US President Joe Biden is rolling out the red carpet Thursday for his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto with a diplomacy-heavy state visit and a lavish White House dinner with all the trimmings.It is the first state visit to Washington by an African leader in more than 15 years. As Biden seeks to counter geopolitical headwinds across …

Biden woos Kenya’s President Ruto with key state visitThu, 23 May 2024 10:21:31 GMT Read More »

Influential Ethiopian women’s rights activist Betelehem Akalework says she has been forced to move home twice in two years after enduring a barrage of online abuse, death threats and physical harassment.She and her colleagues use social media to advocate for gender equality online by challenging gender norms and attitudes towards women in Ethiopia, Africa’s second …

‘Normalised and invisible’: online abuse targets Ethiopian womenThu, 23 May 2024 05:46:40 GMT Read More »

General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, who has led Chad’s junta for the last three years, is to be sworn in Thursday after an election victory hotly contested by opposition parties in the north-central African nation.Deby officially won 61 percent of the May 6 vote international NGOs said was neither credible nor free, and which his …

Chad junta leader to be sworn in as elected presidentThu, 23 May 2024 05:40:24 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s ruling ANC faces its toughest electoral challenge yet at next week’s parliamentary vote, but the fierce loyalty of its remaining supporters should save it from a humiliating rout.Thirty years after the advent of democracy, many voters are disillusioned by the African National Congress’s record in office, but millions are not willing to let …

‘Blinded by love’, some S. Africans keep faith in ANCThu, 23 May 2024 03:10:28 GMT Read More »

Wearing a yellow garbage collector’s hi-viz vest, political science graduate Tumelo Georgy joined a small protest outside the headquarters of a Johannesburg waste management firm.Having worked under a short-term contract for a few months, he missed out on a recent hiring round and is now, once again, among the millions of South Africans out of …

No jobs and little hope daunt S. Africa voteThu, 23 May 2024 03:05:11 GMT Read More »

Springbok front row Vincent Koch believes it will be a “surreal moment” when South Africa’s Sharks face Gloucester in Friday’s European Challenge Cup final in London.Both the Sharks, the first South African side to reach a European club rugby union final, and English Premiership strugglers Gloucester will be looking to put poor domestic seasons behind …

Sharks star Koch relishing ‘surreal’ European rugby finalThu, 23 May 2024 02:56:16 GMT Read More »

Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday opened the first state visit to Washington by an African leader in more than 15 years as President Joe Biden seeks to counter geopolitical headwinds across the continent.Biden welcomed his Kenyan counterpart at the White House and then joined him meeting business leaders ahead of Thursday’s formal portion of …

Biden fetes Kenyan leader as Africa competition growsWed, 22 May 2024 20:54:25 GMT Read More »

Guinean prosecutors on Wednesday demanded life sentences for former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and six other military or government officials over a 2009 massacre, saying they were guilty of crimes against humanity.The chief prosecutor, Alghassimou Diallo, denied the defendants any mitigating circumstances, pointing to their lack of regret since the landmark trial began in September …

Prosecutors demand life imprisonment for Guinea ex-dictator Dadis CamaraWed, 22 May 2024 19:11:43 GMT Read More »

Guinea’s military-dominated government has banned four major private radio stations and one private television channel, the ministry of information said on Wednesday.The operating licences of radio stations FIM FM, Radio Espace FM, Sweet FM and Djoma FM, as well as Djoma TV, were withdrawn over a “failure to comply with the content of the specifications”, …

Guinea junta bans four radio stations and a TV channelWed, 22 May 2024 16:49:47 GMT Read More »

Kenyan President William Ruto meets President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday for the first state visit by an African leader in 15 years — and at a time when the US faces geopolitical headwinds across the continent.Biden will greet his Kenyan counterpart and join him in a meeting with business leaders ahead …

Biden hosts Kenyan leader in state visitWed, 22 May 2024 16:45:49 GMT Read More »