africa faces a hard truth. The danger from Islamist extremist ideology no longer sits at...

BY Staff Reporter
July 5, 2026
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Zimbabwe’s Amendment Bill Exposes The Dangerous Precedent Mugabe’s Removal Left...

HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s Constitution Amendment Bill No. 3 has opened a fight far bigger than legal clauses and parliamentary...

BY Staff Reporter
July 3, 2026
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Tanzania’s Rally Ban Turns July 7 Into A Test Of...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Tanzania’s government has banned political rallies less than two weeks before youth-led protests planned for...

BY Staff Reporter
July 2, 2026
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Tanzania’s Rally Ban Turns July 7 Into A Test Of...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Tanzania’s government has banned political rallies less than two weeks before youth-led protests planned for...

BY Staff Reporter
July 2, 2026
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Zambia’s Crowded Ballot Turns Into A Referendum On Broken Promises

LUSAKA, Zambia – Zambia is entering its August election with a crowded presidential ballot, a restless electorate, and a question...

BY Staff Reporter
July 1, 2026
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