French media company Canal+ has officially completed its acquisition of MultiChoice Group in a landmark deal valued at approximately $3 billion (R55 billion), bringing one of Africa’s largest pay television operators fully under its ownership. The transaction marks the conclusion of a multi-year takeover process and reshapes the African media landscape by combining two major […]

China and Namibia have signed eight new strategic agreements aimed at significantly expanding cooperation in the energy, mining, infrastructure, and industrial sectors during Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s state visit to Beijing. The wide-ranging agreements strengthen the longstanding partnership between the two countries while placing greater emphasis on local industrial development, technology transfer, and value-added production […]

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has issued a two-month ultimatum to Greenhouse International Development (GH) Limited to significantly improve progress on the long-delayed Have–Hohoe Road reconstruction project or risk losing the contract. The warning was delivered during a monitoring tour of road projects across the Eastern, Volta, and Oti regions, where […]

Anti-illegal immigration activist Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma has secured an interim victory in the South African High Court after challenging her sudden removal from the country’s National Dialogue process. Following an urgent court hearing on Tuesday, July 8, 2026, the court granted temporary relief compelling President Cyril Ramaphosa and officials overseeing the National Dialogue to allow Ngobese-Zuma […]

The death toll from a devastating canoe accident on Ghana’s River Oti has risen to six after rescue teams recovered the final missing body on Thursday evening, July 9, 2026. The tragedy occurred on Tuesday evening, July 7, at Salnaayili in the Nanumba North Municipality of Ghana’s Northern Region, when a wooden canoe carrying eight […]

The future of global water security depends not only on technological innovation and infrastructure investment but also on empowering women to lead the management, protection, and distribution of one of the world’s most vital resources. Across many parts of the world, women and girls shoulder the greatest burden of water scarcity. As the primary collectors […]

Anti-immigration protests have intensified in South Africa, with demonstrators carrying out door-to-door raids in parts of Johannesburg’s Alexandra township and Soweto, targeting people they suspect of being undocumented migrants. The protesters, associated with movements such as March and March and Operation Dudula, reportedly forced their way into homes, removed residents they believed to be in […]

Ghana has signed landmark cocoa offtake agreements with buyers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia in a major step toward expanding its presence in the global value-added cocoa market. The agreements, finalized by the Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC) Ghana, are designed to strengthen trade ties with the rapidly growing Middle Eastern confectionery […]

Russia has formally offered military assistance to Mozambique as the southern African nation continues to battle an Islamist insurgency that has destabilized its northern Cabo Delgado province for several years. The offer was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a high-level meeting with Mozambican President Daniel Chapo in the capital, Maputo. Discussions centered […]

A military convoy carrying Russian paramilitary personnel and Malian government troops was ambushed by separatist rebels in northern Mali, marking another major escalation in the country’s worsening security crisis. According to reports, the convoy consisted of more than 200 fighters from Russia’s Africa Corps—the force that succeeded the Wagner Group in Mali—alongside approximately 100 Malian […]