The Pulse of a Continent
Locked Doors and Suspected Arson What makes this tragedy even more painful is the growing suspicion that it may not have been a simple accident. Survivors described chaos in the…
According to reports from other inmates and human rights organizations, a detainee named Patrick Ndangoh has passed away at the Kondengui central prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon after suffering several years…
Negotiations between Zambia and the United States over a proposed $1 billion, five-year health funding deal have come to a halt, sparking worries about the continuity of critical public health…
A hush moves through some acts of resistance like a shadow at noon. They arrive without warning, unmarked by noise.Saturday, May 2nd, 2026. A quiet landing in Eswatini – President…
Let me be honest with you this deal does not sound as good as it seems. On May 1 2026 China started a policy where it does not charge tariffs…
There is a figure I keep returning to: 40.88. That is Cameroon’s score out of 100 on this year’s World Press Freedom Index, compiled and released by the international watchdog…
There’s a moment you notice in Cameroon whenever something significant happens — a brief pause, a collective exhale, a flicker of something that looks like hope. The Pope’s visit was…
On Friday, Tunisian journalist Zied Heni was arrested after publishing an article criticising the country’s judiciary. No charge has been publicly stated, and the prosecutor’s office has said nothing. What…
On a Thursday afternoon that started like any other on one of Zimbabwe’s busiest highways, a minibus carrying passengers suddenly burst into flames and exploded — killing at least 18…
They found him before most of Bujumbura had woken up. Thursday morning, April 16, Gabby Bugaga — Burundi’s Minister of Media and Communication — was slumped over the steering wheel…