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Thousands on Saturday joined the first authorised protest in Senegal’s capital since President Macky Sall postponed elections for his successor before a top court overturned his ruling.Sall’s last-minute move to delay the February 25 poll triggered traditionally stable Senegal’s worst crisis in decades.The Constitutional Council intervened on Thursday and the president, under growing pressure at …

Thousands of Senegalese march with elections back onSat, 17 Feb 2024 15:41:37 GMT Read More »

DR Congo’s army on Saturday accused Rwanda of staging a “drone attack” at night 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 is backed by Kigali …

DRCongo army accuses Rwanda of ‘drone attack’ after airport bombingSat, 17 Feb 2024 13:28:23 GMT Read More »

African leaders were urged Saturday to step up and tackle the myriad conflicts and political crises blighting the continent of 1.4 billion people.Opening the African Union’s two-day summit, AU Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat painted a “bleak picture” with a “litany of difficulties” confronting many countries.Faki blasted a failure to counter multiple “unconstitutional changes of …

‘Bleak picture’: AU leaders urged to tackle litany of crisesSat, 17 Feb 2024 13:27:14 GMT Read More »

The liberal Democratic Alliance, fighting to keep its place as South Africa’s official opposition party, launched its electoral campaign Saturday ahead of a hotly contested vote, vowing to crush power cuts and slash high unemployment.Party leader John Steenhuisen promised to create two million jobs, end an endemic power crisis, halve violent crime in one of the …

S.Africa opposition vows to slash power cuts, unemploymentSat, 17 Feb 2024 13:11:24 GMT Read More »

Long, cold months have passed since an earthquake levelled Abdallah Oubelaid’s impoverished village in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains.Every day, he or other villagers come to inspect the debris. They hope to find pieces of wood for heating and cooking, or even to recover objects of value that have so far escaped them, and all the …

Long winter for Morocco quake survivorsSat, 17 Feb 2024 12:59:08 GMT Read More »

A bomb struck the airport in the restive eastern DR Congo city of Goma early Saturday as fighting flared between rebels and government forces, security and government sources told AFP.Clashes have intensified in recent days around the strategic town of Sake, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Goma, between the M23 rebel group — which …

‘Bomb’ hits DRCongo airport as fighting flares in restive eastSat, 17 Feb 2024 09:53:06 GMT Read More »

African leaders opened a two-day summit on Saturday as the continent wrestles with coups, conflicts, political crises and regional tensions.Ahead of the gathering in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, African Union Commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat voiced alarm at the violence gripping many nations, both in Africa and other parts of the world.Sudan was in …

AU leaders meet facing coups, conflicts, crisesSat, 17 Feb 2024 09:45:06 GMT Read More »

African leaders open a two-day summit on Saturday as the continent wrestles with coups, conflicts, political crises and regional tensions.Ahead of the gathering in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, African Union Commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat voiced alarm at the violence gripping many nations, both in Africa and other parts of the world.Sudan was in …

Coups, conflicts and crises confront African summitSat, 17 Feb 2024 03:27:48 GMT Read More »

Senegalese President Macky Sall, who faces mounting pressure at home and abroad, vowed Friday to organise presidential elections “as soon as possible” after the top constitutional body overruled his decision to delay this month’s vote.Sall’s last-minute move to postpone the February 25 poll until December triggered Senegal’s worst crisis in decades.The decision sparked a widespread …

Senegal president pledges to hold election ‘as soon as possible’Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:43:50 GMT Read More »

The UN’s top court Friday rejected South Africa’s request to put more legal pressure on Israel to halt a threatened offensive against the Gaza city of Rafah, saying it was “bound to comply with existing measures”.Pretoria has already filed a complaint against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, alleging that …

Top UN court rejects S.Africa request for more Gaza measuresFri, 16 Feb 2024 21:49:58 GMT Read More »