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Reigning champions Australia face South Africa in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s, starting on Wednesday.Below AFP Sport looks at three key contests that could determine the course of the showpiece game:Tough times loom for top-ordersBatsmen on both sides face a tough examination given the quality of fast bowlers on show.Australia captain Pat Cummins …

Three key battles in World Test Championship finalTue, 10 Jun 2025 06:46:21 GMT Read More »

A year on from landmark protests over taxes and corruption, Kenya’s youth remains undeterred by a violent police response but faces conflicting ideas on where to go next. “It was spontaneous, leaderless, and unlike anything our country had ever seen,” said Hanifa Adan, 28, who became one of the most high-profile figures of what became known …

A year on, Kenyan protesters divided on path forwardTue, 10 Jun 2025 05:40:35 GMT Read More »

In African wax print dresses and tight-fitting evening wear, the “plus-size” models strutted up the runway in Kisumu, western Kenya, in a special event designed to celebrate the beauty of larger women.Started nine years ago, the East Africa Plus Size Fashion Affair is, according to founder Winnie Wenga Walcott, the only event of its kind …

Kenya’s plus-size fashion show says ‘big is beautiful’Mon, 09 Jun 2025 18:47:46 GMT Read More »

South Africa coach Shukri Conrad said his side had enjoyed an “enlightening” evening with England fast-bowling great Stuart Broad ahead of their World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord’s.Broad bowed out of international action two years ago, having taken 604 wickets in 167 Tests, with many of his best performances reserved for arch-rivals Australia.The …

South Africa boosted by Broad chat ahead of WTC final against AustraliaMon, 09 Jun 2025 15:08:21 GMT Read More »

Reigning champions Australia face South Africa in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s from Wednesday amid a chorus of criticism over the competition’s format.Wisden, cricket’s ‘bible’, was scathing in its assessment, with editor Lawrence Booth writing in this year’s edition that the WTC is a “shambles masquerading as a showpiece”.Former England captain Michael Atherton …

‘Flawed’ Test Championship reveals world cricket’s underlying problemsMon, 09 Jun 2025 14:52:42 GMT Read More »

South Africa is determined to repatriate the remains of its people taken abroad during the colonial era and those who died in exile as anti-apartheid activists, the culture minister said Monday.The government was in contact with foreign institutions over the return of remains of indigenous people, including from the KhoiSan group who are regarded as …

S.Africa wants return of apartheid-, colonial-era remainsMon, 09 Jun 2025 13:47:26 GMT Read More »

Susan Wangari has lost count of the morgues, hospitals and police stations she has visited in search of her son, who went missing at the height of Kenya’s mass protests last June.She last saw Emmanuel Mukuria, 24, on the morning of June 25, 2024, the day that thousands of Kenyan youths thronged the streets of …

‘Better if he was dead’: Kenyan mother’s search for son year after protestsMon, 09 Jun 2025 06:30:35 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s coal-dependent economy could lose billions in export revenue and thousands of jobs as more countries and companies seek carbon-free imports, the Net Zero Tracker watchdog said Monday.Africa’s most industrialised nation is one of the largest polluters in the world and generates about 80 percent of its electricity through coal.This makes it “uniquely vulnerable” …

SAfrica’s coal dependency puts economy at risk: reportMon, 09 Jun 2025 06:27:55 GMT Read More »

Kenya is marking a year since massive protests broke out over tax rises and corruption in mid-June 2024.  The protests peaked on June 25 when thousands stormed parliament where lawmakers were debating the budget. President William Ruto, having initially called the demonstrators “criminals”, backtracked and cancelled the finance bill on June 26.The protests continued into July …

Timeline: Kenya’s year of post-protest abductions, arrestsMon, 09 Jun 2025 05:28:35 GMT Read More »

The Russian paramilitary group Wagner has left Mali and its units there have been taken over by the Moscow-run Africa Corps, diplomatic and security sources told AFP on Sunday.”Officially, Wagner is no longer present in Mali. But the Africa Corps is stepping up,” one diplomatic source in the Sahel region said. A Telegram account affiliated with …

Wagner replaced by Russia’s Africa Corp in Mali: diplomatic sourcesSun, 08 Jun 2025 16:30:57 GMT Read More »