Rescuers and onlookers cheered and applauded Saturday as a survivor emerged after 116 hours from underneath the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa, with the tragedy having killed at least 13.”It is a miracle that we have all been hoping for,” Western Cape provincial premier Alan Winde said on X, formerly Twitter.An apartment …
Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo was named on Friday as his party’s candidate for a 2025 presidential election even though he is banned from running because of a 20-year jail term.Gbagbo, the West African nation’s president from 2000 to 2011, was the first former head of state to face a crimes against humanity trial …
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visited Nigeria on Friday as part of his promotion of the Invictus Games, the sporting event he founded for wounded military veterans.The couple arrived Friday in the capital Abuja where they visited a school to open an event on mental health for students there in a trip that …
Prince Harry, Meghan visit Nigeria for Invictus driveFri, 10 May 2024 20:57:55 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s top court started hearing an appeal on Friday to have former president Jacob Zuma declared ineligible to stand for parliament in a politically charged legal showdown set to raise tensions before the tightest election in decades.Zuma, 82, is fronting uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a new opposition party that has become a potential disrupter in …
S.Africa’s top court hears critical Zuma election caseFri, 10 May 2024 16:56:23 GMT Read More »
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visited Nigeria on Friday as part of his promotion of the Invictus Games, the sporting event he founded for wounded military veterans.The couple arrived Friday in the Nigerian capital Abuja where they visited a school to open an event on mental health for students there in a trip …
Prince Harry, Meghan visit Nigeria for Invictus driveFri, 10 May 2024 16:03:22 GMT Read More »
Twenty-six migrants who set sail from Guinea have died off the coast of Senegal when their boat sank, Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah said Friday, adding that his West African country was experiencing a  migration “haemorrhage”.”We have officially recorded around 26 deaths so far,” with most of the victims leaving from the Matam district of …
Chadian soldiers deployed on Friday in large numbers across several districts of the capital after late-night celebrations marked the presidential election victory of junta leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.Even before the official results gave Deby more than 61 percent in Monday’s ballot, the presidential guard had parked many armoured vehicles on major junctions and …
The death toll from a building collapse in South Africa climbed Friday to 12 with 40 people still unaccounted for, four days after the structure came crashing down.The tragedy struck Monday afternoon when an apartment block under construction crumbled while a crew of 81 were on site in the southern city of George.Authorities said three …
S.Africa building collapse death toll rises to 12Fri, 10 May 2024 13:22:50 GMT Read More »
Chadian soldiers deployed on Friday in large numbers across several districts of the capital after late-night celebrations marked the presidential election victory of junta leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.Even before the official results gave Deby more than 61 percent in Monday’s ballot, the presidential guard had parked many armoured vehicles on major junctions and …
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visited Nigeria on Friday as part of his promotion of the Invictus Games, the sporting event he founded for wounded military veterans.The couple arrived Friday in the Nigerian capital Abuja where they visited a school to open an event on mental health for students there.Greeted by a drum …
Prince Harry, Meghan visit NigeriaFri, 10 May 2024 11:57:42 GMT Read More »
