South African former president Jacob Zuma said Sunday his new party would join an opposition alliance to coordinate resistance to the government, while maintaining its challenge to the general election results.The MK said it would join a newly formed parliamentary grouping includes several mostly leftist opposition parties represented in parliament.Called the “Progressive Caucus” it is …

Zuma’s party joins S.African opposition allianceSun, 16 Jun 2024 20:11:43 GMT Read More »

South African former president Jacob Zuma said Sunday his new party would join an opposition alliance to coordinate resistance to the government, while maintaining its challenge to the general election results.”The 2024 elections were rigged” the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party spokesman Nhlamulo Ndhlela said, reading out a statement on behalf of the 82-year-old ex-leader.”We have …

S.Africa Zuma vows to continue to fight ‘rigged’ electionsSun, 16 Jun 2024 19:05:52 GMT Read More »

Pope Francis on Sunday deplored a surge of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the victims of which he said included many Christians who had been killed for their faith.”Painful news continues to arrive of clashes and massacres in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo,” the 87-year-old pontiff said at the …

Pope appeals for halt to DR Congo violenceSun, 16 Jun 2024 11:25:00 GMT Read More »

In a second-hand shop in the suburbs of Senegal’s capital, Seynabou Sarr is inundated with orders days before West Africa’s largest Muslim festival of Tabaski.Sarr, 30, constantly answers calls while showing customers second-hand boubous — a traditional robe worn by both men and women at religious or ceremonial occasions.Tabaski — marked by most Senegalese on …

Senegalese eye elegance for Eid at half the priceSun, 16 Jun 2024 04:20:03 GMT Read More »

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, re-elected for a second term after his weakened ANC lost its outright majority, will announce an “inclusive” cabinet, the party said Saturday.The African National Congress (ANC)’s Ramaphosa will lead what the party calls a government of national unity after the May 29 general election produced no outright winner.Congratulatory messages continued …

S.Africa’s Ramaphosa to announce ‘inclusive’ coalition cabinetSat, 15 Jun 2024 17:33:54 GMT Read More »

Flooding and landslides have killed eight people in Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s biggest city, after heavy downpours, an updated report published by the fire service said Saturday.Roads were cut off as rain fell on Thursday afternoon in most areas of the city with a population of six million.In its latest statement, the fire brigade said 18 …

Eight dead after heavy rains hit Ivory CoastSat, 15 Jun 2024 14:53:15 GMT Read More »

At a muddy market in a city district in Ivory Coast, hundreds of animals are lined up to be sacrificed for this Sunday’s Muslim festival of Eid.An overwhelming majority of the livestock at the market in Adjame in Abidjan come from the Sahel — a region shaken by crises that are disrupting supplies to Ivory …

I.Coast relies on livestock from crisis-hit Sahel for EidSat, 15 Jun 2024 14:29:15 GMT Read More »

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected for a second term after his humbled ANC cobbled together an unprecedented coalition government.Lawmakers in Cape Town voted overwhelmingly on Friday to put Ramaphosa, 71, back in office for another five years after the May 29 general election produced no outright winner. “I am humbled and honoured that you, …

South Africa’s Ramaphosa re-elected after coalition dealSat, 15 Jun 2024 09:40:07 GMT Read More »

The military strongman in the east of divided Libya, Khalifa Haftar, has named one of his sons as army chief, tightening his family’s grip on the oil-rich region.Saddam Haftar is the third of the field marshal’s six sons to assume a key post, and experts see it as a sign the 81-year-old patriarch is preparing …

Strongman Haftar and sons tighten grip on eastern LibyaSat, 15 Jun 2024 07:54:56 GMT Read More »

The United States on Friday announced another $315 million for hungry Sudanese as it pressed the warring sides to end obstruction of aid, warning that a famine of historic proportions could unfold without urgent action.The assistance will include food and drinking water, as well as malnutrition emergency screening and treatment for children. It comes as estimates …

US ramps up Sudan aid, warns of risk of historic famineFri, 14 Jun 2024 19:25:07 GMT Read More »