Published13 July 2026, 16:10 WAT New Informate 5 hours wey don pass Read am in 4 mins
Author: Chukwu Godlove
When the World Cup came to Africa in 2010, there was an interesting argument advanced by scholars who saw football as a mirror of society. The development of football in many countries often reflects their political and socioeconomic realities.
South Africa’s unemployment crisis has once again reignited fierce debates about migrants, xenophobia and economic justice. But are African migrants really responsible for rising unemployment, crime and pressure on public services — or are deeper political and economic problems being ignored?
Kenya Jul 9 – A civil society organisation, Vocal Africa, has filed a constitutional petition at the High Court seeking to stop National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula and Senate Speaker Amason Jeffah Kingi from engaging in partisan political activities while holding their respective offices
Midterm elections are scheduled for November in the United States (US), which will see all seats in the US House of Representatives and a third of the seats in the Senate up for grabs, with the Republicans facing the possibility of losing the House. This is welcome news for South Africa’s government, which has had…
Kenya July 8 – Former ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo on Wednesday officially declared his bid for the presidency in the 2027 General Election after unveiling the People’s Prosperity Party (PPP) and announcing that he will seek the party’s presidential ticket
Afrophobia in South Africa is often presented as a problem of ‘foreigners versus locals’, as though it emerges naturally from cultural hostility or competition between poor people. But this explanation hides the deeper political and economic realities that produce anti-immigrant violence and xenophobic mobilisation. The rise of Afrophobia in South Africa cannot be understood outside…
Kenya, July 8, 2026 – Kenya’s bid to secure a seat on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has received a major diplomatic boost after Judge Phoebe Okowa secured the highest number of international co-nominations ever received by an African candidate ahead of this year’s United Nations elections
Ghana has launched its new National Ethics and Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NEACAP), with President John Dramani Mahama pledging to strengthen accountability, ethical leadership and public participation in government institutions in the fight against corruption
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed constitutional amendments that abolish direct presidential elections and extend his tenure