Mozambique’s new president Daniel Chapo took the oath of office Wednesday in front of a heavily guarded audience of dignitaries in the capital Maputo following weeks of violent demonstrations over the fiercely disputed election results. Chapo, 48, extends his Frelimo party’s 50-year rule of the gas-rich African nation amid claims by opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane that …
Mozambique President-elect Daniel Chapo will be sworn into office Wednesday after weeks of deadly political unrest but the main opposition leader has vowed to “paralyse” the country with fresh protests against the fiercely disputed election result.Venancio Mondlane had already called for a national strike in the days leading up to the inauguration and threatened on Tuesday …
Mozambique inaugurates new president amid deadly unrestWed, 15 Jan 2025 06:18:07 GMT Read More »
Thirty-six bodies have been lifted out of an abandoned South African gold mine over two days, police said Tuesday, with fears that dozens of people are still underground despite a months-long effort to force them to leave the shaft.Another 82 people have left alive since Monday but were then arrested, police Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said …
Over two dozen illegal miners were rescued and at least 15 bodies recovered from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, as operations continued for a second day Tuesday to reach more people who have been underground for months.This brings the death toll to 24 since August, when authorities began driving out clandestine miners at …
Dozens rescued, 15 bodies pulled from South Africa mineTue, 14 Jan 2025 13:52:11 GMT Read More »
More than two dozen illegal miners have been rescued and at least nine bodies recovered from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, as rescue operations resumed Tuesday to reach potentially dozens more people underground.A professional mine rescue company on Monday sent a large cage to retrieve men at the site near Stilfontein, about 140 …
Dozens rescued, bodies pulled from S. Africa mining pitTue, 14 Jan 2025 09:04:58 GMT Read More »
Under a makeshift shelter, Moussa Akele kills time chewing the stimulant khat, wondering where his family will get its next meal after fleeing a series of earthquakes that have shaken several regions of Ethiopia. The 40-year-old was at home in Kabanna in the Afar region, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, …
‘Survival mode’ for families displaced by Ethiopia quakesTue, 14 Jan 2025 06:54:48 GMT Read More »
Rescuers on Monday hoisted seven illegal miners and at least four bodies from an abandoned South African gold mine amid claims that hundreds were still underground and many had died.A professional mine rescue company sent a large cage to retrieve men at the site near Stilfontein, about 140 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Johannesburg.”We can …
Mozambique swore in its new parliament on Monday with the streets of the capital deserted after the opposition leader called a strike to protest the result of highly disputed elections.Two smaller opposition parties boycotted the ceremony, saying they did not accept the outcome of the October 9 election, as the incoming president, Daniel Chapo, called …
Mozambique opens new parliament amid protest, boycottMon, 13 Jan 2025 16:39:07 GMT Read More »
Activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai said Monday she was certain the Tanzanian government was behind her abduction the day before in Nairobi that was only foiled after a rapid intervention by rights groups. Sarungi Tsehai is a well-known Tanzanian journalist and activist, whose Change Tanzania organisation calls for democratic reform. She went into exile in Kenya four years …
Tanzania govt behind my abduction in Kenya: activistMon, 13 Jan 2025 15:13:06 GMT Read More »
Jihadists have killed at least 40 farmers in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state in the latest violence to hit the conflict-wrought region, a government official said Monday.Fighters from the Islamic State-aligned Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) late Sunday rounded up scores of farmers in Dumba on the shores of Lake Chad and shot them dead, …
Jihadists kill at least 40 farmers in northeast NigeriaMon, 13 Jan 2025 15:07:22 GMT Read More »
