Nigerians on social media have leapt into a row surrounding the head of Britain’s Conservative party, Nigeria-raised Kemi Badenoch, after their vice president condemned her for her harsh comments about the country.Badenoch, a Conservative MP since 2017, was born in London to Nigerian parents but raised in Lagos, where she spent most of her childhood. She …
Madagascans voted on Wednesday in municipal elections, the final stage in an electoral year key for President Andry Rajoelina who seeks to consolidate his power and retain control of the capital.Tensions arose at the opening of some polling stations, with delays or irregularities such as the absence of the head of the voting booth, an …
The Somali army and forces loyal to the semi-autonomous southern Jubaland region have clashed, Somali government and military officials said Wednesday.Conflict-weary Somalia is a federation of five semi-autonomous member states — Puntland, Jubaland, Galmudug, Hirshabelle and South West — and a central government in the capital Mogadishu.Tensions have been rising between the central authority and …
Somali federal and regional forces clash in JubalandWed, 11 Dec 2024 12:41:54 GMT Read More »
FIFA is set to confirm on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup while a joint bid by Morocco, Spain and Portugal which also features matches in South America will be awarded the 2030 tournament.The awarding of hosting rights for both tournaments will go to a vote during a FIFA Congress to …
FIFA to confirm Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup hostsWed, 11 Dec 2024 12:38:27 GMT Read More »
A feared Sudanese militia chief “willingly and enthusiastically” participated in war crimes, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor charged Wednesday, laying out searing accusations of rape, murder, and torture.Prosecutor Karim Khan was summing up in the case of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known by the nom de guerre Ali Kushayb, facing 31 charges of …
“I don’t know when I’ll be able to go back to school,” 14-year-old Desta said, one of millions of children in northern Ethiopia’s Amhara region deprived of school.Desta has not been in a classroom for nearly four months and now divides his time between farming duties and household chores at home — yet another silent …
Chatter muffled as members of a secret society, masked and garbed in honey-coloured robes, entered the court of Foumban, the historic capital of a centuries-old kingdom nestled in hilly northwestern Cameroon.The 20th king of the Bamoun people, Mouhammad Nabil Mfourifoum Mbombo Njoya, stood up from his ornate throne — a replica of the original, now …
Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said Wednesday, but called for faster progress against the disease that killed nearly some 597,000 people last year.In a new report, the World Health Organization estimated that there were 263 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2023 — 11 million more …
Malaria mortality returns to pre-Covid levels: WHOWed, 11 Dec 2024 08:35:49 GMT Read More »
Popular Mozambique rapper Nikotina KF is rattled and stressed after facing police tear gas and rubber bullets just hours earlier but is determined to bring his voice to the youth-led protests running through his country.On the streets and in music videos that get thousands of views on YouTube, the 32-year-old musician is throwing himself into …
Nikotina, the soundtrack of Mozambique’s youth in protestWed, 11 Dec 2024 06:53:43 GMT Read More »
The war crimes trial of a feared Sudanese militia chief accused of rape, murder, and torture across the Darfur region of Sudan during the country’s brutal civil war wraps up this week.The International Criminal Court will hear three days of closing arguments from Wednesday in the case of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known by …
