A smart wheelchair system built by a team of young Tunisian women engineers has reached the finals for a prestigious European inventors’ prize, setting a hopeful precedent in a country embroiled in multiple crises.Their project, Moovobrain, allows wheelchair users to move through a choice of touchpad, voice command, facial gestures or, most impressively, a headset …
Kenyan police will deploy to quell gang violence in Haiti probably within weeks, the east African country’s President William Ruto said on Sunday, despite court challenges that delayed the mission.Kenya is aiming to lead a UN-backed mission to secure the Caribbean nation, stricken by violence, poverty and political instability.The east African nation is scheduled to …
Kenyan police to deploy to Haiti within weeks: RutoSun, 09 Jun 2024 17:25:28 GMT Read More »
South Africa captain Siya Kolisi is one 12 players from the matchday 23 who won the Rugby World Cup last year who will not be considered for a one-off Test against Wales at Twickenham on June 22, SA Rugby announced on Sunday. Just 11 of the side that edged New Zealand 12-11 at the Stade de …
Vincent Aboubakar scored twice as Cameroon shrugged off a chaotic build-up to trounce Cape Verde 4-1 on Saturday in a 2026 World Cup qualifier in Yaounde.The veteran forward hitb two as the Indomitable Lions built a 3-1 half-time lead after Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui had put the home team ahead in a Group D matchday three clash. Nouhou …
Three American suspects in what the Congolese army called an attempted coup in Kinshasa last month committed acts “punishable by death”, a court heard on Friday as their trial opened.Marcel Malanga and Taylor Christian Thomson, both 21, and 36-year-old Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun are among 50 defendants in the case and were the first to stand …
Judge tells DRC ‘coup’ trial acts ‘punishable by death’Fri, 07 Jun 2024 21:51:12 GMT Read More »
Football lightweights Lesotho stole the World Cup qualifying show in Africa on Friday, topping the table in a group including powerhouses South Africa and Nigeria. Lesotho, ranked 149th in the world, upset Zimbabwe 2-0 in Soweto to lead Group C, and remained there after Nigeria and South Africa drew 1-1 in Uyo six hours later.In …
Authorities have arrested five Nigeriens at a port in Benin, accusing them of entering the site fraudulently, the latest in a tit-for-tat row between the West African nations.The Nigeriens were arrested late on Wednesday at the port of Seme-Kpodji, which has become a flashpoint in relations between the neighbours. Landlocked Niger runs a pipeline from …
Benin arrests five Nigeriens in rumbling border rowFri, 07 Jun 2024 15:03:05 GMT Read More »
Plans by South Africa’s ANC to form a government of national unity after last week’s general election met a cool reception on Friday, with some potential partners reserving judgement or appearing hostile to the idea.President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress won 40 percent of the vote — its lowest score ever — and for the …
S.African parties cool towards ANC’s broad coalition planFri, 07 Jun 2024 10:42:10 GMT Read More »
The sun beats down from a cloudless sky on the town of Boundiali, where Ivory Coast’s first solar power plant embodies the drive to embrace clean energy without abandoning fossil fuels.Unlike the wetter, cloudier south, the climate in northern Ivory Coast bordering Burkina Faso and Mali is hot and dry for around eight months of …
Ivory Coast bets on solar in clean energy driveFri, 07 Jun 2024 09:49:23 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said Thursday that his African National Congress (ANC) would seek to form a government of national unity, after failing to win an outright majority in last week’s general election.After hours of deliberations, Ramaphosa said the ANC’s leadership had decided to try to band together with a broad group of opposition …
South Africa’s ANC eyes national unity governmentThu, 06 Jun 2024 21:46:46 GMT Read More »
