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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma hit centuries as India thrashed South Africa by 135 runs in the fourth and final Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday.Samson made 109 not out and Varma hit an unbeaten 120 in an Indian total of 283 for one, which included 23 sixes – a record for a …
India in record six-hitting spree to rout South AfricaFri, 15 Nov 2024 19:46:35 GMT Read More »
Africa’s biggest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, is feeling the effects of a bitter seven-week strike at plane maker Boeing, its chief executive told AFP on Friday, warning that consequences could stretch into the longterm. Production of the American company’s best-selling 737 MAX, as well as the 777 jet, were halted by the strike that ended early this month and …
Boeing strike will hurt Ethiopian Airlines growth: CEOFri, 15 Nov 2024 16:14:59 GMT Read More »
The deaths of 23 children in Johannesburg this year from suspected food poisoning has ignited anger in South Africa against foreign nationals who run small corner shops known as spazas. There is still police tape around a now-closed spaza shop in Soweto’s Naledi area that allegedly sold snacks to six young children who died from poisoning …
Spate of child poisoning deaths sparks S.Africa xenophobiaFri, 15 Nov 2024 14:44:01 GMT Read More »
Deaths in the Sudan war are likely to be “substantially underreported”, according to a recent report, which gave figures for Khartoum State alone that were greater than one current estimate for the whole country.The findings came from a report by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).They found that in the first 14 …
Sudan conflict deaths ‘substantially underreported’: studyFri, 15 Nov 2024 14:21:00 GMT Read More »
A late equaliser from Victor Osimhen stamped Nigeria’s ticket for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday while Tunisia also booked their place with a 3-2 win over Madagascar.  In spite of not playing on Thursday, other results also saw South Africa, Gabon and Uganda secure places at the 24-nation showcase of African football, which …
Osimhen strike books Nigeria place at Africa Cup of NationsThu, 14 Nov 2024 22:08:05 GMT Read More »
Senegal votes in parliamentary polls on Sunday, eight months after electing new leaders promising profound political change.What is at stake and who are the main players in the West African country’s snap elections?- Main issues -The 7.3 million registered voters will choose whether to hand a parliamentary majority to newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye …
What is at stake in Senegal’s parliamentary electionsThu, 14 Nov 2024 15:34:09 GMT Read More »
