The son of Ali Bongo Ondimba and several allies of the ousted Gabon president have been charged with high treason and corruption and placed in custody, the state prosecutor told AFP Wednesday.Bongo’s eldest son Noureddin Bongo Valentin and former presidential spokesman Jessye Ella Ekogha, as well as four others close to the deposed leader, “have …

Son of ousted Gabon leader held in treason, graft caseWed, 20 Sep 2023 09:52:20 GMT Read More »

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said for the first time that he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due to be held next year.”Yes, I am indeed a candidate,” Kagame, who has ruled over the country with an iron fist for decades, told Jeune Afrique, a French-language news magazine, in an interview …

Rwanda’s Kagame says he will run for fourth termWed, 20 Sep 2023 08:54:57 GMT Read More »

Ukraine’s president is set to go face to face with Russian officials for the first time since his country was invaded, as the UN Security Council meets Wednesday for a potentially dramatic session.Volodymyr Zelensky flew to New York for the annual UN General Assembly, where he delivered a speech Tuesday in his trademark military fatigues …

At UN, Zelensky set for first in-person Russia showdown of warWed, 20 Sep 2023 05:34:13 GMT Read More »

Communications were severed Tuesday to the flood-hit Libyan city of Derna and journalists were asked to leave, a day after hundreds protested against authorities they blamed for the thousands of deaths.A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams upstream from the city on the night of September 10 and razed entire neighbourhoods, sweeping …

Communications cut to flood-hit Libya city after protestsTue, 19 Sep 2023 19:05:10 GMT Read More »

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday denounced the billions of dollars spent on war instead of development as he renewed his call for diplomacy in Ukraine.Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Ramaphosa said it was time to “massively scale up” aid on development as the world falls short on ambitious UN-backed goals to end …

South Africa leader says money spent on war is ‘indictment’ of worldTue, 19 Sep 2023 18:13:40 GMT Read More »

Centre Danco Burger replaced the injured Le Roux Malan in one of nine changes to the Namibia side named by head coach Allister Coetzee on Thursday to face hosts France at the Rugby World Cup this week.Malan suffered a fracture and dislocation to his right ankle in last Friday’s heavy loss to New Zealand.The match …

Burger replaces injured Malan in much-changed Namibia sideTue, 19 Sep 2023 16:38:30 GMT Read More »

In Abidjan, the rainy season is coming to an end, but people never put away their “leke” — cheap, water-resistant, plastic sandals, which have become a symbol of Ivorian cultural identity.”Everyone has worn leke,” said Rokia Daniogo, a 33-year-old shopkeeper, as she sat on a street corner in the huge market in the bustling Treichville …

I.Coast’s ‘leke’ sandals for the masses become fashion statementTue, 19 Sep 2023 15:40:35 GMT Read More »

Many of the most polluting countries are failing to cut carbon emissions from their energy sectors quickly enough to meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a watchdog said on Tuesday.The report comes days after the United Nations said the world was facing catastrophic climate change and was perilously far from …

Efforts to clean up power sector too slow: watchdogTue, 19 Sep 2023 15:10:13 GMT Read More »

Two weeks into a military trial over the killing of more than 50 civilians in eastern DR Congo, the circumstances of how soldiers came to open fire are still unclear.Who gave the order, at what point and why did Congolese soldiers shoot to prevent an anti-UN protest in the city of Goma are key but …

DR Congo trial over shootings sparks questions, tensionTue, 19 Sep 2023 14:55:50 GMT Read More »

Grief etched into her face, 15-year-old Ibrar struggled to find the words to describe her pain at the loss of three friends in the huge flood that shattered her Libyan hometown.”We will never forget that day in Derna,” she said, while trying hard to remember how her father managed to save her along with her …

‘Worse than war’: trauma of Libya flood haunts survivorsTue, 19 Sep 2023 14:49:22 GMT Read More »