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Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos. (SAFA)

Can Hugo Broos fix Bafana Bafana’s broken compass before the World Cup?

The “funeral” in the Rabat dressing room after the team’s Africa Cup of Nations defeat must serve as the birth of a stronger Bafana

Bafana Bafana came up short in their Afcon last 16 clash against Cameroon. (X)

Heartbreak in Rabat as Indomitable Lions end Bafana’s Afcon dream

In football, if you do not punish Cameroon, they eventually punish you

Mosotho Moepya, chairperson of IEC South Africa. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

South Africa’s future depends on electoral integrity

The next election will be for the survival and credibility of the country’s democracy

Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya,
has been in power for four decades. Photo: Marco Longari/AFP

Paul Biya’s presidential candidacy a crisis of democracy in Cameroon

What is needed is a rethinking of leadership, a redistribution of political power and inclusive and accountable governance

Children in Africa are exposed to violence such as armed conflict, with some children recruited as child soldiers. Photo: Stefanie Glinski/AFP

Safeguard the rights and welfare of Africa’s children

About 50% of the continent’s children have experienced violence – emotional, sexual, physical and the added dangers of war

Entrenched: The president of Cameroon, Paul Biya.  (Lintao Zhang/Reuters)

Cameroon’s Biya clamps down as criticism of him intensifies

Over the past few months, many government critics, including opposition leaders and journalists, have been jailed or forced into exile

Riding high: Biniam Girmay of Eritrea celebrates at the finish line as stage winner during the 111th Tour de France 2024. (Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)

Biniam Girmay’s amazing race

Never before in its 121-year history had a stage in the Tour de France been won by a black African, until the Eritrean did it

President Yoweri Museveni has ruled for almost 40 years. Photo: Sumy Sadruni/AFP

Strongman syndrome in Africa flips democracies to totalitarianism

The strongman thrives on populism, low civic involvement, political elitism, fear, poverty, illiteracy and the abuse of the rule of law

This photograph taken in Yaounde, on February 17, shows the Djangui Money logo on a mobile phone. In many African countries, the tontine is a popular collective savings system which has for years enabled those to whom banks do not lend to finance a project or an emergency. In Cameroon, start-ups have brought it into the digital age in recent years. (Photo by Daniel BELOUMOU OLOMO / AFP)

Ancient community banking enters digital age in Cameroon

There are about 30 African countries where tontines are used, and 14 in Asia. In South Africa, it is known as a stokvel

Anti-Paul Biya  Protesters demonstrate in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, France, on 27 October 2018, to denounce a presidential election rigged in Cameroon by Paul Biya. (Photo by Julien Mattia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Cameroon’s opposition hopes for a renaissance

The repressive regime is forcing opposition parties to put their heads together and get creative

General Brice Oligui Nguema, the head of the Committee for the Transition and the Restoration of Institutions (CTRI), a formation formed after the coup, swears in on Gabon’s transitional president during inauguration ceremony in Libreville, Gabon on September 04, 2023. (Photo by Mabondo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A second wave of independence for former French colonies?

Rigging elections has been a national sport in too many of the region’s territories – will Cameroon and Congo-Brazzaville be next?

A portion of the African colonies’ budget continues to flow to the French central bank under various names and categories. (Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Former French colonies are still paying a ‘colonial’ tax

Far too many African assets are still under the control of Western powers

Pan-African Parliament president Fortune Charumbira has denied that he sexually assaulted his niece and does not intend to step down from his position.

African Union leader charged with sexual assault

The charges against the Pan-African Parliament’s president are the latest in a string of alleged offences by senior African leaders

The warehouse of the future will be shaped by trends in society and technology

Learning is easier, with young Cameroonian’s app

Mbah Javis’s platform provides students with academic content including flashcards, past exam questions and an AI study assistant

Cameroon a dangerous place to be a journalist

The body of Martinez Zogo, a critic of private and public transgressions, was found five days after he disappeared, showing signs of torture

Popular radio journalist Mbani Zogo Arsène Salomon, better known as Martinez Zogo, was found dead on the outskirts of Cameroon’s capital Yaounde

Cameroon’s ‘disappeared’ later found dead

The state and separatists alike are accused of using abduction as a weapon of war and societal control

A video grab taken from AFP Tv footage shows locals carrying out excavation work following landslides which led to the death of at least 42 people in the western Cameroon city of Bafoussam on October 29, 2019. – The disaster was caused by torrential rains that have fallen in the country over the past few days as well as the wider region, with neighbouring Central African Republic and Nigeria also seriously hit. (Photo by AFPTV / AFP)

Survivor of Yaoundé landslide recounts his ordeal

Collapsed Cameroonian embankment kills 14 funeral attendees, including survivor’s mother, brother and best friend.

Why Africa is standing still at the World Cup

With Mané and Salah absent, the semifinals seem as remote as ever, thanks to a glaring imbalance in development systems

Peril: People from Africa, Middle East and India use the Ukraine-Poland Medyka pedestrian border crossing. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/AFP)

Ukraine refugees: West is empathic – if you are blonde

Europe has changed its attitude towards Ukraine refugees

Samuel Eto’o

Monsieur le Président? Samuel Eto’o’s second act

The world-famous footballer ran a stunning political campaign to win the top job at Cameroon’s football federation. Does he have his sights set even higher?