#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 Robert Mugabe’s son charged with attempted murder over Johannesburg shooting. Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, known for lavish lifestyle, also accused of theft and being illegal immigrant after man allegedly shot in back
#Politics #Africa × #South Africa #Zimbabwe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 Influencers, misinformation and aid cuts: the fight to halt polio in Malawi. A huge vaccination drive has been launched after the country’s first outbreak in years of the paralysing disease. But the battle to wipe out the virus is struggling elsewhere, so how can it be eradicat
#Malawi #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 ‘We’re hungry, there are no jobs’: a South African township’s desperate gold rush. A rumour on social media brought dozens of fortune seekers to a field on the outskirts of mining town Springs
#Africa × #South Africa
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.22.2026 ‘That’s a losing battle’: baboon incursions cause tense human-wildlife standoff in Cape Town. Animal rights activists disagree with authorities on how best to handle boom in primate population near Table Mountain
#Africa × #South Africa
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.21.2026 US salsa legend Willie Colón, vocalist, trombonist and composer, dies aged 75. Colón’s music combined jazz, rock and salsa, incorporating rhythms from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Africa
#Showbiz #Africa × #Brazil #South America #Cuba #North America #music #jazz
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.21.2026 Botswana’s diamond-funded health system has failed: it needs to be reformed and rebuilt | Duma Gideon Boko. As Botswana’s president here is my plan to renew this country’s beleaguered health system – and my vision for a stronger Africa
#Health #Politics #Africa × #Botswana
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.21.2026 Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums. Creators say they’re offering Africans a ‘hopeful, utopian feeling’ of retrieving objects looted by colonial armies
#Africa × #South Africa
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.20.2026 US envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all Middle East land. Rightwing Trump ally tells Tucker Carlson Israel has biblical right to land from ‘wadi of Egypt to the great river’
#Africa × #USA #Asia #North America #Egypt #Israel
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.20.2026 Man receives £42,000 bill for data roaming charges after Morocco holiday. Andrew Alty thought O2 bill was a mistake, but daughter’s TikTok use allowed massive uncapped charges to accrue
#Morocco #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.20.2026 These atrocities in Sudan were entirely predictable. So why did the rest of the world fail to stop them? | Husam Mahjoub. Western governments have put elite bargains before civilian lives. If El Fasher is to mean anything, this approach must change, says Husam Mahjoub, co-founder of Sudanese TV channel Sudan Bukra
#Sudan #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.20.2026 Cecil: The Lion and the Dentist review – inside the horrific big cat killing that outraged the world. This documentary looks at the 2005 slaying of the majestic head of two lion prides in Zimbabwe, by a trophy-hunting American dentist. Sadly it raises more questions than it answers
#Africa × #USA #North America #Americas #Zimbabwe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.19.2026 RSF siege of El Fasher in Sudan has ‘hallmarks of genocide’, UN mission finds. Report details harrowing 18-month occupation of North Darfur capital, showing destruction aimed at ethnic communities
#Sudan #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.19.2026 Aidan Chidarikire obituary. Other lives: Pharmacy services director in newly independent Zimbabwe
#Business #director #Africa × #Zimbabwe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.19.2026 More than 1,000 Kenyans lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine war, report says. Intelligence findings given to parliament say ‘rogue’ agencies and individuals recruiting Kenyan nationals to frontline
#Kenya #Africa × #Russia #Ukraine #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.18.2026 Trump tells Starmer handing Chagos Islands to Mauritius is a ‘big mistake’. US president had recently said the plan was the best deal Starmer could make
#Politics #Mauritius #United Kingdom #Africa × #USA #Europe #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.18.2026 Countries that do not embrace AI could be left behind, says OpenAI’s George Osborne. Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, says former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm
#Politics #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.18.2026 A bike with 21 satellite dishes struggles through a desert: Hiba Baddou’s best photograph. ‘The Peugeot 103 is iconic in Morocco: a symbol of social mobility. But my rider, a living sculpture, is so overstimulated he can’t choose which way to go – and ends up going nowhere’
#Morocco #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.18.2026 Coffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis finds. Five countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a year
#Weather #Ethiopia #Africa × #Brazil #South America #Indonesia #Asia #Colombia #Vietnam
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.18.2026 ‘A mission of mine’: during Ramadan, Sudanese food is a reminder of what is at stake in a time of war. The loss of sacred spaces during the period of observance and the ongoing conflict reminds us of the importance of cherishing food
#Sudan #Africa × #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.17.2026 Four Chagossians return to islands in attempt to stop British transfer to Mauritius. Group says they intend to establish permanent settlement but Mauritius attorney general calls their move a ‘publicity stunt’
#Mauritius #United Kingdom #Africa × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.17.2026 Jesse Jackson was ‘direct connection to great civil rights era’, says Diane Abbott. MP leads UK tributes to African American campaigner, who has died aged 84
#Politics #Africa × #USA #North America #Americas
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.17.2026 Role of far-right ‘manosphere’ in homophobic attacks on men to be investigated in Victoria. Exclusive: Greens move to call parliamentary inquiry after series of ‘disturbing’ attacks targeting gay and bisexual men lured via dating apps
#Seychelles #Africa × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.17.2026 Kenyan authorities used Israeli tech to crack activist’s phone, report claims. Citizen Lab report suggests Cellebrite software was used to break into Boniface Mwangi’s phone while he was under arrest
#Tech #Kenya #Africa × #Asia #Israel
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.17.2026 How a hardline ‘Trump-style’ Liberal immigration policy to ban migrants from Gaza and Somalia was developed. Another senior member of Sussan Ley’s team has expressed serious reservations about aspects of the plan
#Politics #Somalia #Africa × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
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