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  1. 11 Jun
    Portugal edge Nigeria in Lisbon friendly as World Cup 2026 preparations sharpen
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 4 min
  2. 10 Jun
    Two courts, two questions of evidence: Kenyan labour law and an Indian politician's remark converge on the same principle
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  3. 10 Jun
    A referee, a visa, and the politics of who gets to cross the line
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  4. 10 Jun
    A Somali referee, a Belfast street, and the unfinished business of how the West talks about African migration
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 7 min
  5. 10 Jun
    A Somali referee's World Cup dream, a US entry refusal, and the politics of who gets through the gate
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 7 min
  6. 10 Jun
    Rwanda's Coltan Trail: How Conflict Mineral From Eastern Congo Reaches the World's Electronics Supply Chains
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  7. 10 Jun
    Geran drones, drone interceptors, and a 10 June digest from a Russian-aligned Telegram channel — read with caution
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 4 min
  8. 10 Jun
    Rand Paul handshake at the White House: a small gesture, a long shadow over US-Africa policy
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  9. 10 Jun
    Northern Nigeria's dead: what the US has not said about its own air war
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 7 min
  10. 10 Jun
    Kinshasa's complaint lands in a world running out of patience
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 7 min
  11. 10 Jun
    Gunmen kill at least 12 in east Johannesburg as South Africa confronts a deepening informal-settlement violence crisis
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  12. 10 Jun
    Two maritime incidents on 10 June revive questions about Gulf of Aden shipping security
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  13. 10 Jun
    Ebola responders in DRC run out of gloves and gowns: the price of a forgotten outbreak
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  14. 10 Jun
    DRC's Ebola response strains as caseload nears 600 and protective gear runs short
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  15. 10 Jun
    Ebola resurfaces in eastern DR Congo as supply shortages slow the response
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  16. 10 Jun
    Dangote refinery nears full gasoline rates as Nigeria's fuel-import math quietly redraws itself
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  17. 10 Jun
    Dangote's Refinery Comes Back Online: What the Mid-June Restart Actually Tells Us
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 5 min
  18. 10 Jun
    Cleveland shooting leaves twelve dead in Johannesburg's latest mass-casualty incident
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  19. 10 Jun
    Alexandria’s Ajami district becomes a referendum on urban belonging
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  20. 09 Jun
    Brazilian referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio takes the opening whistle as the 2026 World Cup kicks off
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 4 min
  21. 09 Jun
    Washington's New Travel Advisories: What Four African Capitals Are Being Told to Expect
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 5 min
  22. 09 Jun
    US and allies press for political track in Sudan as war grinds on
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 5 min
  23. 09 Jun
    A Somali referee's blocked debut tests football's global reach
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  24. 09 Jun
    A Somali referee, a US visa, and a World Cup shaped by border politics
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  25. 09 Jun
    Somalia's only World Cup referee turned away at the US border — and the questions FIFA cannot duck
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  26. 09 Jun
    Civilian toll in northern Nigeria puts US counter-terror posture back under scrutiny
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  27. 09 Jun
    A Somali referee, a Miami border, and a World Cup the United States decided he could not enter
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 5 min
  28. 09 Jun
    In Kenya's long memory of political martyrs, the MP who broke with Moi and paid on Christmas Day
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  29. 09 Jun
    Kenya puts Sh3.15 billion behind its referral hospitals as maternal mortality fight enters a new phase
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  30. 09 Jun
    Kenya's vaccine gap: thousands of children still missing routine immunisation
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 4 min
  31. 09 Jun
    A protester is shot as Kenya's Ebola facility fight turns violent
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  32. 09 Jun
    Kenya's top court upholds Gachagua impeachment, opening a new front in Ruto's second-term calculus
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  33. 09 Jun
    Kenya's missing-children panic and the AI layoff reversal: two snapshots of a fraying social contract
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  34. 09 Jun
    Iran says US visa block on World Cup delegation is 'political' as fan-ticket row deepens
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  35. 09 Jun
    Khan's suspension leaves the ICC's most consequential warrant in limbo
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  36. 09 Jun
    Gachagua rejects Sh50m court award, vows to rally 10 million against Ruto in 2027
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  37. 09 Jun
    PPE shortage threatens to widen Congo's Ebola outbreak as medics plead for basics
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  38. 08 Jun
    US-Backed Sudan Political Track Gains Backing, but Conflict on the Ground Outpaces Diplomacy
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  39. 08 Jun
    Two words on Telegram: what 'Thank you, Ghana' actually means
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  40. 08 Jun
    Drone Strikes on North Kordofan Market Kill 15 Civilians as Sudan's War Enters a New Phase of Dispersal
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  41. 08 Jun
    A Somali referee, a World Cup, and a U.S. border that said no
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 7 min
  42. 08 Jun
    Nigeria Prepares to Evacuate Citizens From South Africa as Xenophobic Tensions Resurface
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 5 min
  43. 08 Jun
    Kenya moves to sell eCitizen's non-personal data — and tests African data sovereignty in the process
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 7 min
  44. 08 Jun
    Kenya's housing pledge to Harambee Stars lands on a captain's camera roll
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 4 min
  45. 08 Jun
    Kenya's Conservation Crossroads: Maraga Arrest Tests Line Between Activism and State Power
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  46. 08 Jun
    Ebola count climbs in eastern Congo as WHO chief urges Uganda to reopen the border
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  47. 08 Jun
    Ebola crosses a line: WHO chief in Uganda as DRC's Ituri outbreak tests a regional health order
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 5 min
  48. 08 Jun
    Congress pushes for inquiry into Israeli strike on US-flagged vessel off African coast
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 7 min
  49. 07 Jun
    Ruto's Gor Mahia pledge: a Sh10 million gesture and a structural question
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  50. 07 Jun
    Hezbollah denies direct US channel as Trump claim draws public rebuttal
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  51. 07 Jun
    Cairo's table, Gaza's count: the wire–regional gap behind the 7 June talks
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  52. 07 Jun
    A Berlin discharge, an Atlanta warning, and the post-2014 health order
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  53. 06 Jun
    Uganda–DRC Ebola border shutdown exposes the architecture of an outbreak
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  54. 06 Jun
    Kenya's twin governance test: fertility clinics and schools in the same bottleneck
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · Africa · 6 min
  55. 06 Jun
    Charité's Ebola cure, the DRC's 488 cases: who global health is built to save
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  56. 05 Jun
    Russia steps back into the Iran–US file, telling Washington to 'factor in Tehran's interests'
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · Africa · 6 min
  57. 05 Jun
    Kenya's twin watchdogs move on tender cartels, in a test for joint enforcement
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · Africa · 7 min
  58. 05 Jun
    Bamako jails French diplomat for 20 years as Mali–France ties reach the floor
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  59. 04 Jun
    The South Delhi fire and the South-to-South migrants it left in the gap
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · South Asia / West Africa · 6 min
  60. 04 Jun
    Sputnik Africa asks African readers to 'change their algorithms'
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Africa · 6 min
  61. 04 Jun
    Kenya's state lenders push for a unified law as global savings architecture wobbles
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  62. 04 Jun
    Islamic State-linked attack in North Kivu hits Ebola response head-on
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  63. 04 Jun
    Burial team attacked as Congo's latest Ebola outbreak frays
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 7 min
  64. 03 Jun
    Rubio floats single-point coordinator for Africa Ebola response
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  65. 03 Jun
    Rubio admits UAE and Saudi involvement in Sudan — and Washington is still calling the Gulf its partner
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  66. 03 Jun
    Kenya's Diaspora, on the Record: Reading Ruto's South Africa Memorandum
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 7 min
  67. 03 Jun
    Kenya's missing children, in Daily Nation's 3 June coverage
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 5 min
  68. 03 Jun
    The narrow door: when Kenyan workers can — and cannot — sue their ex-employers
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Africa · 6 min
  69. 03 Jun
    Iran's Nairobi embassy denounces Israel and the UN in Al Alam Telegram posts
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  70. 03 Jun
    INEC's Data Leak and the Cost of Nigeria's Electoral Secrecy
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  71. 03 Jun
    Danon reaches for Boko Haram at the UN — and Africa reads the receipt
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  72. 03 Jun
    Algeria returns to the 2026 World Cup, with a security picture still being assembled
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  73. 02 Jun
    Washington Steps Back as Capital Steps In: Visa Restrictions and the Race for Africa's EV Future
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Africa · 5 min
  74. 02 Jun
    Two Dead in Kenya as Communities Push Back Against US-Backed Ebola Facility
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · east-africa · 5 min
  75. 02 Jun
    South Africa Police Open Murder Inquiry After Two Mozambican Men Killed in Mossel Bay
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  76. 02 Jun
    Xenophobia and data breaches expose South Africa's institutional fracture lines
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · Southern Africa · 4 min
  77. 02 Jun
    Rubio Signals Single-Envoy Approach as Uganda Ebola Cases Climb to Six
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · east africa · 5 min
  78. 02 Jun
    India's Mahindra Revs Its Global Ambition With EV Pivot and New Pickup Line
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · south-asia · 4 min
  79. 02 Jun
    Lebanese Christian Federation Sparks Sectarian Outrage as Lebanon's Political Temperature Rises
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min
  80. 02 Jun
    Kenya's Health Authority Leaves Teenage Mothers Locked in Hospitals by Debt
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · East Africa · 4 min
  81. 02 Jun
    Kenya's Deadly Rejection of US Ebola Facility Exposes Fault Lines in Global Health Sovereignty
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  82. 02 Jun
    Kenya's Ebola Outbreak Tests Washington's Health Diplomacy — and Finds Local Resistance
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · Africa · 6 min
  83. 02 Jun
    Ruto Defends US Ebola Facility at Laikipia Base as Legal and Local Opposition Mounts
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
  84. 02 Jun
    Kenya's new health scheme reaches teenage mothers — but only if they register
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  85. 02 Jun
    Israeli Arms Industry Caps Five-Year Surge with Record $19.2 Billion Export Year
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
  86. 02 Jun
    Iran and Egypt Hold First Confirmed Diplomatic Contact Since Gaza Tensions Escalated
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 4 min
  87. 02 Jun
    Ebola Outbreak in DRC Shows Signs of Contraction as Kenyan Court Orders Disclosure of US-Linked Facility Agreements
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · east-africa · 5 min
  88. 02 Jun
    Content, Capital, and the Platformization of African Economic Life
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Africa · 6 min
  89. 02 Jun
    Congo Reopens Airport as Ebola Resurgence Tests Global Health Architecture
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 5 min
  90. 02 Jun
    Bundibugyo Ebola: On the Frontline in Eastern DR Congo
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · central-africa · 3 min
  91. 01 Jun
    WHO chief in Kinshasa as health experts warn months of undetected Ebola transmission may have seeded new outbreak
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 5 min
  92. 01 Jun
    Sky Group Exits Sky News Arabia Over Coverage of UAE Role in Sudan Conflict
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 min
  93. 01 Jun
    Ruto's Dual Reform Gambit: Documentation and the STEM Bet
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · East Africa · 5 min
  94. 01 Jun
    Ruto's Northern Kenya Apology Exposes Decades of Structural Exclusion
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · East Africa · 6 min
  95. 01 Jun
    Kenya Anti-American Sentiment Targets US Ebola Quarantine Plan as Laikipia Community Rises Up
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · kenya · 5 min
  96. 01 Jun
    Kenya Pushes Back Against US Ebola Quarantine Plan as Hundreds Rally in Nanyuki
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 4 min
  97. 01 Jun
    Kenyans Push Back Against US-Backed Ebola Quarantine Plan
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · east-africa · 5 min
  98. 01 Jun
    Iranian Embassy Tweet Heightens Pressure on South Africa as Pick n Pay Breach Complicates Regional Picture
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  99. 01 Jun
    Ethiopia Holds Election Day — But One Fifth of Its Population Cannot Vote
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Horn of Africa · 4 min
  100. 01 Jun
    Ethiopia Votes Under Shadow of Unrest as Abiy Eyes Dominant Election Win
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · Horn of Africa · 5 min
  101. 01 Jun
    Egypt's Cairo-diplomacy pivot: new push to defuse Lebanon tensions
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
  102. 01 Jun
    Ethiopia's consensus election: what a one-party vote tells us about democratic backsliding in the Horn
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  103. 01 Jun
    Ethiopia's Election Plays Out Against a Backdrop of Conflict and Consolidated Power
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  104. 01 Jun
    Congo's Ebola caseload reaches 282 as outbreak strains response capacity
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · central-africa · 4 min
  105. 01 Jun
    Congo Ebola outbreak crosses 280 confirmed cases as Brazil isolates two suspected patients
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 5 min
  106. 01 Jun
    Brazil Isolates Suspected Ebola Cases as Congo Outbreak Surpasses 1,000 Infections
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · latin-america-africa · 5 min
  107. 01 Jun
    Blood Reagent Shortage Cripples North Rift Hospitals as Kenya's Health Supply Chains Fray
    africa · Moemedi Michael Poncana · East Africa · 5 min
  108. 01 Jun
    Brazil Clears Two Suspected Ebola Cases as Global Health Surveillance Holds Its Nerve
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 5 min
  109. 01 Jun
    Algeria Condemns Israeli Incursions Into Lebanon, Calls on UN to Act
    africa · Monexus Staff Writer · north-africa · 5 min