The Ocean Viking should have been on the water Friday, searching for migrants needing rescue in the Mediterranean. Instead, the vessel operated by Marseille-based SOS Mediterranee was docked at the Civitavecchia port outside Rome due to a bureaucratic tangle with Italy — leaving more migrants to fend for themselves in open waters.”We would have been at …
Senegal’s main opposition party on Friday declared its firebrand leader Ousmane Sonko would be its candidate in upcoming presidential elections, brushing aside questions about his eligibility following a jail sentence.Sonko on Thursday “was unanimously voted in as the PASTEF-Patriots’ candidate for the February 25 2024 presidential elections,” the party said in a statement to AFP.Ballots …
South Africa’s radical leftwing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Friday said it was open to forming a grand coalition with centrists and other rivals in order to oust the long-ruling ANC in next year’s elections.”The opposition parties should come together to unseat the ANC,” EFF leader Julius Malema told a press briefing in Johannesburg. The country’s biggest …
S.Africa’s leftist EFF opens to coalition to oust ANCFri, 14 Jul 2023 16:26:50 GMT Read More »
Hundreds of people on Friday braved a ban to join a protest against plans for a constitutional change that will enable troubled Central African Republic’s president to bid for a third term in office.Opposition leaders headed a march of around 500 people through the capital Bangui under heavy escort from the CAR security forces and …
Protest march in C.Africa over constitutional changeFri, 14 Jul 2023 15:23:42 GMT Read More »
War-torn Sudan’s capital experienced a communications blackout for several hours on Friday, residents said, as the army and paramilitary forces waged intense battles across Khartoum and humanitarian groups warned of worsening crises.”Violent clashes” shook the capital, witnesses told AFP over the phone, after residents woke up to an outage of vital internet and mobile phone …
Senegal’s main opposition party on Friday declared its firebrand leader Ousmane Sonko would be its candidate in upcoming presidential elections, brushing aside questions about his eligibility following a jail sentence.Sonko on Thursday “was unanimously voted in as the PASTEF-Patriots’ candidate for the February 25 2024 presidential elections,” the party said in a statement to AFP.Ballots …
The rumour spread through Mbour like an Atlantic wave unfurling on a beach.Two boats laden with migrants that had left on the dangerous crossing to Spain’s Canary Islands 1,500 kilometres (950 miles) away had gone missing.But the grim tale failed to deter desperate Senegalese men thirsting for a new life in Europe. “Spain… We all want …
In Senegal, would-be migrants dream of EuropeFri, 14 Jul 2023 13:00:08 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s graft-tainted ex-leader Jacob Zuma is receiving medical treatment in Russia, his spokesman said Friday, a day after the country’s highest court upheld a ruling that he should return to prison.”Zuma travelled to Russia last week for health reasons,” the 81-year-old’s spokesman Mzwanele Manyi said in a statement. Manyi added that the trip “was private, it …
S.Africa’s Zuma in Russia for ‘health reasons’: spokesmanFri, 14 Jul 2023 11:16:10 GMT Read More »
Ons Jabeur hopes it will be third time lucky when she attempts to become the first African or Arab woman to win a Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday.The 28-year-old Tunisian takes on Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic, hoping to go one better than last year when she was defeated by Elena …
The International Criminal Court has opened a new probe into alleged war crimes in Sudan, its chief prosecutor said Thursday, expressing major concern over escalating violence. Karim Khan made the announcement in a report to the UN Security Council, after three months of war between feuding generals have plunged the northeast African country back into chaos.The …
