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A Motswana in West Africa. Mongwato wa Serowe - Botswana, Southern Africa!

[Global Statistics Wire @stats_wire]

The 10 Safest Countries in Africa (2025)

1. 🇲🇺 Mauritius - 1.586
2. 🇧🇼 Botswana - 1.743
3. 🇳🇦 Namibia - 1.789
4. 🇬🇲 The Gambia - 1.855
5. 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - 1.887
6. 🇲🇬 Madagascar - 1.895
7. 🇬🇭 Ghana - 1.898
8. 🇿🇲 Zambia - 1.914
9. 🇸🇳 Senegal - 1.936
10. 🇱🇷 Liberia - 1.939

Source : Global Peace Index, 2026

📸 Mauritius

[Facts On Rwanda @FactsOnRwanda]

RWANDA

Tonight, Rwanda welcomed the 23rd group of 173 asylum seekers from Libya 🇱🇾 originating from Sudan 🇸🇩 (85) Eritrea 🇪🇷 (66), Somalia 🇸🇴 (2), Ethiopia 🇪🇹 (7) & South Sudan 🇸🇸 (12).

Since September 2019, Rwanda 🇷🇼 has received over 3,000 refugees & asylum seekers from Libya. 2,623 of them have been successfully resettled in third countries.

Rwanda says it remains committed to offering refuge to people in need. #FactsOnRwanda

[Africa Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone]

Africa's Most Visited Countries (2025)

1. Morocco 🇲🇦 - 19.8 million international tourists

2. Egypt 🇪🇬 - 18.6 million

3. Tunisia 🇹🇳 - 11 million

4. South Africa 🇿🇦 - 10.48 million

5. Kenya 🇰🇪 - 2.7 million

6. Tanzania 🇹🇿 - 2.29M

7. Algeria 🇩🇿 - 2M+

8. Uganda 🇺🇬 - 1.64M

9. Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 - 1.6M

10. Rwanda 🇷🇼 - 1.49M

11. Mauritius 🇲🇺 - 1.44M

12. Ghana 🇬🇭 - 1.3M

13. Mozambique 🇲🇿 - 1.27M

14. Cape Verde 🇨🇻 - 1.25M

15. Botswana 🇧🇼 -1.15M

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly speaking facts:

"Africans can’t have their people" at the World Cup because of US travel bans.

Every other team gets their fans. But Global South teams like Senegal get blocked while the West lectures everyone about "inclusion" and "human rights".

This is the same empire that bombs, exploits, and restricts — then cries when others resist.

Football should unite people, not separate them with racist visa policies and double standards.

Stand with Koulibaly. Stand with the fans. Stand with the Global South.

No bows. Just raw truth. 💪🏿🇸🇳

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Alvin Mak, is a designer from the Democratic Republic of Congo whose works has gone viral after the arrival of the DRC players to the 2026 Fifa World Cup, in Houston wearing the classy outfits he designed. The collection includes leopard-embellished suits and leopard bags.

[K.Diallo ☭ @nyeusi_waasi]

Despite spending time in Belgium and later France under quarantine and medical screening measures to ensure they had not contracted Ebola, not a single DR Congo supporter traveling from Kinshasa was granted a U.S. visa for the World Cup. Among them was Michel Nkuka Mboladinga, better known as “Lumumba,” an iconic Leopards supporter who became one of the most recognizable faces of AFCON 2025.

Since the start of this tournament, we have been witnessing clear bias against African countries embedded in visa and immigration systems.

[ÓMÒÉLÉRÍNJÁRÉ @omoelerinjare]

Uber Tried to Take Over the World, but Nigerian Drivers Taught Them a Lesson They’ll Never Forget! 😂

[Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories]

President Bola Tinubu has approved $500 million cash to transform the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos into a major, world-class aviation hub.

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 WORLD CUP SCANDAL: US SLAMS DOOR ON AFRICA'S TOP REFEREE

Somalia's Omar Abdulkadir Artan — first Somali ever selected for the FIFA World Cup, CAF Referee of the Year — arrived in the US with a diplomatic passport and approved visa.

US authorities denied him entry at the airport and sent him back to Turkey. No reason given.

This is the "global game" hosted by America: merit means nothing if your passport comes from the wrong country.

FIFA silent. Africa watching.

Where is the fairness they preach?

[African Hub @AfricanHub_]

South Africa has launched a formal challenge against a fresh U.S. tariff proposal to shield its major export industries from additional pressure.

Washington recently slapped a 30% tariff on South African goods and is now considering an extra 12.5% duty, citing alleged forced labour issues.

Pretoria rejects the claims, pointing to its strong domestic laws prohibiting forced labour and demanding concrete evidence from the United States.

Rather than responding with counter-measures, South Africa is pursuing diplomatic channels to settle the matter and preserve important trade relations between the two countries.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Dr. Muhammad Mashali, lovingly known across Egypt as “The Doctor of the Poor,” never owned a car or a cellphone. He lived without luxury, but spent over 50 years quietly healing thousands of lives.

Every day, he walked the streets of Tanta in Egypt’s Nile Delta to his modest clinic, where patients, rich or poor, were always welcome. Many paid nothing. Some days he treated 40 to 50 people, often covering the cost of their medicine himself.

After graduating with honors in 1967, he made a solemn vow: he would never turn away anyone who couldn’t afford treatment, a promise inspired by watching his father sacrifice everything for his education.

“My reward is not money,” he once said, “it’s the smile of someone whose suffering has ended.”

When a wealthy businessman once gifted him $20,000, a car, and an apartment, Dr. Mashali sold it all and used every penny to buy medical equipment for his patients.

He treated everyone with equal dignity, regardless of religion, status, or background. For more than ten hours a day, he offered not just medicine, but compassion and hope.

Dr. Muhammad Mashali passed away in 2020 at the age of 76, leaving behind no wealth, no grand possessions, only a profound legacy of kindness.

[Mobilisingnigerians™ @mobilisingniger]

Well there is no lie about it and this is for a fact, after the fall of Libya many weapons found their way to the Sahel region and also Nigeria.

Like my Oga @alouibrahim92 used to say, Nigeria must not tackle issues of insecurity in isolation, we need Niger, Chad, Cameroon and even Libya to ensure we get our security right.

[Africa First @AfricaFirsts]

AFRICA AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP - ALL PARTICIPATIONS

🌍 Every African team at every World Cup 🏆

1934 → 🇪🇬 Egypt
1970 → 🇲🇦 Morocco
1974 → 🇨🇩 DR Congo
1978 → 🇹🇳 Tunisia
1982 → 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇨🇲 Cameroon
1986 → 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇲🇦 Morocco
1990 → 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇪🇬 Egypt

1994 → 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇳🇬 Nigeria

1998 → 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇳 Tunisia

2002 → 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇳 Tunisia

2006 → 🇦🇴 Angola 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇳 Tunisia

2010 → 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇿🇦 South Africa

2014 → 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇳🇬 Nigeria

2018 → 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇹🇳 Tunisia

2022 → 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇹🇳 Tunisia

2026 → 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇩 DR Congo 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇳 Tunisia

🌍 2026 will be Africa's biggest ever World Cup - 10 teams qualified

📊 Source: CAF | FIFA

Compiled by Africa First

[Sholla Ard 🇰🇪 @sholard_mancity]

BREAKING:

All the leaks and exposés I Sholla Ard shared yesterday have now been independently confirmed.

About an hour ago, Wicknell Chivayo posted this, further confirming that we were right all along.

✔️ We exposed his trip to South Africa.
✔️ We revealed William Ruto's trip to South Africa.
✔️ Yesterday, we also revealed that the two were set to meet.
Now that the meeting has effectively been confirmed, the next question is: why did they meet? We already have intel.

In the one or two days, we will reveal the purpose of this meeting, what was discussed, and where Cyril Ramaphosa fits into the picture.

Follow me here. We are tracking something much bigger than many people realize.

[Business Insider Africa @BusInsiderSSA]

Gold has overtaken U.S.🇺🇸 Treasuries as the preferred reserve asset for global central banks, now making up 27% of reserves.

African gold-producing nations like Ghana🇬🇭, South Africa🇿🇦, Mali🇲🇱, Burkina Faso🇧🇫, and Tanzania🇹🇿 stand to benefit significantly from this trend.

The surge in gold prices and demand could boost government revenues, export earnings, and investment in mining projects across Africa.

African governments are increasingly purchasing domestically mined gold for reserves to strengthen monetary stability and reduce reliance on foreign currencies.

[welearnSA @welearnSA]

She Held Citizenship and Passports from Nine (9) Different Countries.

​When the apartheid government officially revoked her South African citizenship and banned her records in 1960, they attempted to render her a stateless person without a home or a voice. The international community responded with a stunning act of solidarity. To ensure she could travel the world freely as an ambassador of liberation, nine different countries, including Guinea, Algeria, Ghana, Belgium, and Cuba, granted her honorary citizenship. She traveled internationally carrying multiple diplomatic passports, effectively operating as a citizen of the world.

[Katlego Maseng 🧠 @KatlegoMaseng1]

Meet Thabo Kgomare and his daughter, Lethabo Kgomare — the owners of LeThabo Diamonds 💎.

Their diamond mining company operates across South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Dubai, creating employment for more than 5,000 people.

Black excellence shining through the diamond industry ….👏🏾🇿🇦

[KBC Channel 1 News @KBCChannel1]

President Cyril Ramaphosa: On Ebola, South Africa has made a contribution of five million dollars to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (AUCDC).

#KBCniYetu

[Business Insider Africa @BusInsiderSSA]

US🇺🇸 targets Nigeria🇳🇬, South Africa🇿🇦 and 5 other African economies in new tariff crackdown

The move, announced by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), places Nigeria🇳🇬 alongside Algeria🇩🇿, Egypt🇪🇬, Libya🇱🇾, Angola🇦🇴, Morocco🇲🇦 and South Africa🇿🇦 on a list of economies accused of failing to adequately prohibit or enforce restrictions on goods produced with forced labour.

[Historical Africa @historical_Afr]

Mike Tyson in Egypt: “When Black Africa Unites, the World Will Shake”

The legendary boxer Mike Tyson is making waves again — this time not in the boxing ring, but on the African continent. He recently visited Egypt, where he took a moment to reflect on the rich, often overlooked history and immense potential of Black Africa.

While touring ancient landmarks, Tyson shared his thoughts:

“I went to Egypt to connect with our history as Africans, and one thing I realized is — the day Black Africa truly understands itself and comes together as one, the world will tremble.”

His powerful statement is already igniting discussions across the diaspora, with many seeing it as a crucial call for unity, identity, and shared progress.

Experts suggest that Tyson’s message is incredibly relevant right now, as the African continent is increasingly advocating for economic independence, regional collaboration, and Pan-African unity.