Chad Williams

Multimedia Journalist, IOL News

African elections in 2022

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Picture: Stringer/REUTERS – Angola’s President and leader of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) ruling party, João Lourenço, casts his vote ...

Unapologetically African: inspired fashion goes viral

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Picture illustration: Timothy Alexander / African News Agency (ANA) – Young Africans are embracing their cultural history by incorporating modern styles with their ...

Implementation, governance key to success of Tigray peace agreement

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Picture: Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo look on as Ethiopian government representative Redwan Hussein shakes ...

Peace for Tigray

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Picture: Kim Ludbrook/EPA-EFE – Members of the Tigrayan Community in South Africa gather outside the United States Embassy calling for an end to their claimed genocide ...

Lesotho’s Matekane promises renewal

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Graphic: Wade Geduldt / African News Agency (ANA) – Lesotho Prime Minister Sam Matekane during his swearing-in ceremony by the country’s by Chief Justice Sakoane ...

African film industry ready and ripe

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Picture: Supplied – Nigerian all-star cast Genoveva Umeh, Kate Henshaw and Deyemi Okanlawon can be seen during a scene in the Netflix movie Blood Sisters. African-created ...

Africans shine in innovation space

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Picture: Grounded Media PR – Zahier Davids, owner of Flywheel Custom Chariots, now drives a green waterless car-wash business. In the past decade, there has been ...

Starvation a reality in the conflict-ridden Sahel region

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Horn of Africa hunger crisis deepens

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Nigeria floods: Crisis exacerbated by climate change

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Picture credit: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde – People sit in front of a submerged building in the Patani community in Nigeria's Delta state. By Chad WilliamsAcross Nigeria, ...

The UN must listen: African leaders have spoken their truth

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‘Dead man’s clothes’ drives new fashion culture in Ghana

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File picture: Nipah Dennis/AFP - Kantamanto is the largest secondhand market in Ghana and it is the go-to place for affordable, stylish clothes that are not only ...

King Charles III must return jewels ‘stolen’ from nations

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By Chad WilliamsIn the wake of the death of England’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, her son Charles, who has since assumed the throne, should do ...

Kenya: Fifth time unlucky for Raila Odinga

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Picture: Supplied - Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila OdingaBy Chad Williams“We have always stood for the rule of the law and the constitution. In this regard, ...

Growing pains of maturing democracies in Africa

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By Chad WilliamsAfrica’s democracy is maturing; that said, with any growth, there are going to be growing pains. Recent elections in Kenya and Angola have shown ...

Naledi Pandor leads South African delegation at TICAD 8

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By Chad WillliamsThe Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8) Summit took place in Tunis, Tunisia from August 27 to 28. TICAD is an ...

Dos Santos laid to rest

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Picture: Jairus Mmutle/GCIS – President Cyril Ramaphosa travelled to the Republic of Angola on Sunday to attend the state funeral service of former president of ...

SADC mulls solutions to regional challenges

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Picture: Elmond Jiyane/GCIS – President Cyril Ramaphosa, second from left, joins other Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government ...

Lesotho elections: whose campaign is it anyway?

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Graphic: Timothy Alexander/ African News Agency (ANA) – The electoral code of conduct aims to among others, promote conditions for free, fair and transparent elections, ...

Is Chad's marriage proposal policy a setback for women's rights?

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By Chad WilliamsCommunities in Africa have over the years dealt with crippling socio-economic issues that have required governments to act accordingly in the interest ...

Kenyan elections: battle for control of State House

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Picture: Monicah Mwangi/Reuters - Various political parties delegates and officials from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) meet at the IEBC ...

Kenyan elections: tough times ahead for country's new leader

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By Chad WilliamsNow that Kenyans have taken to the polls in what has been deemed as one of the most important elections in the country, it remains to be seen who ...

Algeria’s call to join BRICS a game changer for bloc

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Graphic: Timothy Alexander/African News Agency (ANA)By Chad WilliamsThis week, in what is probably one of BRICS’ biggest flexes, Africa’s largest natural gas exporter, ...

Conditions Attached to State Burial for Dos Santos

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Picture: AFP – Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, left, and his wife Ana Paula gesture during the final election campaign rally on August 29, 2012, in Kilamba ...