Seven survivors and relatives of victims of a bloody 2021 jihadist attack near a major gas field in northern Mozambique have launched legal action against France’s TotalEnergies, accusing it of failing to protect its subcontractors, their lawyers said Tuesday.Islamic State-linked militants killed dozens of people when they attacked the Mozambican port town of Palma on …
The French army said Tuesday it had begun withdrawing its troops from Niger after being ordered out of the country by the leaders of a coup that ousted a pro-Paris president.The move kicks off a complex and sensitive process that Paris expects to be completed by the end of the year, drawing the curtain on …
French troops begin leaving coup-hit NigerTue, 10 Oct 2023 12:16:33 GMT Read More »
Liberians began voting Tuesday on whether to give football legend George Weah a second term as president, with peace among voters’ main concerns in a nation still scarred by back-to-back civil wars.An hour before polling got under way at 0800 GMT, hundreds of people were already waiting to cast their ballots at voting stations, mostly …
Liberia’s football superstar president runs for re-electionTue, 10 Oct 2023 08:46:41 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s Rugby World Cup success in 2019 was littered with iconic images from during and after the tournament win.Captain Siya Kolisi lifting the Webb Ellis trophy to wild celebrations across the country are two examples, but memories of the Springboks’ simple, clinical, well-executed gameplan also stick in the mind.Rassie Erasmus had only been head …
Clashes have intensified in DR Congo’s east where the national army has deployed in areas it was chased out of at the start of the year, the United Nations and local sources said Monday.After a six-month lull, fighting resumed this month between local armed groups and the M23 rebel movement in North Kivu province, said …
Fighting intensifies in east DR CongoMon, 09 Oct 2023 20:20:03 GMT Read More »
International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva called Monday for wealthy nations to provide more support to debt-saddled developing countries, as she opened the first IMF-World Bank meetings on African soil in 50 years.The week-long talks in the southern Moroccan city of Marrakesh come as the IMF and World Bank are facing calls to reform in …
IMF, World Bank hold first meetings in Africa in 50 yearsMon, 09 Oct 2023 17:34:54 GMT Read More »
A Kenyan court on Monday temporarily suspended a government plan to send police to Haiti on a UN-backed mission aiming to restore calm to the gang-infested Caribbean nation. The UN Security Council last week approved a Kenyan-led multinational security force for the troubled country, with Nairobi promising 1,000 police officers. But a Nairobi court granted an interim …
Kenya court puts Haiti deployment on temporary holdMon, 09 Oct 2023 15:42:51 GMT Read More »
Guinea international Serhou Guirassy broke a Bundesliga record shared by Robert Lewandowski and the late Gerd Muller when he scored a hat-trick to lift his goal tally to 13 from seven matches.The 27-year-old netted three times at the weekend for second-placed Stuttgart, whose 3-1 win over Wolfsburg kept them one point behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen.Polish star …
The UK government on Monday insisted that Rwanda is an appropriate place to deport failed asylum seekers, as it tried to overturn a court ruling that the policy is unlawful.Three appeal court judges in London blocked the controversial plan in June, assessing that the African nation could not be considered a safe, third country.At the …
Rwanda ‘safe’ for deported asylum seekers: UK court toldMon, 09 Oct 2023 13:23:39 GMT Read More »
At least 27 people have been killed after heavy rains caused a section of a hillside covered in precariously built houses to collapse in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde.Rescuers were still searching for victims on Monday after the landslide happened in the district of Mbankolo, northwest of Yaounde, on Sunday evening. Landslides are frequent during the rainy season …
Landslide triggered by heavy rain kills 27 in CameroonMon, 09 Oct 2023 12:40:51 GMT Read More »
