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‘Refuge to all African Americans’ – What Ramaphosa should have told Trump

Tafi Mhaka imagines an alternate reality where South Africa grants asylum to 48 million African Americans.

yesterday 40

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Tafi Mhaka

Words won’t save Gaza – The West must stop enabling Israel’s war

After a year of bloodshed, the UK and allies are speaking. Now they must act.

yesterday 60

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Humza Yousaf

Israel belongs in Eurovision

Just when you thought Eurovision had reached peak absurdity – with its glitter-drenched cliches, outlandish lyrics, and performances that make your...

previous day 40

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Somdeep Sen

The one thing Trump might be getting right

I am obliged to open with a disclaimer of sorts. Faithful readers know of my visceral antipathy towards Donald Trump whose idea of governance is...

tuesday 30

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Andrew Mitrovica

Foreign journalists must not abandon their Palestinian colleagues in Gaza

When Israel announced on May 5 its intention to permanently reoccupy Gaza, it did not merely declare a new phase of military domination. The...

tuesday 10

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Ghada Ageel

The Nairobi family values conference: When tradition is a colonial trap

Across Africa, debates about cultural preservation and traditional values are increasingly being influenced by forces that promote conservative...

tuesday 4

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Patrick Gathara

Cheer up, people of Gaza! You’ll get killed on a full stomach

I was always told as a child that breakfast is the most important meal. It gives you the energy to keep going the whole day. And so, in my family,...

19.05.2025 8

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Ahmed Al-Najjar

Project Esther and the weaponisation of Zionism

On October 7, 2024 – exactly one year into the United States-backed Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip that has now killed more than 53,000...

19.05.2025 6

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Belen Fernandez

Trump’s tariffs are failing, but the old model won’t save us either

On May 12, the United States and China announced that they are putting reciprocal tariffs on pause for 90 days. Some tariffs will be retained while...

18.05.2025 50

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Gabor Scheiring