Ghana’s term-limit battle widens as five Supreme Court cases collide with calls for constitutional amendment by Editorial…
Category: AFRICA
Senegal launches lower-cost sickle cell drug
Senegal launches lower-cost DREPAF hydroxyurea, expanding sickle cell treatment while evidence challenges an Africa-first claim by Editorial…
Op-Ed: Nigeria’s digital future needs trust
Nigeria’s digital future depends on pairing innovation with moral leadership, accountable institutions and shared prosperity, writes…
Trust tests Africa-Caribbean trade ambitions
Africa-Caribbean trade ambitions face a trust test as businesses push for stronger commercial ties, investment and…
Op-Ed: Tunisia must let youth shape reform
Tunisia cannot build its next chapter with institutions designed for another age. Giving young people genuine…
Tinubu fights FBI records disclosure
Tinubu asks a US court to uphold FBI and DEA redactions in a widening FOIA battle…
Ethiopia Presidency Plan Sparks Power Fears
Ethiopia’s executive presidency proposal draws unity claims and warnings over Abiy’s power, with constitutional approval still…
Slavery Reparations: UN panel demands action
A UN committee demands action on slavery’s lasting harms, backing reparations through existing treaty duties without…
South Africa is learning a very important lesson in the uselessness of Xenophobia.
A report by Nicholas Mwangi says that South Africa’s unemployment crisis has deepened despite the violent…
The Managing Editor of The Insight, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, will deliver the 15th Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lecture at the University of Cape Coast.
Veteran media practitioner and Managing Editor of The Insight, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, will deliver the 15th…
African clergy condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza
CATHOLIC clergy from seven African countries, including Zimbabwe, have accused the Government of Israel of committing…
South Africa submits dossier to the ICJ on Israel’s non-compliance with Provisional Measures Orders
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued three legally binding Provisional Measures Orders against Israel…
The Economics of Thomas Sankara: The Eighth Pan-Africa Newsletter (2026)
\What does liberation require when poverty has been engineered by history, dependency is sold as development,…
AU Chairmanship: President Mahama Receives Five Monumental Reports Ahead Of Historic 2027 Tenure
BY Phalonzy🖊️ A High-Level Committee of Experts established by His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama to…
BREAKING: Veteran Nollywood Actor Taiwo Hassan ‘Ogogo’ Is Dead
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that popular Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan, better known as Ogogo, is dead. The…
The Lion has not left: Paul Biya’s long goodbye
Cameroon is being governed from a Geneva hotel suite. Biya has been absent for 64 days,…
REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST MOVEMENT (RSM)STOP THE POLITICAL KILLINGS IN OSUN!…
REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST MOVEMENT (RSM)STOP THE POLITICAL KILLINGS IN OSUN!PROSECUTE THOSE WHO THREATEN OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS — END…
Fẹlá: An Evergreen Icon in a Changing World
Fẹlá Aníkúlápò-Kutì used to be called an àbàmì ẹ̀dá by millions of people in his lifetime.…
Africa’s last absolute monarch summons young Swazi women to dance bare-breasted at August festival, will pick one as wife
The Communist Party of Swaziland has called on the people to reject the festival, noting that…
The Future – We Build It Now: The Seventh Pan-Africa Newsletter (2026)
Ghana has gold but mining communities are poor, oil but fuel burdens workers: veteran socialist Kwesi…
South Africa, Ghana and Ethiopia hit as South American nation announces sweeping diplomatic pullback from Africa
Colombia’s president-elect, Abelardo De La Espriella, has announced plans to close the country’s embassies in South…
529 Nigerians Still in Kidnappers’ Captivity Despite Recent Rescue Successes — Report
A new report by Sunday Vanguard says at least 529 Nigerians remain in captivity following a…
On Reparations: A Conversation with Kwesi Pratt Jr.
By Kwesi Pratt Jr., Robin Jaspert (Posted Jul 20, 2026) On March 25, 2026, Ghanaian president John Dramani Mahama introduced…
Ona Judge: Suffering in freedom, than comfort in presidential slavery, By Owei Lakemfa
In Portsmouth, she found work as a domestic labourer, undoubtedly a punishing and physically draining job,…
Iyabo Obasanjo: The visiting politician from US, by Owei Lakemfa
Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, the United States–based daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, came visiting Nigeria. An academic, she…
Our sister, Ruth First, By Owei Lakemfa
Although an exile, a mother of three, journalist, researcher and author, the Apartheid regime identified First…
Victors, victims and witnesses: 250 years of US triumphalism, By Owei Lakemfa
The US inherited a war DNA from Britain. This is apparent in the fact that of…
Macron proposes international scientific initiative on reparatory justice and slavery legacy
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for the establishment of an international scientific initiative to support…
Presentation By Kwesi Pratt Jnr, General Secretary of the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG) to the High Level Consultative Conference on the Next Steps to the Landmark United Nations Resolution on the Trafficking of Enslaved AfricansFriday, June 19, 2026
Distinguished guests, excellencies, representatives of governments, scholars, activists, members of civil society, brothers and sisters from…
South Africa’s World Cup loss fuels xenophobia debate
South Africa’s opening World Cup defeat to Mexico ignited online debate as xenophobia concerns shaped reactions…
South Africa anti-migrant movement grows before polls
Anti-immigration groups are gaining influence across South Africa as economic hardship and election politics fuel tensions…
South Africa unveils tough migration crackdown
South Africa announces sweeping migration reforms as President Ramaphosa seeks to curb illegal immigration and ease…
PRESS STATEMENT: A GENERAL DEAD, TERRORISTS EMBRACED: GOVERNOR RADDA’S SHAMEFUL MESSAGE TO NIGERIANS
WHAT IS “NATURAL” ABOUT DYING IN TERRORIST CAPTIVITY? By Francis Nwapa I condemn in the strongest…
XENOPHOBIC SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa has broken the hearts of many Africans in recent weeks. The lynching of other…
TEXT OF PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU’S DEMOCRACY DAY ADDRESS ON FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2026
Fellow Nigerians Today, we celebrate democracy and the enduring Nigerian spirit. For 27 unbroken years, since…
South Africa anti-migrant movement grows before polls
Anti-immigration groups are gaining influence across South Africa as economic hardship and election politics fuel tensions…
Senegal ruling party re-elects Sonko as Faye rift deepens
Ousmane Sonko’s re-election as PASTEF leader strengthens his political influence as tensions with President Bassirou Diomaye…