Adjaye Associates appointed to design education centre in Rwanda

The Aegis Trust has appointed Adjaye Associates to design the Isōko Centre for Humanity, a new project in Bugesera, Rwanda, that seeks to promote memory, education and reconciliation. The centre is intended to serve as an international base for...

M23 Militia Strengthen Political & Economic Control Over Mineral Rich DR Congo As Diplomacy Stalls

Although a peace agreement is struggling to take hold on the ground, the M23 armed group is strengthening its political and economic control over eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group is actively appointing officials, collecting...

Village Rhapsody: The importance of youth and agriculture as a force for social cohesion and stability

Across the world, youth-led agricultural initiatives are transforming rural communities, creating jobs and reducing tensions associated with resource scarcity. In the face of mounting economic challenges, climate uncertainty, and rising...

IAF appoints Rwanda Space Agency chief as Vice President

Twagirayezu, who became CEO of the Rwanda Space Agency in November 2024, previously served as the country’s Minister of Education in 2023. Gaspard Twagirayezu Photo credit: Rwanda Space Agency The Chief Executive Officer of the Rwanda Space Agency...

Letters: Don’t spoil your vote this election, but do use our single transferable system wisely

We now have three candidates on the ballot paper for the October 24 election. Firstly, as many people as possible should exercise their ­democratic right to vote – after all, it won’t come around again until 2032. Secondly, please don’t spoil your...

UNDP: Africa’s young innovators are ready — but governments must act on AI

Maxwell Gomera, resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) South Africa Africa’s young innovators are not waiting for handouts, they are already creating solutions to the continent’s most pressing challenges....

Timing, Targeting, & Technology: Your New Collections Playbook

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Classrooms Scattered, Records Burnt, Sudanese Higher Education Fights for Survival

Khalid Mustafa Medani’s grandfather once served as dean of what would become Sudan’s University of Khartoum, helping transform Gordon Memorial College from a colonial training ground for civil servants into one of Africa’s leading universities....

Nigeria and the wise men from the East, By Sunday Ogidigbo

As the good book reminds us, a house divided against itself cannot stand. The time has come for Nigeria to stand. And to stand, we must rise together — North and South, East and West. The East holds wisdom. The East carries gifts. And until...

The tycoon investing £2bn in the UK … despite Labour’s tax hikes

Surinder Arora was playing golf with President Trump a fortnight ago. Now he is waving a letter he’s recently received from HM Revenue & Customs telling him he’s entitled to a £200 winter fuel payment. “I’m going to give the money to charity,” he...

Unlocking the great potential in AI for African youths

Introduction: A generation standing at the edge of possibility Africa’s youth represent the continent’s greatest treasure — a population of over 400 million young minds under the age of 35. This demographic powerhouse sits at the intersection of...

March trial set for Stark man accused of 1994 Rwandan killings, rapes

His trial is to begin in Boston on March 16. Federal prosecutors say he raped and killed innocent people in Butare, Rwanda. Defense attorneys say he was elsewhere, not in Butare. A Stark County man accused of rape and murder during the Rwandan...

Mwalimu Nyerere International Volleyball Tourney in full swing

DAR ES SALAAM: THE Tanzania Volleyball Federation has confirmed that preparations are nearing completion for the 26th Mwalimu Julius K Nyerere International Volleyball Tournament, scheduled to be held in Dar es Salaam from October 10th to 14th,...

Paris push for Africa’s Great Lakes peace falters amid gunfire, distrust

DRC refugees KINSHASA | Xinhua | A major conference on peace and stability in Africa’s Great Lakes region drew to a close in Paris on Thursday, with a particular focus on the protracted crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)....

World Cities Day 2025: Inside Africa’s Urban Revolution — Mapping the Smart City Agenda

“The future of Africa will be written in its cities — not just in their skylines, but in how they serve their people.”— António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General From the bustling streets of Lagos to the green corridors of Kigali,...

African leaders denounce election of female Archbishop of Canterbury

The appointment of the Right Rev Dame Sarah Mullally as the Church of England’s first female Archbishop of Canterbury has deepened long-running divisions within the Anglican Communion, with conservative leaders in Africa and elsewhere denouncing...

Trump’s Quantico speech: Militarising politics and politicising the military

The gathering at Quantico on September 30, 2025, should have reinforced discipline, doctrine and strategic clarity. Instead, it turned into a campaign-style spectacle. President Donald Trump stood before the country’s top brass and delivered a...

Badenoch is ‘doing politics differently’ – she is not wrong

It was time for Laura Kuenssberg to make a scene. She slammed her dressing room door and went in search of her producer. “Just who is that woman in the green room?” she asked. “She says she’s a guest on the programme.” “That must be Kemi...

Kemi Badenoch says she is ‘doing politics differently’ – you can’t argue with that

It was time for Laura Kuenssberg to make a scene. She slammed her dressing room door and went in search of her producer. “Just who is that woman in the green room?” she asked. “She says she’s a guest on the programme.” “That must be Kemi...

Scholars ponder denomination’s future after GAFCON pledge to ‘reorder’ Anglican Communion

In the wake of the declaration by a coalition of conservative Anglican provinces of its intention to reorder the Anglican Communion around itself rather than Canterbury, two Canadian scholars with years of experience in the global South take...