He has traded in his military fatigues for civilian clothes but still rules Guinea with an iron fist: Junta leader Mamady Doumbouya intends to legitimise his rule of the west African country in presidential elections on Sunday.Seated behind a desk wearing a white cap and T-shirt emblazoned with his name and “Building Together” campaign slogan, …
Guinea junta chief General Mamady Doumbouya looks set to consolidate his grip on power in Sunday’s presidential polls with all the main opposition leaders barred, four years after seizing control and setting about silencing dissent in the west African country.By running, the strongman is reneging on his initial pledge not to stand for office and …
In Guinea vote, victory all but assured for junta strongmanMon, 22 Dec 2025 06:12:34 GMT Read More »
The first winds of west Africa’s Harmattan dry season are in the air, and Lagos, the economic capital of the continent’s most populous country, is abuzz.It’s “Detty December”, when the city turns into a site of pilgrimage for Nigerians and those in the diaspora to make their way home for the holidays — and party.The …
A night out on the town during Nigeria’s ‘Detty December’Mon, 22 Dec 2025 02:19:51 GMT Read More »
Grace Room Ministries once filled giant stadiums in Rwanda three times a week before the evangelical organisation was shut down in May.It is one of the 10,000 churches reportedly closed by the government for failing to comply with a 2018 law designed to regulate places of worship.The law introduced new rules on health, safety, and …
Brahim Diaz and Ayoub El Kaabi scored second-half goals as hosts Morocco got their Africa Cup of Nations bid off to a winning start by beating minnows Comoros 2-0 in the tournament’s opening game on Sunday.Soufiane Rahimi had a penalty saved in a frustrating first half for much-fancied Morocco, but Diaz fired home from inside …
Hosts Morocco off to winning start at Africa Cup of NationsSun, 21 Dec 2025 21:16:07 GMT Read More »
Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school in November, a presidential spokesman said Sunday, after 100 were freed earlier this month.”Another 130 abducted Niger state pupils released, none left in captivity,” Sunday Dare said in a post on X.In late November, hundreds of students and …
Nine people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a bar outside Johannesburg early Sunday, police said, in the second such shooting in South Africa this month.Ten more were wounded in the early morning attack at the tavern in the impoverished Bekkersdal township in a gold mining area around 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of …
Gunmen kill 9, wound 10 in South Africa bar attackSun, 21 Dec 2025 17:21:30 GMT Read More »
Hundreds of Colombian ex-soldiers have been drawn to Sudan with the promise of bumper Emirati paychecks. What many found instead was death in a faraway war marked by mass killing, rape, famine and child recruitment.An AFP investigation has uncovered how Colombian mercenaries ended up on the other side of the world through a network of …
They survived the bombs and bullets, but many lost an arm or a leg when M23 fighters seized the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo nearly a year ago.Lying on a rug, David Muhire arduously lifted his thigh as a carer in a white uniform placed weights on it to increase …
DR Congo’s amputees bear scars of years of conflictSun, 21 Dec 2025 06:58:34 GMT Read More »
Morocco carry a huge weight of expectation into their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday as the hosts, with star man Achraf Hakimi returning from injury, aim to see off stiff competition to claim continental glory.Senegal, reigning champions Ivory Coast, Mohamed Salah’s Egypt and a Nigeria side led by Victor Osimhen …
