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The world’s poorest nations face a “tidal wave of debt” as repayments to China hit record highs in 2025, an Australian think-tank warned in a new report Tuesday.China’s Belt and Road Initiative lending spree of the 2010s has paid for shipping ports, railways, roads and more from the deserts of Africa to the tropical South …

Developing nations face ‘tidal wave’ of China debt: reportTue, 27 May 2025 08:26:41 GMT Read More »

The salty wind blows across the ruins of Ghana’s Fort Prinzenstein, where thick walls once held thousands of enslaved Africans before their journey across the Atlantic. Now, only a shell remains — a crumbling monument teetering at the edge of the sea.For centuries, Ghana’s coastline has borne the brunt of history. Today, it is being consumed …

Along Ghana’s vanishing coast, climate change swallows history, homesTue, 27 May 2025 05:48:40 GMT Read More »

Mohamed Salah completed a memorable season by scoring to salvage a 1-1 Premier League draw for champions Liverpool against Crystal Palace in the final round at the weekend.It was the 29th goal of the season for the Premier League Golden Boot winner and the 32-year-old Egypt captain also claimed 18 assists.Apart from a record-equalling fourth …

African players in Europe: Salah rescues Reds after special seasonMon, 26 May 2025 12:49:32 GMT Read More »

Namibia will on Wednesday hold its first national commemoration for victims of mass killings by German occupiers in what is widely recognised as the first genocide of the 20th century, the government said.Colonial-era German troops massacred tens of thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people who rebelled against their rule in the southern African country …

Namibia to hold first commemoration of German genocideMon, 26 May 2025 11:46:08 GMT Read More »

Anthonia Bayero does not need the latest central bank statistics to understand the Nigerian economy: it is all there in the “puff puff” she is frying on the pavement.Two years ago, the crispy, doughnut hole-style snacks sold for 50 naira. Amid rampant inflation, she has kept the price the same but halved the size.”All we …

Halfway through term, economic, security turnaround eludes Nigeria’s TinubuMon, 26 May 2025 06:05:30 GMT Read More »

From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the mediaeval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands of the Mauritanian desert.”It’s a magnificent, extraordinary town,” said Sidiya, who is battling to preserve the place known as the “Shore of Eternity”.Oualata is one of a UNESCO-listed quartet of ancient, fortified towns or …

Ancient town and its manuscripts face ravages of the SaharaMon, 26 May 2025 05:25:07 GMT Read More »

Stripped naked, beaten until she could no longer walk, sexually assaulted and covered in excrement: award-winning Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire told AFP of the torture she suffered at the hands of security forces in Tanzania this week.Atuhaire, who won an International Women of Courage Award from the United States last year, was arrested on Monday …

Sexually assaulted and smeared in excrement: Uganda activist details torture in TanzaniaSat, 24 May 2025 13:33:00 GMT Read More »

Former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila on Friday said he would soon visit a city occupied by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group, branding the current government a “dictatorship” after he lost his immunity.In a rare speech streamed live on the internet, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s leader between 2001 and 2019 took aim at current …

Ex-leader Kabila slams DR Congo ‘dictatorship’ after losing immunityFri, 23 May 2025 21:09:38 GMT Read More »

Rescuers on Friday pulled out all 260 mine workers who had been stuck for more than 24 hours in an underground shaft in South Africa, the mine’s operator said.The miners were trapped underground on Thursday at the Kloof gold mine, 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of Johannesburg, after a hoist used to access the shaft …

South Africa rescues all 260 miners stuck underground aliveFri, 23 May 2025 20:21:41 GMT Read More »

Rescuers have hoisted 79 miners who were stuck in a gold mine outside Johannesburg but more than 100 were still trapped underground, the mine’s operator said on Friday.At least 260 miners were trapped underground on Thursday at the Kloof gold mine, 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of Johannesburg, after a hoist used to access the …

79 miners rescued from S.African shaft, over 100 still undergroundFri, 23 May 2025 18:21:05 GMT Read More »