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south-africa-to-push-for-debt-reform-as-g20-chair | Blog Post
11+ hour, 46+ min ago (205+ words) Reporting Africa Since 1960 31 May 2026 Addressing the spiralling debt-servicing costs facing African economies will top the agenda of South Africa's G20 presidency which started on 1 December. President Cyril Ramaphosa plans to launch a cost-of-capital commission to address the major disparities on debt…...
Much more than optics
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (409+ words) Reporting Africa Since 1960 28 May 2026 Published 29th May 2026 A conference in Accra on 17-19 June by Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to map out the next steps in the pan-Africanist push for reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, but risks splitting opinion…...
The ANC is running out of successors it can trust
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (359+ words) Reporting Africa Since 1960 28 May 2026 Published 29th May 2026 End of preview - This article contains approximately 2617 words. Account Holders: Log in now and use your Account Credit to buy this article. No Credit? Top up your Account now. Choose from one of the…...
From Colombia to Khartoum
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (394+ words) Reporting Africa Since 1960 28 May 2026 Published 29th May 2026 Colombian private military contractors transited through United Arab Emirates military bases before being deployed to Sudan to support the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on 26 May....
Mnangagwa land payoffs abroad trigger anger at home
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (355+ words) Reporting Africa Since 1960 28 May 2026 End of preview - This article contains approximately 1346 words. Account Holders: Log in now and use your Account Credit to buy this article. No Credit? Top up your Account now. Choose from one of the following options…...
Faye fires Sonko as the debt trap tightens
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (355+ words) Reporting Africa Since 1960 26 May 2026 End of preview - This article contains approximately 1540 words. Account Holders: Log in now and use your Account Credit to buy this article. No Credit? Top up your Account now. Choose from one of the following options…...
Ebola outbreak puts vaccine ambitions on trial
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a-vote-for-the-peoples-vaccine | Blog Post
1+ week, 1+ day ago (131+ words) Africa Confidential The Africa Confidential Blog A vote for the People's Vaccine The overwhelming vote, backed by African and European delegations, at the World Health Organisation assembly on 18-20 May for coronavirus vaccines to be classed as global public goods " universally…...
Washington hits Salva Kiir's revenue machine
1+ week, 2+ day ago (415+ words) Reporting Africa Since 1960 22 May 2026 Washington's labelling of Crawford Capital, which manages most of South Sudan's non-oil revenues, as a "corrupt entity' lands close to President Salva Kiir Mayardit's office and his family. It exposes a company and a network that…...
Washington hits Salva Kiir's revenue machine | Article Preview
1+ week, 2+ day ago (415+ words) Reporting Africa Since 1960 22 May 2026 Washington's labelling of Crawford Capital, which manages most of South Sudan's non-oil revenues, as a "corrupt entity' lands close to President Salva Kiir Mayardit's office and his family. It exposes a company and a network that…...