Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has won re-election in the first round of a ballot boycotted by nearly all opposition candidates in the Indian Ocean island nation, the election commission said Saturday.  Rajoelina won 58.95 percent of the votes cast in the November 16 presidential election, according to the results presented by the poll body which need …
Conflict-weary Somalia on Friday became the eighth member of the East African Community (EAC) in a move hailed as a milestone for the troubled Horn of Africa country.Somalia’s population of 17 million will boost the EAC’s market to more than 300 million people as the bloc seeks to expand free trade across the region.Its admission …
Somalia joins East Africa trade bloc in ‘milestone’Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:24:07 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison in January after he was granted parole on Friday, a decade after he shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a crime that gripped the world, prison authorities said. Steenkamp’s mother, who had said she did not believe the ex-athlete was rehabilitated for he had …
South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison in January after he was granted parole on Friday, a decade after he shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a crime that gripped the world, prison authorities said. A parole board reviewing whether Pistorius, 37, was fit for social reintegration had decided to allow …
South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius on Friday sought early release from prison, a decade after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, despite her mother telling his parole hearing that he had “not been rehabilitated”.Steenkamp’s mother is not opposing parole. But in a statement to the board assessing whether Pistorius should be released, June Steenkamp said …
Tiktoker Murja Kunya once ran afoul of sharia police in Nigeria’s northwest city of Kano, where “hisbah” units enforce Islamic law that runs alongside common law.Earlier this year, the units detained Kunya and other influencers for racy media posts and parodies the agency deemed indecent.But now the morality police are trying a softer approach to …
“Thirty years I’ve been in cocoa — and this is the worst season yet,” said Siaka Sylla as he contemplated an almost empty warehouse at his cooperative in Ivory Coast, the world’s top producer of the bean.Following exceptionally heavy rain, this year’s overall harvest of cocoa, used to manufacture  chocolate, is set to be very …
Top producer Ivory Coast fears for cocoa output after rainsFri, 24 Nov 2023 07:16:17 GMT Read More »
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius could be granted early release from prison on Friday, a decade after he killed his girlfriend in a crime that gripped the world.  Pistorius, 37, is to appear before a parole board at a correctional centre outside Pretoria where he is currently detained. After a hearing, the board is to …
Niger’s military ruler General Abdourahamane Tiani on Thursday met with his counterparts in Mali and Burkina Faso in his first international visits since seizing power in July.Niger’s neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso — which are ruled by military leaders who seized power in 2020 and 2022, respectively — have pledged solidarity with Niger’s coup leaders.Tiani …
Niger’s military ruler General Abdourahamane Tiani on Thursday arrived in Mali to meet his counterpart Colonel Assimi Goita in his first international visit since seizing power in July, an AFP journalist noted.Niger’s neighbours, Mali and Burkina Faso — which are ruled by military leaders who seized power in 2020 and 2022, respectively — have pledged …
Niger coup leader visits Mali in first foreign tripThu, 23 Nov 2023 18:19:33 GMT Read More »
