It remains too difficult for Africans to travel between African countries. Africa-wide reforms have failed. The keynote continental agreement, the African Union’s Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, adopted in 2018, still has only four country ratifications from 55 members. A new report of the African Union bemoans the low (though slightly improved) level of human integration in Africa. It describes the main challenges as legal fragmentation, weak institutional frameworks, security concerns, and limited mutual recognition of documents and qualifications. Nevertheless, some consolation can be drawn from the fact that African migration governance systems have been moving in the right…
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France take on Senegal in a repeat of their famous 2002 opener while Lionel Messi’s Argentina face Algeria in Kansas City. The World Cup on Tuesday features tournament heavyweights Argentina and France, who are beginning their campaigns. France, the 2018 World Cup winners, take on Senegal in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in a repeat of their famous opener in the 2002 edition while Lionel Messi’s reigning champions Argentina face Algeria in Kansas City, Missouri. In Tuesday’s other matches, Norway return to the World Cup for the first time in 28 years against Iraq, and Austria meet Jordan in the day’s final fixture.…
Spain-Cabo Verde, Belgium-Egypt, Saudi-Arabia-Uruguay and IR Iran-New Zealand finished all square on Matchday 5 of the FIFA World Cup 2026. Cabo Verde held Spain in a seismic shock The three other matches also ended all square Standings | Fixtures | Tickets Cabo Verde penned an A-grade upset in A-Town. The tiny islanders and FIFA World Cup™ debutants held title favourites Spain. In a testament to its magnitude, the Blue Sharks’ hero, 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha, began the game with 46,000 followers on Instagram and finished the day with five million. Elsewhere, Egypt, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia also managed unforeseen stalemates…
Young Kenyan investors are increasingly buying apartments instead of land, attracted by rental income opportunities, easier financing and changing urban lifestyles. For many years, land was regarded as one of the most reliable investments in Kenya. Families often purchased plots on the outskirts of towns as a long-term store of wealth. While land remains a popular asset, many young professionals are now choosing apartments because they can provide both housing and immediate income through rent. Property analysts say current market conditions have increased the appeal of apartment ownership. According to real estate expert Johnson Denge, Nairobi’s residential property market currently…
If a large share of small businesses fail, then promoting entrepreneurship without addressing the reasons behind that failure turns Youth Month messaging into repetition rather than resolution. Entrepreneurship becomes the headline, while survival becomes the exception. Every Youth Month, South Africa returns to a familiar refrain. Young people are encouraged to be resilient, to innovate, and to start their own businesses. It is a message delivered with optimism and often genuine intent, but it is increasingly disconnected from the reality young people face in practice. The challenge is not the message itself, but what is missing behind it. We cannot…
Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary has filed two legal complaints in France against President Paul Biya and several senior officials, escalating his challenge to the government months after the country’s disputed 2025 presidential election. Tchiroma, who is living in exile in The Gambia, says the complaints are based on allegations of human rights violations committed against his supporters following the vote. The former government minister broke ranks with Biya ahead of the election and ran as an opposition candidate. He continues to contest the official results, which handed 93-year-old President Paul Biya another term in office. Tchiroma claims he…
MTN, Standard Bank and Gold Fields are navigating growing political pressure as tensions spread across Africa. South African companies with operations across Africa are facing mounting pressure as anti-immigrant protests in the continent’s largest economy trigger diplomatic tensions and calls for action against their businesses. Mobile-phone operator MTN Group has dispatched a senior executive to meet officials in Ghana and is supporting Nigerians repatriated from South Africa, while Standard Bank Group, the continent’s biggest lender, says it is closely monitoring developments. Gold Fields, which operates the Tarkwa gold mine in Ghana, is navigating a tougher policy environment as authorities push…
A Nigerian legal scholar based in the United Kingdom, Godwin Daramola, has received the 2026 Postgraduate Research Award for Excellence in Student Publication from the University of Hull, in recognition of his outstanding academic contributions to sustainability law, corporate accountability, and energy justice. The award, announced on May 8 by the University’s Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Education, highlights Daramola’s growing reputation as an emerging voice in socio-legal scholarship. He is a doctoral researcher and teaching fellow in law, with a research profile centred on corporate governance, environmental regulation, and the legal responsibilities of business entities operating in sectors with…
The exams regulator has fined Cambridge English £875,000 after it issued incorrect results to tens of thousands of people who took English language tests. Ofqual said computer-automated marking errors with the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) qualification led to 62,794 test takers receiving incorrect results. More than 7.7 million of the global tests were taken in that timeframe, but the errors were not noticed until September. Cambridge English accepted the breaches and said it spent more than £6m on correcting errors, compensating people and investing in measures to prevent a repeat. The students, who were mainly international, received the…
Topline Elon Musk’s fortune increased nearly $165 billion Monday, reaching a record high $1.3 trillion after SpaceX surged 20% in its first full trading day after the company’s historic IPO. Key Facts Shares of SpaceX surged more than 19.5% on Monday, closing at more than $192 and extending Friday’s opening rally of 19%, while Tesla shares also rose slightly (1.2%). A further boost in SpaceX shares contributed to a $164.8 billion boost to Musk’s net worth, valued at a record $1.3 trillion, putting him roughly $1 trillion clear of Google cofounder Larry Page ($301.4 billion), who Forbes ranks as the…
