Despite the rain pelting Balogun market in Lagos, Ajoke takes her time choosing the tie-dye fabric known as adire that she wants to give as a gift. The popular textile traditionally dyed with indigo is emblematic of the culture of the Yoruba people, one of Nigeria’s majority ethnic groups. The cloth is typically used for traditional outfits …
Senegal joined the club of oil-producing countries on Tuesday as Australian group Woodside Energy announced that production had started in the West African country’s first offshore project.While Senegal’s fossil fuel output is not expected to be as high as that of bigger producers such as Nigeria, there are hopes the oil and gas industry will …
Production starts at Senegal’s first offshore oil fieldWed, 12 Jun 2024 02:08:57 GMT Read More »
Violence against children in armed conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to a forthcoming UN report obtained by AFP on Tuesday.The United Nations’ annual “Children in Armed conflict” report placed the Sudanese army as well as the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the blacklist for “the killing and …
Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima was killed in a plane crash, the nation’s president said on Tuesday, after searchers located the wreckage of the aircraft in a mist-shrouded forest. The military plane carrying Chilima, 51, and nine others disappeared on Monday, after it failed to land in the northern city of Mzuzu due to bad weather …
Malawi VP, nine others, killed in plane crashTue, 11 Jun 2024 15:14:00 GMT Read More »
Performers strutted their stuff onstage at an LGBTQ community dance party in Nigeria’s Lagos, publicly celebrating their identities in a country where being gay could land you in jail.To the tune of Afrobeats stars like Ayra Starr and pop stalwarts like Beyonce, a parade of sequin-wearing, wig-clad, neo-goth performers danced, spun and posed for the …
Malawian rescuers combed a fog-cloaked forest on Tuesday as the search for Vice President Saulos Chilima’s missing plane intensified, with the United States and neighbouring African nations sending search aircraft.The military plane carrying Chilima, 51, and nine others disappeared on Monday, after it failed to land in the northern city of Mzuzu due to bad …
Malawi searches for VP’s plane, fearing crashTue, 11 Jun 2024 09:45:51 GMT Read More »
Malawi’s president on Monday said he was sparing no resources in a search operation for a missing military aircraft carrying the country’s vice president Saulos Chilima.”I know that this is a heartbreaking situation… but I want to assure you that I am sparing no available resource to find that plane and I am holding on …
Search continues for Malawi VP’s missing planeTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:17:29 GMT Read More »
Benin came from behind to stun Nigeria 2-1 and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah scored to salvage a 1-1 draw for Egypt against Guinea-Bissau in World Cup qualifying on Monday.Ghana were another side to stage a fightback, defeating the Central African Republic 4-3 after trailing at half-time with Crystal Palace forward Jordan Ayew claiming a hat-trick.Success …
South Africa’s newly elected parliament is to convene for the first time on Friday, authorities said, as political parties scramble to form a coalition after general elections produced no outright winner.Lawmakers in the 400-seat National Assembly in Cape Town will be called to appoint a speaker and start the process of electing the country’s president …
S.Africa’s new parliament to meet Friday to elect presidentMon, 10 Jun 2024 15:37:14 GMT Read More »
Ofentse Pitse embodies a fierce sense of fun as she waves her conducting baton passionately in a dimly lit auditorium in Johannesburg, ahead of a one-of-a-kind show.The pioneering 31-year-old who hails from Mabopane, a township some 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Pretoria, is the first black South African woman to own and run her …
