President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the coming months, a move welcomed by Niger’s military leaders as a “step towards sovereignty”.Macron’s announcement comes two months after a coup in the west African country that ousted the pro-Paris president.”France has decided …
Fly-half Handre Pollard, back from injury and called up to the South Africa World Cup squad last week, is likely to play in their final pool game against Tonga, director of rugby Rassie Erasmus said on Sunday.The 29-year-old, who was a key part of the World Cup winning team in 2019, was initially ruled out …
Pollard in line to play for South Afria against TongaSun, 24 Sep 2023 19:14:45 GMT Read More »
Every little detail counts in an isicathamiya competition: the harmony, the choreography, the costumes, the entrance on stage, the exit and, of course, the singing. On Saturday night at a Durban theatre in eastern South Africa, Philani Ntuli and his group of 15 singers have just aced their performance, drawing loud cheers from the public. The precise …
A cappella singing warms Durban’s Zulu soulSun, 24 Sep 2023 12:08:11 GMT Read More »
About a dozen women hunch over sewing machines in Libya’s capital, urgently making clothes for the living, and shrouds for the dead, two weeks after a huge flood devastated the eastern city of Derna.In the war-battered north African country that has long been divided between two rival governments, the tragedy that killed thousands has sparked …
Flood strengthens Libya’s national fabric, volunteers saySun, 24 Sep 2023 11:53:18 GMT Read More »
Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women’s marathon world record by more than two minutes in Berlin on Sunday as Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s race for a record fifth time. Assefa clocked 2hr 11min 53sec, more than two minutes ahead of the previous world mark of 2:14:04 set by Kenyan Brigid Kosgei in Chicago in …
Ireland are on the cusp of the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals after a thrilling 13-8 victory over defending champions South Africa in a riveting Pool B match at the Stade de France on Saturday.The Irish top the pool and round off their campaign against Scotland in a fortnight while the Springboks, who are second, play …
South Africa coach Jacques Nienaber struck a defiant note after Saturday’s nerve-jangling 13-8 defeat to Ireland, claiming the defending champions can still win the World Cup. South Africa lost their opening pool match to New Zealand in 2019 before going on to lift the Webb Ellis trophy and Nienaber believes the Boks can do it again. “In …
Defiant South Africa ‘can still win’ World Cup, says coachSat, 23 Sep 2023 22:08:33 GMT Read More »
Ethiopia said Saturday it had begun a second round of talks with Egypt and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam built by Addis Ababa on the Nile, long a source of tensions among the three nations.Ethiopia this month announced the completion of the fourth and final filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, prompting immediate condemnation …
Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan resume Nile dam talksSat, 23 Sep 2023 20:34:13 GMT Read More »
Pope Francis on Saturday led tens of thousands of worshippers for a mass in Marseille after earlier striding into a politically loaded debate in the French Mediterranean city by urging European states not to treat migrants as invaders.The 86-year-old’s visit has been shadowed by the controversy over migrant arrivals in Europe, and his plea to …
A suicide bomber killed 13 people and wounded dozens more in central Somalia Saturday after driving a truck packed with explosives towards a security checkpoint, triggering a blast that razed nearby buildings, police said.Emergency workers used bulldozers to clear the debris as they retrieved bodies and rescued people trapped under rubble after the blast in …
Suicide truck bomber kills 13 in central Somalia: policeSat, 23 Sep 2023 17:44:12 GMT Read More »
