South Africa demolished Afghanistan’s T20 World Cup dream in ruthless fashion on Wednesday, thrashing the minnows by nine wickets with more than 11 overs to spare to reach the final of the cricket showpiece for the first time.Left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi (3 for 6) and gangling pacer Marco Jansen (3-16) spearheaded the rout of Afghanistan’s …
Kenyan demonstrators prepared to resume protests Thursday, a day after President William Ruto made a dramatic U-turn and withdrew contentious tax hikes following deadly rallies earlier in the week.The demonstrations were sparked last week by the 2024 finance bill and took Ruto’s government by surprise as the initially peaceful rallies gathered momentum across the country.But …
Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday that a bill containing contentious tax hikes would “be withdrawn”, dramatically reversing course after more than 20 people were killed in clashes with police and parliament was ransacked by protesters opposed to the legislation.The initially peaceful demonstrations were sparked last week by the 2024 finance bill — which politicians …
After waiting for hours outside a morgue in the capital Nairobi, gripped by protests against the Kenyan government’s controversial tax rises, Florence Onyango received the news she had been dreading.”A friend of mine died because he was demonstrating yesterday close to the parliament. He was shot in the head,” the 47-year-old told AFP, tears welling …
Kenya torn between anger and mourning after protest deathsWed, 26 Jun 2024 15:21:09 GMT Read More »
Five facts about the Islamic republic of Mauritania, a vast desert nation in western Africa that will hold presidential elections on Saturday.- Rock in volatile Sahara -Over the decades, Mauritania has been embroiled in many regional and domestic conflicts.Sharing a border with the long-disputed territory of the Western Sahara, Mauritania withdrew from its part of …
Five things to know about MauritaniaWed, 26 Jun 2024 14:35:31 GMT Read More »
Mauritanians vote in a presidential election Saturday, with incumbent Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani expected to win a second term at the helm of the West African state seen as a rock of relative stability in the volatile Sahel. Â Around 1.94 million registered voters will choose between seven candidates vying to lead the vast desert …
The International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted a jihadist police chief of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during a reign of terror in the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu.Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, 46, was found guilty of crimes including torture and outrages upon personal dignity.Presiding judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe …
ICC convicts Timbuktu jihad police chief of war crimesWed, 26 Jun 2024 14:24:43 GMT Read More »
South Africa coach Rob Walter believes his team will not be haunted by its embarrassing legacy of big-match stagefright when they take on Afghanistan for a place in the T20 World Cup final.Despite the Proteas’ deep resources of talent, the country has only won one international title — the Champions Trophy back in 1998.In World …
Kenyan protest organisers called Wednesday for fresh peaceful marches against deeply unpopular tax hikes, as the death toll from nationwide demonstrations climbed to 22, a state-funded rights body said, vowing an investigation.Tensions sharply escalated Tuesday, as police opened fire on demonstrators who stormed parliament, after the mainly youth-led rallies began mostly peacefully last week with …
The death toll from protests in Kenya has climbed to 13, an official from the main doctors’ association told AFP Wednesday, after anti-tax hike rallies turned violent and police opened fire at demonstrators who ransacked parliament.The unprecedented scenes that left parts of parliament ablaze and gutted and injured scores of people on Tuesday have shocked Kenyans …
‘Shaken to the core’: Kenya protest death toll climbs to 13Wed, 26 Jun 2024 08:14:37 GMT Read More »
