A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced the former first lady and son of the oil-rich country’s deposed leader Ali Bongo to 20 years in prison following a two-day graft trial.Sylvia Bongo, 62, and Noureddin Bongo, 33, both tried in absentia, were found guilty of embezzlement of public funds, among other charges.The wife of Ali Bongo, …
The United Nations said Wednesday that 42 migrants were missing and presumed dead after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast last week.It was the latest in a series of similar disasters in a stretch of the Mediterranean Sea that have claimed the lives of more than a thousand people so far this year.Seven survivors …
42 feared dead in migrant shipwreck off Libya: UNWed, 12 Nov 2025 13:59:26 GMT Read More »
When G20 leaders touch down in Johannesburg this month, they will be greeted by a city scrubbed, patched, and polished, all part of a last-minute summit gloss thrown over years of neglect.The urban sprawl of almost six million people is home to Africa’s richest square mile. In recent years, however, it has sunk into disrepair, …
Johannesburg gets rushed makeover for G20 chiefsWed, 12 Nov 2025 10:04:05 GMT Read More »
Leaders of the world’s largest economies meet in Johannesburg on November 22 and 23 for the G20 summit, being held for the first time in Africa.Here are five things to know about the annual meeting, which is taking place at a time of heightened global instability and tensions between Pretoria and Washington.- First in Africa …
Five things to know about the first G20 held in AfricaWed, 12 Nov 2025 08:50:36 GMT Read More »
Thomas Marama is praying less often these days.His faith hasn’t waned, but with the height of the Boko Haram conflict behind him, the Nigerian pastor no longer feels the need to plea to God each time he goes to a crowded market or gets caught in a traffic jam.”You were always scared that maybe there …
Star African strikers Victor Osimhen of Nigeria and Bryan Mbeumo of Cameroon want to grace the 2026 World Cup tournament, but only one of them can succeed. Nigeria face Gabon and Cameroon meet the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday in Rabat in the semi-finals of an African play-offs series for the global showpiece.The winners clash …
Tanzanian politicians are in shock over the massacre of hundreds of young protesters during its recent election, insiders told AFP, but are too afraid to speak out as a tiny cabal of hardliners around the president takes control.Gruesome images of dead Tanzanians have flooded the internet in the wake of the October 29 elections that …
Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala goes on trial in Paris Wednesday over atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s bloody eastern conflict more than two decades ago.Lumbala, 67, is accused of complicity in crimes against humanity for his role during the 1998-2003 Second Congo War, which saw more than a half-dozen African nations …
Once hailed as a solution to Ethiopia’s creeping desertification, a foreign tree is now spreading uncontrollably across the east African nation, threatening fragile ecosystems and the very survival of local communities.Native to Latin America, the prosopis shrub-like tree was first planted in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region in the 1970s.It has become a nightmare for locals …
Installations by renowned international artists including Italy’s Michelangelo Pistoletto and Portugal’s Alexandre Farto have been erected in the sand under the great pyramids of Giza outside Cairo. The fifth edition of the contemporary art exhibition “Forever is Now” is due to run to December 6.The 92-year-old Pistoletto’s most famous work, Il Terzo Paradiso, comprises a three-metre-tall …
Monumental art displayed in shade of Egypt’s pyramidsWed, 12 Nov 2025 01:05:02 GMT Read More »
