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The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is again in turmoil as M23 rebels advance; how have decades of conflict affected the people? Bukola Adebayo gives the low-down. context.news/socioeconomic-…

Great insight from Kim Harrisberg ✍️🇿🇦📷 on how mining companies are vying for Africa's critical minerals. Reporter's Notebook - Inside Africa's mining 'speed dating' event context.news/just-transitio…

Cool podcast alert 🎙️🏳️‍🌈 My colleague Sadiya Ansari has been working for months (together with the great team of Radio Workshop) on this podcast on how queer Africans are navigating the risks of online dating – and it’s finally out! 📲 open.spotify.com/episode/0riqWS…

South Africa's new land act has angered the U.S president and divided South Africans. ✍️ Kim Harrisberg explains why. 🔗 context.news/money-power-pe…

"It is true that aid does not always get to the people it's intended for, but the answer is not to stop aid, the answer is to build in more accountability," said Sudanese refugee Yesua. Trump's USAID freeze will lead to deaths, he warns. By Emma Batha context.news/socioeconomic-…

A South African court has dismissed claims of a white genocide in the country as 'clearly imagined'. The ruling comes as US President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk accuse South Africa's government of targeting the country's white minority. bbc.in/41gj7dH

Trump and Ukraine: Where are Europe's critical minerals? bit.ly/4kr2PYy

🇱🇸🇺🇸 During his speech at Congress, President Donald Trump stated that the U.S. would cut aid to Lesotho, calling it an African nation "nobody has ever heard of." We hit the streets of Maseru, the capital city, to hear what locals had to say.

U.S. pulls out of climate finance deal for South Africa, Senegal, and others africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/…

South Africa has said it will not take part in "megaphone diplomacy" following a new social media post by US President Donald Trump repeating his claim that Pretoria was confiscating land. The US leader had frozen financial aid to the country. bbc.in/3DyKvvG

An estimated 400 million people have suffered long COVID since the start of the pandemic five years ago today. But it's not just a health crisis. It's an economic one, costing countries billions of dollars. ✍️ Emma Batha 📹 Rosalind Thacker

What is BEE and what does it have to do with Starlink? Our latest Context News Trusk/Mump explainer on why Starlink is stalling in the birth nation of its founder. Myths, misinformation and "equity equivalents" explained 👇 #ElonMusk context.news/money-power-pe…

The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to decimate African populations, but that didn't happen. Why? ✍️ Bukola Adebayo, Nita Bhalla and Kim Harrisberg ✍️🇿🇦📷 report. 🔗context.news/socioeconomic-…

COVID-19: How did Africa defy the odds with fewer deaths? context.news/socioeconomic-… My latest story with Bukola Adebayo and Kim Harrisberg ✍️🇿🇦📷

From South Africa to the Philippines, Ukraine to Nigeria, frontline workers are scrambling to plug gaps left by USAID funding cuts. How long can these temporary measures last? Latest Context News story with Jo Gill Bukola Adebayo Mariejo S. Ramos context.news/money-power-pe…

"The best among us Afrikaners and other white South Africans join the rallying call against this foreign interference to galvanise our entire society ... Donald Trump and Elon Musk don’t speak for us." by Max du Preez theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

US Senator Jeanne Shaheen: "Last year, the UN found no South Africans were eligible for refugee status. The decision by this administration to put one group at the front of the line is clearly politically motivated and an effort to rewrite history."

Confession: I've never been on a dating app, luckily I found love in a botless place. But Appily ever after seems to be getting bleaker, thanks to AI. ✍️ Kim Harrisberg ✍️🇿🇦📷 Adam Smith context.news/ai/deep-love-o…

Armed with water tests, South African students tackle eco-anxiety context.news/nature/armed-w…

In what sounds like a Black Mirror episode, South African grant beneficiaries are having their bank accounts surveilled and millions are being unfairly rejected based on an automatic test misclassifying them as having more money than they do. context.news/digital-divide…