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‘People are freaking out’: Ugandan arrested on anti-gay charge punishable by death
In the conservative, mostly Christian country, many religious leaders and politicians have painted same-sex relations as a Western import.
- by Emma Bubola
Tony Wright’s Column
Bob Hawke
The end of empire almost upended our careers (don’t tell the editor)
A 1991 meeting in Zimbabwe came at the end of the old world order, and soon, Bob Hawke’s political career. It also almost capsized the careers of two reporters.
- by Tony Wright
It aims to challenge the West and could rival the G7. What is BRICS?
For China, BRICS is another powerful engine for it to spread its influence around the world, particularly in developing nations.
- by Lucy Cormack
Confrontation hangs in the air at BRICS summit after China, Russia addresses
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin’s words to the opening of the three-day summit in South Africa were combative and had one particular other country in mind.
- by S'thembile Cele
‘Justice and happiness’: Yevgeny Prigozhin appears in fresh recruiting video
“The temperature is +50 – everything as we like,” the former mutineer said in a video some suspect was filmed in Africa.
- by Maxim Rodionov
Junta threatens to kill deposed Niger president if other countries intervene
It has already deprived Bazoum of food, water and electricity in captivity. Now it is furious at neighbouring countries’ “stand-by force” declaration.
- by Sam Mednick and Chinedu Asadu
What the Niger coup could mean for Russia’s war in Ukraine
The military power grab is stoking fears Russia and the Wagner mercenary group could use the coup to their advantage.
- by Lucy Cormack and Chris Zappone
‘Down with France’: Protesters waving Russian flags march through Niger’s capital
French President Emmanuel Macron said attacks on France and its interests would not be tolerated and anyone who attacked French citizens would see an immediate response.
- by Sam Mednick
Niger coup mastermind goes on TV to declare himself new leader
It is the seventh military takeover in West and Central Africa in less than three years with Niger seen as the West’s most stable ally in an unstable region.
- by Moussa Aksar and Boureima Balima
Detained after mutiny, Niger’s president vows democracy will prevail, Wagner takes notice
Wagner’s head Yevgeny Prigozhin has weighed in, describing the coup in the African nation as part of Niger’s fight against the ‘colonisers’.
- by Sam Mednick