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Andre Esterhuizen has insisted there is no danger of world champions South Africa falling victim to complacency during their three-Test tour of Britain this month.The Springboks have won the last two World Cups and backed up their 2023 triumph with five wins out of six against New Zealand, Australia and Argentina in this year’s southern …

Esterhuizen promises no let-up from SpringboksWed, 06 Nov 2024 19:03:31 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s capital was tense Wednesday on the eve of a “freedom” march called by the opposition leader following weeks of protests against election results that have left at least 18 people dead.Shops and banks in central Maputo closed early and the streets were emptier than usual, while police and military vehicles were stationed at various …

Mozambique tense ahead of opposition ‘freedom’ marchWed, 06 Nov 2024 17:41:03 GMT Read More »

France’s highest court on Wednesday ordered a re-trial of Papa Massata Diack, the son of the disgraced former head of global athletics Lamine Diack.Diack, whose father headed the IAAF — now called World Athletics — from 1999 to 2015, was one of six men convicted in France in 2020 for hushing up 23 Russian doping …

Son of ex-global athletics chief Diack to face new trialWed, 06 Nov 2024 15:13:24 GMT Read More »

Senegal’s former president Macky Sall has accused the new administration of seven months of “catastrophic” inaction, in a letter published Wednesday, less than two weeks before elections.Sall’s candidate to take over from him after 12 years in power lost to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in the first round of a March presidential ballot.Faye appointed Ousmane …

Senegal ex-president blasts government inaction despite ’emergencies’Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:40:20 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s capital was tense Wednesday ahead of a “freedom” march called by the opposition leader following weeks of protests against election results that have left at least 18 people dead.Shops and banks in Maputo closed early and the streets were emptier than usual, while police and military vehicles were stationed at various points, AFP reporters …

Mozambique tense ahead of opposition ‘freedom’ marchWed, 06 Nov 2024 11:01:49 GMT Read More »

The United States and Somalia reached an agreement on Tuesday for Washington to cancel more than $1 billion debt owed by the troubled Horn of Africa nation.The announcement came a day after the parliament in Somalia, which is heavily dependent on international aid, approved a $1.36 billion national budget for 2025.Somalia is one of the …

US writes off over $1 billion of Somalia debtTue, 05 Nov 2024 17:44:20 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s defence minister on Tuesday threatened to send in the military to halt weeks of deadly post-electoral protests he said were aimed at overthrowing the government.Rights groups said security forces killed around two dozen people in protests since an October 9 vote won by the ruling Frelimo party.The opposition rejected the results and led several …

Mozambique threatens to deploy army to quell protestsTue, 05 Nov 2024 16:29:59 GMT Read More »

South African police on Tuesday detained 269 illegal miners as they left a disused gold mine after security forces cut off their food and water supplies, adding to 565 rounded up at the weekend.The new arrests take to 834 the number of clandestine miners arrested at Stilfontein, about 140 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, …

South Africa arrests hundreds of illegal miners in crackdownTue, 05 Nov 2024 15:56:14 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s defence minister threatened Tuesday to send in the military to halt weeks of deadly post-electoral protests he said were aimed at overthrowing the government.Rights groups said security forces killed at least 18 people in protests since an October 9 vote won by the ruling Frelimo party.The opposition rejected the results and led several waves …

Mozambique threatens to deploy army to quell protestsTue, 05 Nov 2024 14:58:06 GMT Read More »

A Kenyan court on Tuesday sentenced two men to 35 years in prison for murdering Ugandan Olympic athlete Benjamin Kiplagat last year.After a nine-month trial, the High Court in the northwestern city of Eldoret last week found Peter Ushuru Khalumi, 30, and David Ekai Lokere, 25, guilty of stabbing the 34-year-old steeplechaser to death.In his …

Kenya court jails Olympian Kiplagat’s killers for 35 yearsTue, 05 Nov 2024 13:14:44 GMT Read More »