Maverick Life

Get-rich-quick schemes, pyramids and ponzis: five signs you’re being scammed

By Bomikazi Zeka and Abdul Latif Alhassan

Africa

Drones in Africa are a new frontier for armed groups and propaganda warfare

By Karen Allen

Africa

From gourds to satellites: A Maasai-inspired model for reweaving Kenya’s rangelands

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

Africa

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan author who reckoned with colonial legacy, dies at 87

By Reuters

Africa

From conflict to cooperation: Rethinking security strategies in the Kenya-Ethiopia borderlands

By Guyo Turi

Business Maverick

Under pressure but picking up — the state of Africa’s real estate markets

By Kara le Roux

Africa

Illegal ant(ic)s — tiny targets of a growing global biopiracy threat to South Africa

By Caryn Dolley

Politics

Tanzanian president drops pretence of reform amid retreat from democracy in east Africa

By Peter Fabricius

Africa

Rwandan forces must withdraw from DRC, says Trump’s top Africa diplomat

By Peter Fabricius

Africa

World Bank approves $1.08bn loan for Nigeria; AU mediators in bid to save South Sudan peace deal

By Reuters

Africa

Kenya's political landscape shifts amid Ruto's strategic alliances and the challenge of public trust

By Ronak Gopaldas and Daniel Van Dalen for ISS Today

Africa

DRC ceasefire falters as rebels renege on pledge; Kenya applies for new lending programme from IMF

By Reuters