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Great gift: Africa, a continent of contradiction, where conflict and innovation, fragility and possibility, poverty
and resilience live side by side.

Africa has a gift the world still needs

The demographic case is equally striking. More than 60% of Africans are under 25. By 2050, one in three people aged 15 to 24 anywhere on Earth will be African. A continent this…

Former DRC president Joseph Kabila.

Ramaphosa, Mnangagwa urge DRC’s Tshisekedi to drop Kabila charges

Sources said Mnangagwa and Ramaphosa discussed Kabila’s predicament in Zimbabwe in August and agreed that the treason charges were not fair

M23 representatives are in South Africa on a non-governmental programme and say they have shown willingness to find a lasting solution to the conflict, accusing Kinshasa of sabotaging peace processes.

Editorial: DRC must choose peace, not war

The African Peace and Security Dialogue in South Africa comes in the same week as the peace deal brokered by Qatar and the US falters

The M23 rebels have said they support the withdrawal of the South African National Defence Force from the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Mbeki throws diplomatic hot potato at government over M23 invitation

The international relations department was not aware of the rebels’ presence in South Africa

M23 representatives are in South Africa on a non-governmental programme and say they have shown willingness to find a lasting solution to the conflict, accusing Kinshasa of sabotaging peace processes.

M23 to attend peace conference, but DRC government boycotting

Opposition officials in the DRC have accused the government of blocking their attempts to travel to the forum hosted by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation

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National Dialogue gains inclusion as activists step in after foundations exit

The special project manager at the Thabo Mbeki Foundation said legacy foundations were talking to civil society on how to take the project back from the government and political…

A vehicle of the Presidential Guard of Niger passes in front of the Niamey conference center where the first summit of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) summit was held in Niamey on July 6, 2024. (Photo by BOUREIMA HAMA/AFP via Getty Images)

African nations must push for homegrown solutions to the continent’s problems

The financial resources for solutions must also be sourced from within the continent, allowing Africa to maintain control over its destiny

Representatives of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council said it had chosen to abandon the Thabo Mbeki Foundation’s inaugural African Peace and Security Dialogue in Gauteng on Sunday. (Thabo Mbeki Foundation)

Sudan’s government abandons Thabo Mbeki Foundation’s peace dialogue

The foundation hosted its inaugural Africa Peace & Security Dialogue to identify solutions to the continent’s conflicts This content is restricted to registered users and…

South Africans have formed a common state nationalism quite fast despite socio-economic differences and cleavages. (Photo by Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

A people of national unity must rise to recalibrate the future of the country

Ramaphosa is calling for a national dialogue to chart a path to transformation and a common vision

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OPINION | Thabo Mbkei reflects on the African Union, Africa Day and his foundation

Thabo Mbkei reflects on the African Union, Africa Day and his foundation

There is a silent nostalgia for Mbeki to return to the country’s mainstream political discourse. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Toppling Mbeki caused divisions in the ANC that are still felt today

There has been a silent nostalgia for Mbeki to return to the country’s mainstream political discourse