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In the coming days, the last absolute monarch in sub-Saharan Africa, King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Eswatini will celebrate 40 years on the throne. Photo: Wang Yu Ching

Forty years of Mswati rule offer zilch to celebrate

Eswatini is a small, resilient, and culturally rich nation. Its people have endured extraordinary pressure. But on governance, the record is one of systemic failure: captured…

Iran’s advantage lies in its ability to produce content that aligns with platform operations at both speed and scale. Meanwhile, the conflict continues on the ground, where a ceasefire holds unevenly and negotiations remain uncertain.

Tehran and Arak under chemical siege

Israel chose targets at the heart of domestic survival because its planners know that fuel in a capital powers ambulances, clinics, refrigeration, generators, pumping systems,…

Rwanda’s National Counter Terrorism Committee and the Financial Intelligence Centre have placed Pretoria-based Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa on a list of 25 alleged criminals for financing and inciting terrorism.

Rwanda sanctions fugitives in SA

The designated 25 individuals have allegedly orchestrated attacks on Rwandan soil, inciting Rwandans to commit and finance acts of terrorism

Violence: Injured Palestinians are brought to Aksa Hospital in Deir al Balah after an Israeli attack on 1 January. Photo: Ashraf Amra/Getty Images

Who are the terrorists in the Gaza conflict?

Amid Israel’s increasingly unhinged siege of the enclave, Drew Forrest probes the country’s claim that it is fighting a war against terror

Rwandan policemen guard The Total Mozambique LNG Project in Afungi in the Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, on September 29, 2022. – Forces from Rwanda and other African countries, deployed in July 2021 after years of jihadist attacks, have helped Mozambique retake control of much of the province. (Photo by CAMILLE LAFFONT/AFP via Getty Images)

Islamic extremists cannot be ‘left to linger’ in Mozambique

Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region has been hit by two insurgent attacks in three days

Two explosions hit Uganda’s capital Kampala on November 16, 2021, injuring a number of people in what police termed an attack on the city, the latest in a string of blasts targeting the country. The explosions occurred in the central business district of Kampala near the central police station and the entrance to parliament, police said. (Photo by Ivan Kabuye / AFP)

Uganda charges 15 with terrorism over deadly bombings

Uganda was hit by a series of bombings in October and November that killed five people and injured dozens.

‘Political prisoner’: Rwanda’s Paul Rusesabagina

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Paul Rusesabagina gets 25 years behind bars

Paul Rusesabagina — credited with saving hundreds of lives during the Rwandan genocide — was recently found guilty of terrorism, after being ‘tricked’ into custody by the Kagame…

Bessie Head was forced out of South Africa after being interrogated by the Security Police. (George Hallett)

Extract: Gunning for Bessie’s head, from ‘The Terrorist Album’

Jacob Dlamini’s new book, The Terrorist Album, tells the stories of people saddled with that catch-all phrase during apartheid and how their presence on that list made them fair…

Empty roads and streets are seen after 3-day curfew declaration due to the coronavirus  pandemic in Freetown, Sierra Leone on April 5, 2020. (Vidal Sesay/Anadolu Agency)

Covid-19 restrictions give rise to political tensions in Sierra Leone

The country has experienced violent incidents of unrest in recent weeks

The violence is not limited to Mali, but is increasing too in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger, where porous borders and harsh terrain makes it difficult to contain armed groups. (Reuters)

Conflict is escalating in central Mali, says Human Rights Watch

Last year was the deadliest for civilians since the current political crisis began in 2012. And the fighting is also increasing in neighbouring countries

Burkina Faso has been experiencing regular attacks led by armed terrorist groups from neighbouring countries.

The changing face of Burkina Faso’s terrorist threat

Burkina Faso has been experiencing regular attacks led by armed terrorist groups from neighbouring countries. Surrounded by six countries, it is the northern part bordering Mali…

Using fear of terrorism, governments have undermined human rights and civil liberties of their Muslim citizens. (Reuter/Danish Ismail).

Terrorism used as excuse to suppress Kashmir

Within India, the Bharatiya Janata Party government is stoking Islamophobia by using religion as an instrument of identity politics

(Reuters)

African leaders use anti-terror laws to silence journalists

Reporters in Eswatini, Egypt, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia and Cameroon have been arrested

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has characterised the mosque killings a well-planned “terrorist attack” (Reuters)

Christchurch attacker charged with terrorism: police

51 charges of murder, 40 of attempted murder and one charge under the Terrorism Suppression Act have now been filed against Brenton Tarrant

Journalists throughout Southern and East Africa are harassed, detained mostly through the use of criminal law. Photo: File

Free press development impeded by crackdowns

Governments and civil societies need to be vigilant in supporting a free press, even while it is still developing

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Editorial: Words cause murder

The terrorist who mowed down worshipers in Christchurch, New Zealand penned a 74-page manifesto

A pair of flip-flops with a flower sit among the other pairs of painted white shoes, laid out at All Souls Church, in memory of the victims of Friday’s shooting, in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Reuters/Jorge Silva)

NZ begins releasing bodies to families in Christchurch mosque attack

The bodies of the first six victims have been released by the coroner to their families, while Prime Minister Ardern labels the gunman a ‘terrorist’

People burn a poster depicting India’s flag against what they call airspace violation by the Indian military aircrafts, in a protest in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)

US patience thins with Pakistan as India goes on offense

US policymakers have grown exasperated with Pakistan for not doing more against Islamist extremists

Patricia de Lille announced on Wednesday that she was finally parting ways with her adopted party and resigning as Cape Town’s mayor, so voters now face another confusing choice. (David Harrison/M&G)

Letters to the editor: November 2 to 8

Our readers write in about the Democratic Alliance, the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and Israel

A European Union flag is seen outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

EU begins tricky negotiations with developing countries

For decades the EU has maintained relations with nearly 80 developing countries under the Cotonou Agreement. It’s now time for fresh negotiations