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  • An American flag and a "Make South Africa Great Again" sign are displayed at a demonstration, held by White South Africans who support US President Donald Trump, in front of the US Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on February 15, 2025
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    South Africa briefly held US government personnel on refugee assignment amid fraught relationship
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  • UVIRA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - DECEMBER 15: An M23 fighter looks on as Wazalendo militants are transported following their surrender to the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group on December 15, 2025 in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo. Fifty-two members from the coalition of Congolese and Burundian militias known as the Wazalendo joined M23 following the rebels' capture of the South Kivu city on December 10. Human Rights Watch has reported abuses perpetrated against civilians by fighters from both sides of the conflict during the offensive on Uvira, and has called for the safe passage and humanitarian assistance for those caught up in the fighting.  (Photo by Daniel Buuma/Getty Images)
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    Rwanda-backed M23 group says it will withdraw from seized Congo town after US request
  • M23 rebels stand guard at the the Unite stadium, where captured members of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo  and Wazalendo troops wait to be taken aboard trucks for training by M23 rebels, in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 10.
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    US accuses Rwanda of fueling war as fighting in eastern DR Congo intensifies despite Trump-brokered peace deal
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  • Vendors and customers crowd a market in Uvira on December 9, 2025. Intense fighting is taking place on Tuesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the M23 group, supported by the Rwandan army, continuing its rapid advance towards Uvira, a strategic Congolese city located near the border with neighboring Burundi and now under threat. The anti-government armed group and the Rwandan soldiersestimated at 6,000 to 7,000 on Congolese soil according to UN expertswere reportedly only about fifteen kilometers north of the city, home to several hundred thousand inhabitants, as of Tuesday morning, according to security and military sources cited by AFP. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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    Setback for US-brokered peace deal as rebels claim control of key Congo city
  • Vukosi Marivate, a professor of computer science at the University of Pretoria, led the South African arm of the African Next Voices project.
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    Africa has thousands of languages. Can AI be trained on all of them?
  • President Donald Trump speaks in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.
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    Almost eight years later, Trump confirms he used the phrase ‘shithole countries’
  • Tanzania's Inspector-general of police force, Camillus Mongoso Wambura, attends a press conference by Tanzania's Minister for Home Affairs, George Simbachawene, warning against anti-government protests planned for December 9 against deadly violence during demonstrations around the October elections, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman
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  • The daughter of former President Jacob Zuma, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla attends the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) press conference at the party's headquarters in Durban on 28 November 2025. A daughter of South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma has resigned from parliament after claims she was involved in recruiting men to join Russian mercenaries in the Ukraine war, her party said Friday. 
Police last week said they were investigating allegations that Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, an MP in her father's Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party, had lured 17 South African men to Russia "to fight in the Ukrainian war without their knowledge or consent". (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)
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    The daughter of South Africa’s former leader has been accused of luring men to fight for Russia. Here’s what we know
  • For Subscribers In Mozambique, an ISIS insurgency is newly energized as US cuts impact aid programs
  • ‘Oh my God, this is our Tanzania’: CNN investigation shows police fatally shooting protesters, signs of mass graves
  • The violence in Nigeria that Trump cites as a reason for military strikes is not limited to Christians
  • Rebels accused of massacring hundreds of people as videos emerge of atrocities and bodies in Sudanese city
  • Bloodbath feared as rebels trap thousands in Sudan city. How did we get here and what might come next?
  • Gen Z protesters toppled Madagascar’s president. Should other African leaders worry?
  • From Morocco to Madagascar, Gen Z is taking digital dissent offline
  • A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died
  • In Africa, Russia is swapping a ruthless paramilitary for a replica it can control. What’s Putin’s game plan?
  • Trump’s tariffs are sending African countries into China’s hands
  • ‘Not Trump’s dumping ground’: Outrage over arrival of foreign US deportees in tiny African nation
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African Voices Changemakers

  • <p>World-renowned contemporary visual artist Julie Mehretu is known<strong> </strong>for her large-scale abstract works exploring themes of history and globalism. In an interview with CNN’s Larry Madowo in Nairobi, Kenya<strong>, </strong>Mehretu discusses her mission to help African creatives thrive.</p>
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  • From housemate to headliner: Ebuka Obi-Uchendu’s ‘Big Brother’ legacy
  • Video African Voices Playmakers: Refugee boxer Ramla Ali using sport as her platform for change 2:57
  • Video How two of Africa’s top female fighters are using their platform for change 23:02
  • Video How NBA Africa’s CEO Clare Akamanzi is using basketball to fuel opportunity and growth 23:02
  • Video How two guardians of Nigerian heritage are preserving culture 23:03
  • ‘I didn’t feel safe, I didn’t feel seen’: Why Nigerian star Tems is clearing a path for African women in music
  • How Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie fought through creative block and depression

Inside Africa

  • Moroccan Abdesslam Laraki is working on the Grace, an electric sports car based on the Bugatti Type 35, which won the first Monaco Grand Prix in 1929. The Grace is pictured on the assembly line in Casablanca, Morocco.
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    Africa’s first hypercar designer is going back to the future for his next model
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  • After surviving a horrific buffalo attack, these conservationists doubled down on protecting nature
  • Africa’s ‘cryptic’ golden cat is so rare, no one knows how many there are. AI is changing that
  • Tattoo artist draws on deep connections to ancient Nigerian art forms

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African start-up

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  • This Rwandan entrepreneur turns discarded tires into fashionable footwear
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  • Solar-charging backpacks are helping children to read after dark

Africa Avant Garde

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  • Nigerian cinema in the spotlight as ‘My Father’s Shadow’ to premiere in Cannes Film Festival first
  • Inside Ghanaian painter Amoako Boafo’s rise to art-world stardom
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Marketplace africa

  • <p>Aspen Global CEO Samer Kassem sits down to discuss the biopharmaceutical giant's growth and why he believes it's Africa's time to shine on a global stage when it comes to business.</p>
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  • <p>The 2026 World Cup is being seen as Africa's most promising in decades, after Morocco's historic run to the semifinal last time out in Qatar, and with more countries representing the continent than ever before. African football expert and broadcaster Mimi Fawaz joins World Sport's Amanda Davies to discuss.</p>
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  • A portrait of Tanzania incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan is seen on stage as supporters of Zanzibar incumbent President Hussein Ali Mwinyi of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Revolutionary Party) gather during the campaign closing rally in Stone Town, on October 26, 2025.
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    US reconsidering ties with Tanzania after deadly election violence
  • A Gelada monkey perches on a cliff edge in the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia. The mountains are part of the Great Rift Valley, documented by South African photographer Shem Compion in his new book “The Rift: Scar of Africa.”
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    A photographer’s epic exploration of the valley tearing Africa apart
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Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, the daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, appears in court on charges of terrorism in Durban, South Africa, 11 November 2025. She pleaded not guilty to terrorism-related charges at the start of her trial. Zuma-Sambudla is being charged over comments she made on social media four years ago during deadly protests following the arrest of her father.
Jacob Zuma's daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla appears in court, Durban, South Africa - 11 Nov 2025
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    Zuma’s daughter quits South Africa parliament over Russia recruitment allegations
  • TOPSHOT - Guinea Bissau Army general Horta N'Tam (C) poses with other military leaders after being  sworn in as the transition leader and the leader of the High Command in Bissau on November 27, 2025. The Guinea-Bissau military appointed a general as the country's new leader Thursday for one year, a day after seizing power and arresting the president of the coup-prone west African nation.
"I have just been sworn in to lead the High Command," General Horta N'Tam declared after taking the oath of office in a ceremony at the military's headquarters, AFP journalists observed. Dozens of heavily armed soldiers were deployed at the scene. (Photo by Patrick MEINHARDT / AFP via Getty Images)
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    General sworn in as Guinea-Bissau transitional president, army says, in swift power grab after disputed election
  • Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo.
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    Army officers say they have seized power in Guinea-Bissau

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