Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya said she is “not going to be ashamed because I am different” as she focuses on her long-running dispute with athletics authorities. The South African, who is classed as having “differences in sexual development (DSD)” but has always been legally identified as female, has refused to take drugs to reduce her …

Olympic champion Semenya ‘not ashamed’ to be differentTue, 07 Nov 2023 11:23:38 GMT Read More »

Gunmen from criminal gangs have killed 13 Islamic seminary pupils during a ceremony celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammed in northwest Nigeria’s Katsina state, a local official said Tuesday. Katsina is one of several states in northwestern and central Nigeria terrorised by criminal gangs, locally known as bandits, who raid villages, kill and abduct residents as …

Gunmen kill 13 Islamic school pupils in northwest NigeriaTue, 07 Nov 2023 10:39:09 GMT Read More »

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) agreed Monday to rule on the case of double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya, who has been barred from competing over her refusal to take medication to lower her testosterone levels.The 32-year-old South African athlete won a long legal battle in July against Switzerland …

Semenya case set for ECHR Grand Chamber final rulingTue, 07 Nov 2023 01:08:20 GMT Read More »

Many Congolese accuse UN forces of failing in their mission and want them to leave, but the peacekeepers deployed for the new “Springbok” operation say they are determined to protect civilians against rampaging rebels.With the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), the UN’s MONUSCO mission organised Monday a press tour from Goma, …

UN force deploys for operation ‘Springbok’ to save DR Congo civliansMon, 06 Nov 2023 20:09:31 GMT Read More »

Jihadists have killed at least 11 farmers and several others are missing after an attack on rice fields in Nigeria’s northeast Borno State, anti-jihadist militia and residents said Monday.Farmers are often targeted by Islamist militants waging a 14-year conflict in Nigeria’s northeast, where 40,000 people have been killed and more than two million displaced since …

Jihadists kill at least 11 farmers in northeast NigeriaMon, 06 Nov 2023 17:42:17 GMT Read More »

Guinea’s ruling junta has purged 58 members of the security services and called for calm after a jailbreak saw armed commandos pluck ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara from prison and left nine dead.Heavily armed men burst into the prison in the capital Conakry early Saturday, taking Camara and three former senior officials who are on trial …

Guinea junta purges security services after ex-dictator’s jailbreakMon, 06 Nov 2023 16:08:47 GMT Read More »

Separatist rebels on Monday killed around 20 people, including women and children, in an attack on a village in one of Cameroon’s restive anglophone regions, the government said.The overnight assault occurred at Egbekaw village, western Cameroon, the scene of deadly clashes between rebels and government forces for seven years.”There were men, women and children, more …

About 20 killed in Cameroon separatist attackMon, 06 Nov 2023 14:43:15 GMT Read More »

More than 1.6 million children aged under five will suffer from malnutrition next year in South Sudan, following a surge in waterborne diseases due to flooding, the UN’s World Food Programme said Monday.The world’s newest nation has endured deadly conflict, natural disasters, economic malaise and relentless political infighting since it won independence from Sudan in …

S.Sudan floods leave 1.6 million children at risk of hunger: UNMon, 06 Nov 2023 14:29:15 GMT Read More »

At least nine people were killed during a weekend jailbreak in Guinea that saw armed commandos briefly pluck ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara from prison, officials said on Monday.Heavily armed men burst into the prison in the capital Conakry early on Saturday, taking Camara and three other former officials who are on trial alongside him over …

Nine dead in Guinea ex-dictator jailbreak: prosecutorMon, 06 Nov 2023 11:11:37 GMT Read More »

At least 15 people have died in Kenya as floods swept away scores of houses and devastated farmland following torrential rains, the Red Cross said on Monday. Heavy rainfall has pounded the country, particularly the bone-dry north, in recent days, and sent water gushing into homes and submerging roads, with similar scenes playing out across other …

15 killed as flooding hits KenyaMon, 06 Nov 2023 10:21:55 GMT Read More »