Africa

Eswatini Charts New Energy and Trade Pathways Across Borders

Rubicon9 months ago9 months ago09 mins

From the bustling port city of Maputo to the Caspian shores of Turkmenistan, His Majesty has spent the past week advancing Eswatini’s strategic interests

Sexual health is an extra struggle for women with disabilities: findings from 10 African countries

Rubicon9 months ago9 months ago010 mins

Lack of access to sexual health knowledge or contraception doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It is driven by factors like poverty, gender inequality, limited education, and cultural or legal norms.

Tricky CAF draw for Nsingizini, Leopard

Rubicon9 months ago9 months ago03 mins

Nsingizini will take on the Zimbabwean side Simba Bhora in the prestigious CAF Champions League preliminary round between September 19 and 24, 2025.

Namibia’s forgotten genocide: how Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule

Rubicon9 months ago9 months ago012 mins

Today, most Bushmen still live a life of servitude in their own country. Local San and human rights activists encouraged me to bring out an updated and inexpensive version, which the University of Namibia Press has just published.

Turkey says Muslim countries must be united against Israel’s Gaza takeover plan

Rubicon9 months ago01 mins

Muslim nations must work in total unison and work to mobilise the international community against Israel’s plan to take control…

EDN August 8, 2025

Rubicon9 months ago01 mins

Somalia’s education crisis: why so few children attend school and what could be done to change that

Rubicon9 months ago9 months ago011 mins

One of the primary barriers to access is conflict. This is particularly evident in Somalia, which has endured violence and upheaval since 1991.

Tougher transshipment penalties not expected immediately as Trump tariffs kick in

Rubicon9 months ago9 months ago07 mins

Tougher U.S. trade penalties on goods originating in one country being re-shipped from another are not expected to immediately follow new U.S. tariffs, three people in Southeast Asia with knowledge of the matter said, easing a major cause of concern.