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Anti-Rwanda demonstrators burned Western countries’ flags Monday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, accusing them of supporting Kigali through the M23 rebels, an AFP journalist saw. Fighting between the mostly Tutsi M23 rebellion and Congolese government forces has flared in recent days around the town of Sake, 20 kilometres (12 miles) …

Protests against Rwanda, West in key DR Congo cityMon, 19 Feb 2024 14:23:11 GMT Read More »

Egypt captain Mohamed Salah made a spectacular return to the Premier League at the weekend, creating a goal then scoring for table-topping Liverpool in a 4-1 victory at Brentford.The prolific scorer suffered a hamstring injury against Ghana in the group stage of the Africa Cup of Nations last month, which sidelined him for four weeks.Salah has …

African players in Europe: Salah celebrates return with goalMon, 19 Feb 2024 13:29:44 GMT Read More »

Britain’s new legislation on its controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing undercuts basic rights principles, UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Monday.Turk said the moves to facilitate removals to Rwanda ran contrary to the basic principles of the rule of law and risked delivering a serious blow to human rights.British …

UK’s Rwanda asylum seeker plans ‘undercut’ human rights: UNMon, 19 Feb 2024 12:45:48 GMT Read More »

The village of Kangani is the last stopping off point on the Comoros before a perilous ocean crossing for would-be migrants trying to reach the French island of Mayotte.But in recent weeks, the kwassa kwassa — small wooden fishing launches inadequate for the 70-kilometre (43-mile) Indian Ocean journey — have remained tied up on the …

Mayotte protests cast cloud over Comoros migrant departure pointMon, 19 Feb 2024 10:03:36 GMT Read More »

The African Union’s health watchdog said on Sunday the continent’s leaders will “send a strong message” for the renewal of the main US programme aimed at reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Launched in 2003, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, is a major funder of HIV testing, counselling and life-saving treatment worldwide.The programme …

AU to push renewal of US AIDS plan: Africa CDC bossSun, 18 Feb 2024 10:51:54 GMT Read More »

South African nuclear scientists want to build a new generation of mini nuclear reactors, both to plug holes in their own country’s blackout-plagued grid and to build an export industry for the future.One company has designed a gas-cooled small modular reactor that it says can be installed within three years on a site smaller than …

Could mini nuclear stations plug South Africa’s power gaps?Sun, 18 Feb 2024 03:01:36 GMT Read More »

South Africa cricket legend and former national coach Mike Procter died on Saturday at the age of 77, his wife told AFP.”He suffered a complication during surgery, became unconscious and never woke up,” Maryna Procter said.Procter was an outstanding all-rounder who became South Africa’s first coach in the post-isolation era and had a controversial stint …

South Africa cricket legend Mike Procter dies at 77Sat, 17 Feb 2024 22:44:31 GMT Read More »

Mike Procter was an outstanding cricket all-rounder who became South Africa’s first coach in the post-isolation era and had a controversial stint as an International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee.South Africa won six of the seven Tests in which he played, all against Australia, before South Africa’s sporting isolation in 1970 because of apartheid.The other …

Mike Procter: One of South Africa’s greatest cricketersSat, 17 Feb 2024 19:56:23 GMT Read More »

DR Congo’s army on Saturday accused Rwanda of carrying out a night-time drone attack that damaged civilian aircraft at the airport in the strategic eastern city of Goma.Fighting has flared in recent days around the town of Sake, 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Goma, between M23 rebels — which Kinshasa says are backed by Kigali …

DR Congo accuses Rwanda of airport ‘drone attack’Sat, 17 Feb 2024 18:20:30 GMT Read More »

Tensions between Horn of Africa rivals Ethiopia and Somalia boiled over on Saturday on the opening day of an African Union summit in Addis Ababa.The two neighbours — already at odds over a controversial maritime pact — locked horns over Somalia’s claims that Ethiopian security tried to block its President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud from accessing …

Ethiopia-Somalia tensions boil over at AU summitSat, 17 Feb 2024 17:53:26 GMT Read More »