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Its winding allies, ancient mosque and ochre earthen houses helped bestow on Agadez its UNESCO World Heritage status, but the town in Niger is now under threat from flooding.Overflowing rivers are no longer a rarity in the vast arid nation on the edge of the Sahara Desert.But the rainy season this year has been particularly …

Floods threaten Niger’s historic ‘gateway to the desert’Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:47:33 GMT Read More »

Air strikes and shelling rocked Khartoum on Thursday as the army attacked paramilitary positions throughout the Sudanese capital, eyewitnesses and a military source told AFP.The clashes began at dawn, several residents reported, in what appeared to be the army’s first major offensive in months to regain parts of the capital controlled by its rival paramilitary …

Air strikes in Khartoum as Sudan army attacks paramilitary positionsThu, 26 Sep 2024 10:00:31 GMT Read More »

Mpox epicentre DR Congo is less than a week away from the start of a vaccination campaign, but the rollout faces challenges in a vast country with limited roads, often in poor condition.Residents of Kamituga, a bustling mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, will be among the first to be vaccinated …

Mpox vaccine rollout faces challenges in east DR CongoThu, 26 Sep 2024 06:06:57 GMT Read More »

Growing tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia, heightened by arms shipments, risk destabilising the fragile Horn of Africa and creating opportunities for the Islamist insurgents of Al-Shabaab, experts say.The region has been on alert since January when Ethiopia made the shock announcement that it would lease a stretch of coastline from Somaliland, a breakaway area of …

Rising Somalia-Ethiopia tensions threaten Horn of AfricaThu, 26 Sep 2024 04:29:56 GMT Read More »

Eben Etzebeth will seek to write another chapter in an already storied career when he takes the field for the Springboks in their Rugby Championship title decider against Argentina at Mbombela Stadium on Saturday.The towering forward will become South Africa’s most-capped rugby Test player as he makes his 128th appearance, overtaking fellow lock Victor Matfield, …

Record-breaking Springbok Etzebeth seeks another major trophyThu, 26 Sep 2024 04:13:37 GMT Read More »

As Kenya mourns 21 children killed in a boarding school fire this month, anxious parents are left wondering why the country suffers so many similar tragedies.A mass is planned Thursday for the boys, aged nine to 13, killed in an overnight fire in their dormitory at Hillside Endarasha Academy in central Kenya on September 6.It …

Kenyan school fires scare away parentsThu, 26 Sep 2024 04:10:14 GMT Read More »

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres voiced concern Wednesday over “escalation” in Sudan’s conflict to the country’s army chief when they met on the sidelines of a diplomatic gathering in New York.Sudan has been high on the agenda at the UN’s centerpiece meeting this week, with the dire humanitarian situation and refugee crisis dominating discussions on …

UN chief raises alarm over Sudan ‘escalation’ to army leaderThu, 26 Sep 2024 02:48:10 GMT Read More »

Senegal’s government said it will on Thursday deliver its promised review of the hard-pressed country’s financial situation, six months after sweeping to power pledging radical change.President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in March ran on a ticket of social justice, sovereignty and leftist pan-Africanism — raising hopes in the West African …

Senegal government to present long-awaited financial reviewWed, 25 Sep 2024 20:00:19 GMT Read More »

Benin prosecutors said Wednesday that three prominent men including a presidential guard commander have been arrested on suspicion of planning a “coup d’etat” in the small West African nation.The other two accused of attempting a putsch are a former sports minister and a businessman close to President Patrice Talon.Elonm Mario Metonou, the special prosecutor at …

Benin arrests three men suspected of ‘coup’ plotWed, 25 Sep 2024 19:20:30 GMT Read More »

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi called Wednesday for sanctions against Rwanda over its alleged support for rebels in the turbulent east of his country.”The resurgence of the M23 terrorist group, backed by Rwanda, has triggered an unprecedented humanitarian crisis,” Tshisekedi told the UN General Assembly.”This aggression constitutes a major violation of our national sovereignty. We call …

DRC leader calls for sanctions on Rwanda over rebel supportWed, 25 Sep 2024 17:44:55 GMT Read More »