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Senegal on Sunday voted in parliamentary elections, with the new leaders aiming for a resounding majority to see through the promise of ambitious reform that swept them to power eight months ago.President Bassirou Diomaye Faye secured victory in March pledging economic transformation, social justice and a fight against corruption – raising hopes among a largely …

Senegal heads to polls as new leaders eye parliamentary winSun, 17 Nov 2024 13:31:41 GMT Read More »

Tanzanian rescue workers dug through the ruins of a collapsed building for a second day on Sunday, hoping to pull survivors from beneath the rubble.  The four-storey block came down at around 9:00 am (0600 GMT) on Saturday in the east African country’s busy Kariakoo market, in the centre of the commercial capital Dar es …

Survivors still trapped after deadly Tanzania building collapseSun, 17 Nov 2024 10:15:44 GMT Read More »

Victoria Kjaer Theilvig was crowned Miss Universe on Saturday, the first contestant from Denmark to achieve the honor.The 21-year-old dancer, entrepreneur, and animal rights activist beat out more than 120 contestants in the pageant’s 73rd edition held in Mexico City.First runner-up was Chidimma Adetshina, a law student representing Nigeria, followed by Maria Fernanda Beltran of …

Denmark’s Victoria Kjaer Theilvig crowned Miss Universe 2024Sun, 17 Nov 2024 08:48:18 GMT Read More »

Borussia Dortmund striker Serhou Guirassy scored in added time to give Guinea a key 1-0 victory over the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday in 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.  The 28-year-old France-born star scored off a cross to the far post, slamming the ball past goalkeeper Dimitry Bertaud.Guirassy has scored six times in …

Late Guirassy goal boosts Guinea in AFCON qualifyingSat, 16 Nov 2024 21:38:17 GMT Read More »

Gabon extended a night curfew Saturday as it held a referendum on a new constitution the ruling junta says will mark a new chapter after 55 years of dynastic rule in the oil-rich African nation.The estimated 860,000 registered voters have faced an onslaught of calls by authorities on TV, radio and social media to make …

Gabon votes on new constitution hailed by junta as ‘turning point’Sat, 16 Nov 2024 20:45:43 GMT Read More »

Cheslin Kolbe scored two tries as world champions South Africa inflicted yet more November international misery upon England with a 29-20 win at Twickenham on Saturday.The wing struck in both halves as the Springboks condemned Steve Borthwick’s men to a fifth defeat in a row and third this month following last-gasp 24-22 and 42-37 losses …

Kolbe double as South Africa condemn England to fifth successive defeatSat, 16 Nov 2024 20:22:22 GMT Read More »

A South African court on Saturday ordered an end to the police blockade of a former gold mine, where hundreds, possibly thousands, of illegal miners are thought to be underground.Police and ambulances have been at the site, in Stilfontein, about 140 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, for several days. Police called in experts on Saturday …

SAfrica court orders end to police blockade of illegal minersSat, 16 Nov 2024 17:51:11 GMT Read More »

Being an expert on global warming from an African nation prone to disaster can depress Joyce Kimutai during the creaking COP climate summits, where politics often drowns out science.”If the world was listening to science, maybe we wouldn’t be doing these COPs,” the 36-year-old Kenyan climate scientist told AFP on the sidelines of this year’s …

World not listening to us, laments Kenyan climate scientist at COP29Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:38:12 GMT Read More »

Leicester City striker Jordan Ayew scored for Ghana in a 1-1 draw with Angola on Friday, but could not prevent the four-time champions becoming the biggest casualties of 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.While Ghana were eliminated, minnows Comoros and Mali, Zambia and Zimbabwe qualified, swelling the list of countries heading to Morocco to 19, …

Former AFCON champions Ghana bow out as minnows Comoros qualifyFri, 15 Nov 2024 21:40:04 GMT Read More »

A Nigerian nurse who was kidnapped by Islamic State-affiliated jihadists has escaped after six years in which she was forced into two marriages, it was announced Friday.The Nigerian military presented Alice Loksha, who had been a health worker for the UN children’s agency UNICEF in the northeast of the country, to reporters at a military …

Nigerian UN nurse escapes jihadist kidnappers after six yearsFri, 15 Nov 2024 19:47:54 GMT Read More »