Nigeria has begun evacuating hundreds of its citizens from South Africa following a surge in anti-migrant violence, a move that threatens to damage Pretoria's standing among foreign investors and c…
South Africa has begun commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, with Youth Month observances drawing renewed attention to an employment crisis that locks millions of young people …
Uganda's national rugby sevens team has withdrawn from the Africa 7s tournament after Mauritian authorities refused entry to the Ugandan delegation, citing public health concerns tied to an Ebola o…
A survivor of the West Africa Ebola outbreak has distilled years of crisis response into three words: speed, money, and compassion. Public health economists and business leaders are now treating th…
The Citizen's photographers fanned across South Africa on June 9, 2026, documenting a nation navigating persistent power shortages, volatile currency markets, and cautious investor sentiment. Their…
The first group of Nigerians displaced by xenophobic violence in South Africa are scheduled to arrive in Lagos on Thursday, marking the largest coordinated evacuation effort between the two nations…
Pretoria faces mounting pressure as President Cyril Ramaphosa issued a stern warning that the government must respond decisively to what he described as a convergence of looming threats affecting S…
Officers from the Nigeria Police Force rescued a woman and her twin sons from captivity in Ibadan on June, killing two suspects during the operation. The breakthrough ended a ordeal that had rattle…
Three years after the African Continental Free Trade Area began operating, a familiar proverb has found new resonance among trade ministers in Addis Ababa. "A rooster is not expected to crow for th…
The South African has published an editorial declaring that the proliferation of low-quality AI-generated content represents not a technological failure but a fundamental crisis of human values. Th…
Nigeria's federal government has confirmed it will deploy aircraft to evacuate citizens from South Africa following a surge in xenophobic violence that has targeted Nigerian nationals and other Afr…
A comprehensive new report on Wednesday exposed the scale of youth unemployment in Nigeria, highlighting a crisis that economists warn is reshaping consumer markets, deterring foreign investment, a…
