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Grammy star Black Coffee: winning the world, losing at home
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Arts, Culture and Sport Grammy star Black Coffee: winning the world, losing at home

By The Conversation on April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Despite controversy at home and a decade late, the Grammy win proves how much the world love’s South Africa’s biggest house music star.

What DRC brings to the EAC table
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Politics and Society What DRC brings to the EAC table

By Richard Oduor Oduku on April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Despite a storied post-colonial history of political misadventures, strife and state dysfunction, DRC has always maintained a close cultural relationship with other East African countries. Joining EAC portends a new, yet challenging, opportunity to deepen economic and political cooperation.

Outsourcing asylum seekers: the case of Rwanda and the UK
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Politics and Society Outsourcing asylum seekers: the case of Rwanda and the UK

By The Conversation on April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

British media is awash with reports that Boris Johnson’s government has agreed a deal with Rwanda to have asylum seekers processed there rather than in the UK. The choice of Rwanda has a logic about it. But it’s also controversial.

Visa opens its first Africa based innovation studio 
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Politics and Society Visa opens its first Africa based innovation studio 

By Kylie Kiunguyu on April 13, 2022April 14, 2022

Global digital payments facilitator Visa is expanding into the region by opening its first innovation studio in Kenya. The aim is to adopt the market of consumers switching to new payment platforms and digital wallets.

Burkina Faso | Blaise Compaoré’s sentencing: What it means for Africa
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Politics and Society Burkina Faso | Blaise Compaoré’s sentencing: What it means for Africa

By Lollita Koech on April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

On 6 April 2022, Burkina Faso’s former leader Blaise Compaoré was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for the 1987 murder of Thomas Sankara. The judgement is an opportune moment of reflection for African citizens and leaders.

Reflecting on South African novelist K. Sello Duiker’s art of madness and social justice
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Arts, Culture and Sport Reflecting on South African novelist K. Sello Duiker’s art of madness and social justice

By The Conversation on April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

His major work The Quiet Violence of Dreams is about a young man undergoing a mental breakdown, something that the novelist also experienced.

Zimbabweans live in fear of vigilantes in Diepsloot
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Politics and Society Zimbabweans live in fear of vigilantes in Diepsloot

By GroundUp Staff on April 12, 2022April 12, 2022

“We can’t credit the crime in Diepsloot to foreigners. The poor infrastructure in this place plays a very big part in allowing crime to happen,” – Moalosi.

Cartoon | Attacks on immigrants ‘deeply worrisome and unfortunate’ — UN in SA
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Politics and Society Cartoon | Attacks on immigrants ‘deeply worrisome and unfortunate’ — UN in SA

By This Is Africa on April 12, 2022April 12, 2022

In this week’s cartoon, the killing of Zimbabwean Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot has put the spotlight back on South Africa’s deeply worrisome and enduring problem—xenophobia.

Tanzania’s Hassan has put out positive signals: deeper change is yet to come
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Politics and Society Tanzania’s Hassan has put out positive signals: deeper change is yet to come

By The Conversation on April 12, 2022April 12, 2022

President Samia Hassan has set Tanzania on a change of course – time will tell if the pattern holds and addresses the country’s challenges.

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