AFP Africa

Britain’s Prince William played rugby with students and met young environmentalists Monday at the start of a visit to South Africa for the awards of his Earthshot Prize for solutions to climate change.The heir to the British throne took to the field at a school in Cape Town’s underprivileged township of Ocean View, established under …

Prince William plays rugby on S.Africa climate prize visitTue, 05 Nov 2024 08:33:21 GMT Read More »

A unit monitoring a truce between the Congolese army and Rwanda-backed rebels will be officially launched on Tuesday, ceasefire-broker Angola said, as the rebels made fresh gains in eastern DR Congo.The largely ethnic Tutsi M23 rebel militia has seized swathes of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled east since 2021, displacing thousands while creating a …

East DR Congo truce monitors to begin operations TuesdayMon, 04 Nov 2024 19:08:18 GMT Read More »

Mohamed Salah took Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League with the winning goal as the Reds came from behind to defeat Brighton 2-1 at the weekend.  It was the ninth goal of the season in all competitions for the 32-year-old Egypt captain and two-time African Player of the Year.The goal came amid …

African players in Europe: Salah takes Liverpool back to topMon, 04 Nov 2024 12:46:36 GMT Read More »

Botswana’s new president took office Monday, praising his predecessor for allowing a smooth regime change without “apprehension” after elections that removed his party in power for nearly 60 years.The transition was a testament to Botswana’s mature democracy and an example for the rest of the world, President Duma Boko told reporters.He was speaking at the …

Botswana’s smooth regime change an example, says new presidentMon, 04 Nov 2024 12:24:33 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at war with paramilitaries, has announced a cabinet reshuffle that replaces four ministers including those for foreign affairs and the media.The late Sunday announcement comes with the northeast African country gripped by the world’s worst displacement crisis, threatened by famine and desperate for aid, according to the UN.In a …

Sudan’s ruling council reshuffles cabinet amid brutal conflictMon, 04 Nov 2024 11:59:56 GMT Read More »

A 72-year-old singer with tinted hair, oversized sunglasses and a flashy tracksuit hobbled up onto the main stage at Tumaini Festival in Malawi as the crowd erupted with joy. “Ine ndi ndani?” (Who am I?) she said, addressing the crowd of some 12,000 people, who roared back: “Ine ndi Jetu!” (I am Jetu!)Billed as the world’s only …

Malawi festival unites refugees and localsSun, 03 Nov 2024 09:54:39 GMT Read More »

Police in Mozambique fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Saturday, as they dispersed protests in several cities over a disputed presidential election, according to local sources and AFP reporters.Unrest has rocked the southern African nation since an October 9 election, which was won by the ruling Frelimo party, in power since 1975, but denounced …

Clashes in Mozambique as police disperse election protestsSat, 02 Nov 2024 15:30:09 GMT Read More »

Botswana’s new government will have to hit the ground running after booting out a party in power for six decades on a tidal wave of supporters expecting change, analysts say.”End of an error,” quipped a headline in the independent Mmegi newspaper in its coverage of the whirlwind change of power in which lawyer Duma Boko …

New start for Botswana, now comes the hard partSat, 02 Nov 2024 09:30:26 GMT Read More »

Ahmed Othman’s farm has been spared from the deadly fighting that has spread across Sudan, but the war’s toll on the economy and labour market has still reached him.”I had to sell two vehicles” to afford to harvest this season’s crops, he told AFP from his large sesame farm in eastern Sudan’s Gedaref state.A year and …

War decimates harvest in famine-threatened SudanSat, 02 Nov 2024 02:40:03 GMT Read More »