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By Mkhululi Chimoio When South Africa assumed the G20 Presidency on 1 December 2024, it did more than just put on a diplomatic mantle: it acquired a historic chance to reshape global economic and political discourses through an African…
Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall have supercharged the breeding of sandflies that spread kala-azar, a neglected tropical disease, putting residents of Turkana county at risk.
A sophisticated Ponzi scheme masquerading as an electric scooter investment platform targeted 50,000 victims across the African diaspora, leveraging deepfake technology and cryptocurrency to evade detection. By Hassan Isilow
42 men from Gallari, a community in North East Nigeria, were arbitrarily detained by the military. Three of them have finally regained freedom. Two returned with severe health problems, while the third is completely blind. According to…
Three Syrian cargo vessels have been accused of trafficking in grain stolen from Russia-occupied Ukraine. Newly uncovered documents link the Seychelles company behind them to an apparent front for the regime of deposed dictator Bashar…
By Delilah Paulo
Raila Amollo Odinga, who has died at the age of 80, was something of a paradox in post-independence Kenyan politics. A leader who repeatedly ran for president, he never won – in part due to the 2007 election being manipulated in favour of…
When Brian Odhiambo, a fisherman, disappeared after allegedly being caught fishing, it revealed a darker reality: wildlife rangers accused of violence, abductions, and abuse of power. Families now live in fear, demanding answers as illegal…
By Charles Mafa, Samuel Baker Byansi, Elizabeth BanyiTabi, Eric Mugendi, William Moige, Josephine Chinele, Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, Beloved John and Evelyn Groenink
By William Moige
The transnational investigation into the recruitment of African young women for Russia’s Alabuga drone site was conducted by investigative journalists from seven African countries. They are featured below. Charles Mafa began the…
By Emmanuel Mutaizibwa
By Josephine Chinele
Ten years ago, Owino Uhuru, an informal settlement in Mombasa, shocked the world when residents were found to be dying from lead poisoning, with both national and county governments fully aware. After a long legal battle, the court awarded…
By Samuel Baker BYANSI
By Elizabeth BanyiTabi
Young Africans recruited from at least fifteen African countries were promised good salaries and skills training, but once there, they were often trapped, facing dangerous working conditions, strict surveillance, and difficulties returning…
By Marché Arends and Kathryn Cleary This investigation was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Artificial Intelligence Accountability Network On the surface, the South African job market looks busy; scrolling through jobs on LinkedIn…
By Uri Ludger There was a thorough security check at the entrance to the University of Nairobi’s Taifa Hall that morning. Pretty standard for an event of this magnitude, I suppose. Still, something about the unforgiving rummaging through…
By Mkhululi Chimoio Three decades after the transition to democracy, South Africa’s land reform process remains a central but contentious issue, a reminder of deep rooted Apartheid-era policies and the inequalities that these policies…
In this investigation, Ukweli Coalition Media Hub, an investigative platform specialising in the Great Lakes region, in partnership with Afrique XXI and Africa Uncensored, has uncovered a vast cocoa bean trafficking network between eastern…
A surge in private equity funding for hospitals left a trail of crushing debts, patient detentions and broken promises. By Ben Dooley and Micah Reddy This story was produced in partnership with the International Consortium of Investigative…
