CAF Stadium Approval Standards Under Scrutiny After Kotoko Setback

Questions about consistency in stadium approval processes have emerged following the Confederation of African Football’s recent decision to decline Baba Yara Stadium’s use for Asante Kotoko’s continental fixtures, even as venues with apparent...

Rizine Mzikamanda elected chief justices’ forum chairperson

By Mercy Matonga: Chief Justice Rizine Mzikamanda has been elected chairperson for the Southern and Eastern Africa Chief Justices’ Forum (SEACJF). The election, according to the Ministry of Justice’s official Facebook page, took place on Saturday...

Mali imposes retaliatory visa bond fees on US travellers

The measure comes after the US added Mali to its list of African countries required to post bonds of $5,000 and $10,000. Published On 12 Oct 202512 Oct 2025 Mali has imposed visa bond requirements on United States citizens identical to those...

Mali slaps visa bond on US travelers in retaliation

Mali has introduced visa bond requirements for United States citizens, mirroring measures recently imposed by Washington on Malian travellers. The Foreign Ministry in Bamako announced the decision on Sunday, calling it a reciprocal response to US...

LONG READ: The GEMIs, the Global Emerging Markets' interlocking institutions

The international order is breaking up as the Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) build a raft of new non-Western interlocking international institutions to run their vision of a new multipolar world order. At the same time the incumbent...

The Phoenix in Conversation with Hawaii Governor Josh Green ’92

Josh Green was born in 1970 in Kingston, NY, and raised mostly in Pittsburgh. After studying anthropology and biology at Swarthmore, he attended medical school at The Pennsylvania State University and completed residency at the University of...

Africa Deserves a Voice, But Leadership Matters

For more than two decades, Africa has been calling for fair representation in global political institutions—most notably, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The demand is simple: the world’s second most populous continent, with over a...

‘Dankie Botswana’, Again

Many Namibians’ first car has been an imported second-hand vehicle. The buying process would start with Namibians identifying a reputable a seller in Asia or Europe, selecting a pre-used vehicle they could afford, and then activating a foreign...

Girls Pay The Price As Aid Cuts Hit Countries With Deepest Gender Inequality – Save The Children

About 167 million adolescent girls growing up in countries with the widest gender equality gaps are among those worst hit by this years’ aid cuts, with the massive fall in global aid having a disproportionate impact on countries where it is...

Zambia Airways, Kenya Airways Fined as COMESA Cracks Down on Airline Passenger Abuse

The COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) has fined Zambia Airways Limited 2 percent of its total annual turnover for unfair treatment of passengers. This marks a major consumer protection action with direct implications for Zambia’s aviation...

Tres países africanos dicen que no aceptarán a Kilmar Ábrego García, en medio del debate sobre su destino en dos tribunales

Por Devan Cole, Angelica Franganillo Diaz y Holmes Lybrand, CNN Funcionarios de tres países africanos declararon que no permitirán que Estados Unidos deporte a Kilmar Ábrego García a sus países, lo que podría frustrar los planes del Gobierno de...

3 African countries say they won’t accept Kilmar Abrego Garcia as battle plays out in two courts over his fate

(CNN) — Officials from three different African nations have said they won’t let the US deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to their countries, potentially frustrating the Trump administration’s plans to keep him in custody. The rejections – two of which...

E15.8m lost through cybercrime in a year

Reading Time: 3 minutesOVER E15.8 million has been lost to cybercrime in just a year. This is money stolen from citizens who reported cyber-related cases from September 1, 2024, up-to September 30. The statistics were revealed by National...

Salary Review Stalement: PSUs stand firm, talks drag

Reading Time: 2 minutesCIVIL servants held their breath yesterday as executive members of various public sector unions (PSUs) engaged in a meeting with the government negotiations team that lasted over seven hours. The meeting, held at the...

White House says in court that it could fire over 4,000 federal employees during shutdown. See a recap.

Postal traffic to US down 70% after duties exemption on low-value packages ended — 10:04 p.m. By the Associated Press That is the case five weeks after the end of the “de minimis” exemption that spared packages worth less than $800, according to...

LESOTHO PARLIAMENT TO HOLD SADCOPAC 

Maseru, Oct. 12 –The Parliament of Lesotho will stage the Southern African Development Community of Public Accounts Committees (SADCOPAC) conference and Annual General Meeting at Manthabiseng Convention Centre from October 27 to 31. Speaking in an...

SALARY REVIEW: Government raises E1.29bn

Government has raised E1.29 billion for the long-awaited salary review after strong pushback from civil servants. SNAT says workers demand full implementation. Reading Time: 2 minutesGOVERNMENT has raised up-to E1.29 billion towards the...

The urgent need for anti-poverty strategies

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe need for government resources, especially in the context of real scarcity of such resources, to be deployed with clear objectives and targets cannot be overemphasised. The sad reality, however, is that there seem to be...

World Cup qualifiers: Cameroon beats Mauritius Island to keep dying dre...

Cabo Verde, the team’s lead rival in the battle for the pool’s lone automatic qualification ticket, dropped two points away in Libya. The Indomitable Lions got both goals in the second segment through wingers Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu and Bryan...

EU Council Updates Tax Haven List Without Changes

Balboa Avenue, Panama City, X/ @AguaTransport October 10, 2025 Hour: 7:45 am The Council of the European Union has released its updated list of tax havens, which includes American Samoa, Anguilla, Fiji, Guam, Palau, Panama, Russia, Samoa, Trinidad...