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South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia were to begin on Monday administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug’s first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world’s highest HIV burden.Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent, making it functionally akin to …

Groundbreaking HIV prevention shots to begin in AfricaMon, 01 Dec 2025 11:05:06 GMT Read More »

Growing up, Cyprial dreamed of being a lawyer. Instead, he now spends his days underground, swinging a pickaxe against rock in a pitch-black illegal mine that snakes for kilometres beneath South Africa’s coal heartland.The rumbling of wheelbarrows echoed down the narrow tunnels where he and dozens of other men had been mining since dawn.Some chipped away …

South Africa’s informal miners fight for their future in coal’s twilightMon, 01 Dec 2025 06:21:38 GMT Read More »

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa accused the United States late on Sunday of peddling “blatant misinformation” by claiming his country was killing white people.US President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked South Africa since returning to the White House earlier this year, pointing to false claims of “white genocide” of Afrikaners, a minority population descended from …

Ramaphosa labels US attacks on S.Africa ‘misinformation’Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:20:21 GMT Read More »

Armed men have kidnapped 26 people including a pastor and a bride in two separate raids in Nigeria, the latest in a string of mass abductions to rock the west African country.A gang of criminals abducted the clergyman along with 11 worshippers on Sunday after storming an out-of-the-way rural church in Ejiba, in central Nigeria’s …

Pastor, bride among 26 kidnapped as Nigeria reels from raidsSun, 30 Nov 2025 17:19:38 GMT Read More »

Guinea-Bissau’s junta formed a government on Saturday days after taking power in a coup, as ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the Republic of Congo’s capital Brazzaville.The military took control of the Portuguese-speaking nation on Wednesday — a day before the provisional results of national elections were due to be announced — and Embalo …

G.Bissau junta forms government as ousted president lands in BrazzavilleSat, 29 Nov 2025 21:24:39 GMT Read More »

Guinea-Bissau’s ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the Republic of Congo’s capital Brazzaville on Saturday, days after he was overthrown by the military, Congolese government sources told AFP.Meanwhile in the capital Bissau, the west African country’s leading opposition party said its headquarters had been “invaded” by a “heavily armed militia”, in the wake of …

Ousted Guinea-Bissau president arrives in Brazzaville: Congolese sourcesSat, 29 Nov 2025 16:50:32 GMT Read More »

President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday spoke for the first time by telephone with the army colonel who took over as Madagascar’s head of state after the military ousted his predecessor, pledging the support of France in the political transition of the former French colony.Colonel Michael Randrianirina seized power from Andry Rajoelina amid protests spearheaded by …

Macron holds first talks with Madagascar leader after takeoverSat, 29 Nov 2025 15:35:01 GMT Read More »

An added-time own goal by Zamalek goalkeeper Mohamed Sobhy gifted Kaizer Chiefs a 1-1 draw on Saturday in a high-profile CAF Confederation Cup Group D match.Instead of clearing a cross from Dillon Solomons, the Egyptian pushed the ball into his net to give the South Africans a 96th-minute equaliser. Zamalek had led from the third minute …

Kaizer Chiefs snatch CAF Cup draw after Zamalek blunderSat, 29 Nov 2025 15:25:03 GMT Read More »

Corruption, instability and poverty have opened the door to powerful narcotics traffickers in Guinea-Bissau, where the military justified this week’s coup by alleging “drug barons” were plotting against the state.Wednesday’s military takeover cast a harsh light on how the murky links between traffickers, politicians and officials deepen political turmoil in the coup-prone West African nation.Luxury …

Global drug trade fuels instability in coup-hit G.BissauSat, 29 Nov 2025 06:11:38 GMT Read More »

The new military leader of Guinea-Bissau appointed an ally of the ousted president as prime minister on Friday, as international criticism grew of this week’s coup.The military took “total control” of the west African country on Wednesday — a day before the provisional results of national elections were due to be announced — and President …

G. Bissau junta consolidates power as condemnation of coup spreadsFri, 28 Nov 2025 22:21:06 GMT Read More »