South Africa: Vigils held for murdered women
The police have since set up a task team to investigate the murders and have urged women in the Kempton Park area to avoid walking or running alone "particularly in isolated areas".
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Afcon 2027: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda need more 'urgency' to be ready, says Patrice Motsepe
African football boss Patrice Motsepe wants a "heightened sense of urgency" from Afcon 2027 co-hosts Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda as they face a race to be ready.
BBC News Africa ·Ekurhuleni killings: Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa
Dineo Motapane is one of nine recent victims whose deaths have left a nation traumatised over the level of violence against women.
BBC News Africa ·Africa’s Red Sea states face growing risks as Houthi rebels expand their reach
The African shoreline is now much more valuable to outsiders who want to monitor, contain or outflank the waterway opposite them.
The Conversation Africa ·Brown is beautiful: what Namibia’s capital Windhoek can teach African cities as they get hotter and drier
New research shows how Windhoek’s ‘Brown is Beautiful’ approach could use its dry landscape to protect the city from heat, drought and floods.
The Conversation Africa ·Academics in South Africa have to focus on ‘outputs’: what’s lost when other work’s not counted
Transformation in South Africa’s institutions of higher education has been slow and uneven.
The Conversation Africa ·Climate
‘Like a Disney movie’: Three wild dog brothers make Africa’s longest journey
As three siblings came of age and had to leave their pack, scientists tracked the dogs’ perilous 2,500-mile odyssey to find their own territory
The Guardian Environment ·Charity Ekezie - Nigeria’s ‘sarcasm queen’ - answers ‘silly’ questions about Africa
Nigerian journalist and content creator Charity Ekezie believes the best way to challenge negative stereotypes about Africa is to laugh at them.
BBC News Africa ·Sacred springs of South Africa: pure waters or polluted? We found tiny bits of plastic in the samples we tested
Even South Africa’s remote sacred springs are not untouched: research found microplastics in all nine tested, including waters used for healing and drinking.
The Conversation Africa ·History is being rewritten at an archaeological site in Morocco. What the discovery of an ancient wall tells us
Communities in the north-west Maghreb were able to coordinate large construction projects thousands of years ago.
The Conversation Africa ·Have South Africans always been hostile to migrants? Historians map a chequered history
South Africa’s history shows that anti-immigrant violence is neither an aberration nor the country’s only possible path.
The Conversation Africa ·Social workers who protect children in South Africa carry a burden of trauma – better preparation could help
South Africa’s social workers face a huge burden without much support, and burnout is a risk.
The Conversation Africa ·AI 'SpongeBob' parody of problems in Egypt draws scrutiny of authorities
A take on the hit US TV series has become an unlikely tool for Egyptians to complain about life amid strict surveillance.
BBC News Middle East ·AI has arrived in South Africa’s boardrooms – but company law hasn’t caught up
Clear rules are urgently needed to prevent a legal vacuum in South African boardrooms.
The Conversation Africa ·World
‘We will die’: Panic erupts as Turkish Airlines flight plummets mid-storm over Tunisia
A passenger, Marina Maiskaya, shared purported videos on Instagram showing the terrifying moments inside the cabin.
The Indian Express World ·Africa's richest man Dangote's IPO out of reach in Nigeria
Dangote seeks $1.6 billion from investors to finance a $14.3 billion expansion and thus double the oil refinery's capacity. The offer could give millions of Nigerians a stake in the company. But who can truly afford it?
Deutsche Welle English ·From split livers to machine perfusion: the 20-year evolution of liver transplants in South Africa
South Africa runs a single waiting list for all transplant recipients, whether from the private or public sector.
The Conversation Africa ·Ghana’s local architecture has adapted to change for centuries. It can teach us about climate resilience
Modern styles of architecture can learn from traditional approaches to building.
The Conversation Africa ·Dangote’s Big Energy Expansion: From Nigerian Refinery to African Powerhouse {Business Africa}
Dangote is expanding its energy business across Africa, putting local capital and cross-border infrastructure at the centre of the continent’s refining future. South Sudan’s small businesses turn to solar as unreliable electricity grid leaves entrepreneurs facing blackouts, rising costs and lost in
Africanews ·New world map makes Africa look bigger: what’s the fuss about? Cartographers explain
Correcting the mental map of global leaders is an important step in amplifying Africa’s relevance and rights.
The Conversation Africa ·Africa’s climate services need local detail and knowledge, say people who use the information
People restoring Africa’s ecosystems need climate services that combine forecasts with Indigenous knowledge and information about land, water and livelihoods.
The Conversation Africa ·South Africa has good water laws but bad services. What’s stopping fair access
South Africa’s water law promises fairness, but ageing infrastructure, weak governance and unequal power leave many without reliable water.
The Conversation Africa ·The wedding photographer of Darfur
Having fled Sudan's besieged city of el-Fasher, a photographer turn his lens on more positive aspects of life.
BBC News Africa ·Science
NASA Mission Studies Air Pollution Over Ethiopia - NASA
A NASA-funded air pollution monitoring network has provided one of the most detailed long-term views yet of the role of black carbon, or soot produced by
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