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Kenyan police said Monday that 485 people had been arrested on murder, terrorism, rape and other charges following deadly protests last week.The nationwide protests were initially held to mark a year since massive anti-tax demonstrations, but descended into chaos as young men battled police and destroyed thousands of businesses in Nairobi’s business district. The Kenyan National …

Almost 500 arrested after Kenya protest violence: policeMon, 30 Jun 2025 14:58:39 GMT Read More »

UN chief Antonio Guterres urged the world to “rev up the engine of development” at an aid conference on Monday as US-led cuts jeopardise the fight against poverty and climate change.Dozens of world leaders and more than 4,000 representatives from businesses, civil society and financial institutions are in the Spanish city of Seville for the …

UN chief urges aid surge in world of ‘climate chaos, raging conflicts’Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:08:33 GMT Read More »

A French court on Monday sentenced seven Afghans and two Iraqi Kurds to seven to eight years in jail over the fatal capsizing of a boat carrying would-be asylum seekers from France to England in 2022.France and Britain have vowed to crack down on people smugglers who heap migrants on flimsy dinghies to make the …

France court jails migrant smugglers over 2022 Channel deathsMon, 30 Jun 2025 11:26:32 GMT Read More »

Headphones on her head, fingers on the controls, eyes fixed on the mixing software, Kwem Kimtai strung together Afro house beats during her DJ training in Nairobi.Kimtai gushed over the skills she learnt on the intensive four-week course at the Santuri Electronic Music Academy (SEMA), which she hopes will help her thrive in a world …

Kenyan women jockey for place at DJ turntablesMon, 30 Jun 2025 05:47:07 GMT Read More »

At least seven people were killed and many others wounded during recent anti-government protests in the Togolese capital Lome, according to an initial count civic groups gave journalists Sunday.Campaigning groups and rights organisations denounced “abuses committed by members of the Togolese security forces and militias”, and said seven bodies had been recovered from rivers in …

Togo groups say recent protests left 7 deadSun, 29 Jun 2025 21:45:10 GMT Read More »

The first strikes in Dambe are thrown before the boxers even leave their house.Fighters don charms and amulets, dye their fist or even score their arm with a razor, inserting traditional medicine before it scars over — all guaranteed to protect them in the ring or deliver a knock-out punch.Combined with prayers from “mallams”, or …

Nigerian Dambe boxing goes global — amulets and charms includedSun, 29 Jun 2025 20:33:36 GMT Read More »

The world’s most advanced AI models are exhibiting troubling new behaviors – lying, scheming, and even threatening their creators to achieve their goals.In one particularly jarring example, under threat of being unplugged, Anthropic’s latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an engineer and threatened to reveal an extramarital affair.Meanwhile, ChatGPT-creator OpenAI’s o1 tried to …

AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creatorsSun, 29 Jun 2025 01:47:32 GMT Read More »

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara.The “Atlantic Initiative” promises ocean access to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger through a new $1.3-billion port in the former Spanish colony claimed by …

Morocco’s Atlantic gambit: linking restive Sahel to oceanSun, 29 Jun 2025 01:41:49 GMT Read More »

Innovative South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus called centre-turned-flanker Andre Esterhuizen a “hybrid player” on Saturday after a 54-7 victory over the Barbarians in wet and cold Cape Town.When replacement back Andre Esterhuizen came on early in the second half of the non-cap exhibition match for the world champions, it was as a loose forward. …

Springbok coach Erasmus introduces ‘hybrid player’ EsterhuizenSat, 28 Jun 2025 20:21:25 GMT Read More »

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a peace agreement Washington to end fighting that has killed thousands, with the two countries pledging to pull back support for guerrillas — and President Donald Trump boasting of securing mineral wealth.”Today, the violence and destruction comes to an end, and the entire region begins a …

Rwanda, DR Congo sign peace deal in US after rebel sweepSat, 28 Jun 2025 14:47:10 GMT Read More »