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Uganda

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

Politics

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

By Peter Fabricius

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

Africa

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

By Peter Fabricius

How Uganda became the world’s top market for trafficked Galápagos iguanas

Africa

How Uganda became the world’s top market for trafficked Galápagos iguanas

By Don Pinnock

Unholy treatment — surviving ‘conversion therapy’ in Uganda

Africa

Unholy treatment — surviving ‘conversion therapy’ in Uganda

By Radio Workshop

War criminal forms rebel group to topple eastern DRC; Zimbabwe police block anti-Mnangagwa protests

Africa

War criminal forms rebel group to topple eastern DRC; Zimbabwe police block anti-Mnangagwa protests

By Reuters

War against Sudanese army not over, says RSF chief; Niger withdraws from Lake Chad military force

Africa

War against Sudanese army not over, says RSF chief; Niger withdraws from Lake Chad military force

By Reuters

Sudanese army surrounds Khartoum airport; Islamist fighters attack Nigerian army base, military outpost

Africa

Sudanese army surrounds Khartoum airport; Islamist fighters attack Nigerian army base, military outpost

By Reuters

The silent epidemic: Mpox's resurgence in Africa calls for urgent global health action

Africa

The silent epidemic: Mpox's resurgence in Africa calls for urgent global health action

By Wilmot James, Richard Migisha and Nikki Romanik

Uganda deploys special forces in South Sudan capital; Trump’s aid freeze blocks distribution of vital medicine

Africa

Uganda deploys special forces in South Sudan capital; Trump’s aid freeze blocks distribution of vital medicine

By Reuters

New DRC crisis bears out Great Lakes region’s enduring instability — there is one realistic solution

Op-eds

New DRC crisis bears out Great Lakes region’s enduring instability — there is one realistic solution

By Paul-Simon Handy

Meeting the gentle, magical spirits of the African rainforest

Our Burning Planet

Meeting the gentle, magical spirits of the African rainforest

By Don Pinnock

The Rhinoceros and the Rain — the animal that does not sweat

Maverick Life

The Rhinoceros and the Rain — the animal that does not sweat

By Eben Venter