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Under the Kenyan stars tourists and tribal dancers looked up at the rust red “blood moon” as the east African country launched a new tourism initiative promoting the country’s night skies.When the Sun, Earth and Moon line up, the shadow cast by the planet on its satellite makes it appear an eerie, deep red colour …

‘Blood Moon’ rises as Kenya looks to the stars for tourismSun, 07 Sep 2025 21:42:26 GMT Read More »

South Africa captain Temba Bavuma questioned his side’s attitude after they were thrashed by 342 runs against England in the largest defeat in ODI history on Sunday.Chasing 415 to complete a clean-sweep of the three-match series, the Proteas were bowled out for just 72 in 20.5 ignominious overs in Southampton.It was the biggest winning margin …

‘Something went horribly wrong’ in record loss, says S. Africa’s BavumaSun, 07 Sep 2025 18:36:00 GMT Read More »

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah could this week become the second African football icon after Achraf Hakimi to ensure his presence at the 2026 World Cup in North America.Salah will captain Egypt in Burkina Faso in a top-of-the-table African zone Group A qualifier on Tuesday, and a win for the Pharaohs will guarantee finishing first with …

Salah-inspired Egypt can seal World Cup slot by beating Burkina FasoSun, 07 Sep 2025 09:09:06 GMT Read More »

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that has prompted a new African initiative, “Correct the Map”, calling for depictions that show Africa’s true scale.”For centuries, this map has minimised …

‘Correcting The Map’: reshaping perceptions of AfricaSun, 07 Sep 2025 05:36:44 GMT Read More »

Celebrities, politicians and conservationists took turns to announce names for 40 infant gorillas in a glamorous ceremony in Rwanda, where the endangered creatures face a deadly threat from overcrowding.Around half of the babies will not make it to adulthood due to vicious inter-family fights that are threatening decades of conservation work, experts say.Efforts over the …

Overcrowding kills infant gorillas in Rwanda habitatSun, 07 Sep 2025 05:27:20 GMT Read More »

Jihadists killed at least 63 people in northeastern Nigeria while storming a town whose residents had been returned from a displacement camp, the state governor said.The Friday night assault struck the town of Darul Jamal, which hosts a military base on the Nigeria-Cameroon border in a zone ravaged by jihadist attacks.Babagana Zulum, governor of the …

Jihadists kill 63 in attack on Nigerian townSat, 06 Sep 2025 18:52:10 GMT Read More »

In the remote mountain village of Tarasin in Sudan’s western Darfur, three successive landslides struck without warning last week.”The people lost everything,” Francesco Lanino, operations director at Save the Children, told AFP via Zoom from Port Sudan after a team from the charity arrived in the devastated village in Sudan’s Jebel Marra region.Torrential rains had …

‘Tears and pain’ after deadly Sudan landslideSat, 06 Sep 2025 13:53:21 GMT Read More »

New Zealand scored two early tries and kept an error-prone South Africa at bay to win a rugged arm-wrestle 24-17 Saturday and extend their unbeaten streak at Eden Park to 51 matches.All Blacks back-rower Ardie Savea won a decisive turnover in the dying minutes of his 100th Test to halt a late attack and ensure …

‘Gutsy’ All Blacks beat Springboks to extend Eden Park recordSat, 06 Sep 2025 10:36:26 GMT Read More »

Mpox no longer represents a global public health emergency, the WHO said Friday, following a steady decline in cases and deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other affected countries.The World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of internation concern (PHEIC) in August 2024 after a two-pronged mpox epidemic broke out, primarily in …

WHO chief lifts global mpox emergencyFri, 05 Sep 2025 16:45:20 GMT Read More »

Security was tightened on Friday in Guinea’s capital Conakry following a call to protest against an upcoming constitutional referendum, AFP journalists reported.Guinea’s opposition alliance Living Forces of Guinea (FVG) claims the vote, due to take place on September 21, is junta chief General Mamady Doumbouya’s way of tightening his grip on power.Military leaders have framed …

Security tightened in Guinea after opposition protest callsFri, 05 Sep 2025 14:07:40 GMT Read More »