Namibia deployed 500 soldiers Sunday to help to fight a fire that has burned through a third of the vast Etosha National Park, one of Africa’s largest game reserves, officials said.The park in the north of the largely desert nation is home to 114 species of mammals, notably the critically endangered black rhinoceros, and is …
Namibia deploys 500 soldiers to fight Etosha fireSun, 28 Sep 2025 16:57:21 GMT Read More »
Namibia began deploying hundreds of soldiers on Sunday to fight a fire that has burned through a third of the vast Etosha National Park, one of Africa’s largest game reserves, officials said.The park in the north of the largely desert nation is home to 114 species of mammals, notably the critically endangered black rhinoceros, and …
Namibia deploys hundreds of soldiers to fight Etosha fireSun, 28 Sep 2025 11:52:18 GMT Read More »
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus said Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is an “incredible talent” after scoring a record 37 points to lead South Africa to a crushing 67-30 victory over Argentina in the Rugby Championship on Saturday.But the double Rugby World Cup-winning coach warned the 23-year-old is not yet the finished article after the triumph in Durban took …
Two women, both Somalis, died Saturday while trying to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said, adding that the body of another migrant had been found in a canal.Some 60 other migrants were rescued in the incident in which the two women died, when around 100 people got on to a makeshift boat south …
Two women die trying to cross Channel from FranceSat, 27 Sep 2025 19:05:33 GMT Read More »
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored a Springbok record 37 points in a 67-30 triumph over Argentina in Durban on Saturday to take the title-holders to the top of the Rugby Championship table.The fly-half claimed three tries, kicked eight conversions and sloted two penalties for South Africa, who lead New Zealand by one point with one round remaining.The …
Gabon held local and legislative elections on Saturday, a double bill that concludes a political transition following an August 2023 coup that ended 55 years of Bongo dynasty rule.Polling stations were to remain open until 6:00 pm local time (1700 GMT) to allow around 900,000 voters to elect 145 MPs, two of whom are diaspora …
Post-coup Gabon holds double-bill electionSat, 27 Sep 2025 16:01:11 GMT Read More »
More than 3,000 people marched through Cape Town Saturday, calling for South Africa to cut trade and diplomatic ties with Israel, including by shutting its embassy, over the war in Gaza.Pretoria has been a leading critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza, bringing a case before the UN’s top court in December 2023 that argues Israel’s …
Hundreds of mostly young protesters faced off against security forces in Madagascar’s capital Saturday days after an anti-government demonstration erupted into clashes and looting.Police used rubber bullets and teargas to disperse crowds at Thursday’s protest, which was called to condemn persistent water and power cuts in the impoverished nation but descended into violence as stores …
Protesters gather again in MadagascarSat, 27 Sep 2025 12:53:15 GMT Read More »
Mali’s prime minister on Friday accused Algeria before the United Nations of supporting “international terrorism” after the downing of a Malian army drone.”We will not be bystanders to adversity. For every bullet fired against us, we shall respond in turn. For every ill word, we shall respond in turn,” Abdoulaye Maiga, an officer serving as …
Mali PM denounces Algeria at UN over drone downingFri, 26 Sep 2025 23:27:49 GMT Read More »
Madagascar’s president on Friday sacked his energy minister in a bid to calm protests over power cuts and water shortages, which had left wreckage strewn across the capital a day earlier.Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds of mostly young people in Antananarivo on Thursday, in protests President Andry Rajoelina branded “acts …
