Three Ugandan opposition politicians were detained and remanded in prison on the eve of a banned anti-corruption march, police said Monday, with opposition leader Bobi Wine saying heavily armed security forces were besieging his party headquarters.The action comes two days after President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country with an iron fist for nearly …
Opposition leader Bobi Wine said heavily armed security forces were besieging his party headquarters on Monday and had arrested several leaders, on the eve of a planned anti-corruption march that has been banned by the authorities.The action comes two days after President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country with an iron fist for nearly …
Uganda police surround opposition leader Wine’s party HQMon, 22 Jul 2024 11:00:19 GMT Read More »
Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and poorly managed Monrovia, a suggestion met with a mixture of enthusiasm and hesitancy in the West African country.Flash floods triggered by torrential rains between the end of June and early July left nearly 50,000 Liberians …
Flooding drives Liberia to mull capital city moveMon, 22 Jul 2024 05:55:26 GMT Read More »
On a vast farm in Kenya’s Rift Valley, a veterinarian carefully takes aim before shooting a tranquiliser dart and sending another giraffe sinking slowly to the ground before it is roped and blindfolded.It is the first stage of a delicate operation by the Kenya Wildlife Service to move a group of the endangered animals to …
Giraffes bring peace to Kenyan communities once at oddsMon, 22 Jul 2024 01:33:16 GMT Read More »
Eritrean Biniam Girmay said on Sunday it was “unreal” to become the first African to claim the Tour de France’s green jersey for most sprint points.Girmay secured the race’s second-most prized award, behind the overall leader’s yellow jersey, ahead of last year’s winner Belgian Jasper Philipsen at the final stage in Nice.The 24-year-old claimed three …
It was only when 12-year-old Senegalese schoolboy Lassou Samb prepared to sit his end-of-year exams that his lack of any legal documentation finally caught up with him.Like many young people in the West African country, Samb was never registered at birth, an oversight with potentially profound consequences for his education.Hundreds of thousands of Senegalese pupils …
Unregistered Senegal youth struggle for legal statusSun, 21 Jul 2024 05:39:15 GMT Read More »
Amor Nouira, a farmer in Tunisia’s Chebika village, has lost hope of saving his prickly pear cacti, ravaged by the cochineal insect spreading across North Africa.The 50-year-old has seen his half-hectare of cactus crops wither as the invasive insect wreaked havoc on about a third of the country’s cacti after an outbreak in 2021.”At first, …
Insect infestation ravages North African prickly pearSun, 21 Jul 2024 03:56:17 GMT Read More »
New South Africa captain Salmaan Moerat believes a 64-21 triumph over Portugal in a one-off Test on Saturday has given head coach Rassie Erasmus a challenge he will relish.”I am very proud of everyone, especially the debutants. I think Rassie is going to have a tough job when he selects the Rugby Championship squad,” said …
Tensions are simmering ahead of summer talks on which UNESCO World Heritage sites are deemed to be endangered, with countries battling against featuring on the UN cultural body’s list.Terse language can be expected among diplomats at UNESCO’s talks starting Sunday in New Delhi as they discuss cases as varied as Britain’s prehistoric Stonehenge circle or …
Tense talks as UNESCO mulls Heritage sites at riskSat, 20 Jul 2024 05:24:02 GMT Read More »
Mali’s “king of kora” Toumani Diabate died on Friday at the age of 58 following a short illness, the musician’s family announced on social media.”My dear dad is gone forever,” the Malian great’s son Sidiki Diabate, who is also a musician, wrote on Facebook.Toumani Diabate was a master of the African stringed instrument, the kora.He …
Malian music star Toumani Diabate dies after short illnessFri, 19 Jul 2024 21:44:01 GMT Read More »
