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A sluggish economy, daily attacks on fuel convoys and a loss of territorial control: Mali’s ruling junta is facing an existential crisis as a fuel blockade gradually strangles the capital Bamako and other regions.- Situation on the ground -For weeks, jihadists from JNIM, the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, have imposed …

Suffocated by jihadists, Mali is on the brinkFri, 07 Nov 2025 17:18:16 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s history-making captain Siya Kolisi said it was “super special” to become a Test centurion and even more so as his children will be at the Stade de France Saturday when the Springboks play France.The 34-year-old — who in 2018 became South Africa’s first black captain and has led them to two successive World …

Kolisi to hit Test century with his children watchingFri, 07 Nov 2025 17:17:28 GMT Read More »

A Zimbabwean opposition politician and fierce government critic was arrested in South Africa on Friday for possession of explosives, his brother told AFP.After Zimbabwe media reported that Job Sikhala had been arrested, South African police confirmed they had detained two men in a vehicle containing 26 blasting cartridges and detonating devices. The men were aged 53 …

Zimbabwe opposition politician arrested in S.AfricaFri, 07 Nov 2025 16:34:37 GMT Read More »

A Tanzanian court charged more than 100 people with treason Friday following election protests that turned violent, as rights groups condemned what they said was the killing of civilians.President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the October 29 poll with 98 percent of the vote, according to the electoral commission, but the opposition, which was barred from …

Tanzania charges more than 100 with treason over election protestsFri, 07 Nov 2025 14:54:21 GMT Read More »

Powerful G20 nations are pushing back on efforts to promote global access for health at this month’s summit in South Africa, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Friday, calling the move disappointing.South Africa chose “Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability” as the theme for its presidency of the group of leading economies but has faced some resistance, …

MSF accuses powerful nations of weakening S.Africa’s G20 health textFri, 07 Nov 2025 13:10:55 GMT Read More »

On a cool November morning, members of a local council in central Nigeria met religious leaders at the traditional ruler’s palace to discuss religious harmony as US President Donald Trump revs up accusations of Christian persecution in Africa’s most populous country.Nigeria, a west African country of 230 million people, is roughly evenly split between a …

Central Nigerian town rebuilds religious trust in shadow of Trump’s threatFri, 07 Nov 2025 12:23:26 GMT Read More »

An end to fighting in Sudan still seems far off despite the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, fighting the army for more than two years, endorsing a truce proposal.The government, backed by the army, has yet to respond to US-led international mediators, and explosions rocked the army-controlled capital Khartoum on Friday.Experts express doubt about whether the …

No end to Sudan fighting despite RSF paramilitaries backing truce planFri, 07 Nov 2025 11:09:29 GMT Read More »

Tanzanian rights groups condemned on Friday widespread reports of “reprisal killings” of civilians, some in their own homes, in post-election violence that the opposition say killed hundreds.President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the October 29 poll with 98 percent of the vote, according to the electoral commission, but the opposition, which was barred from participating, has …

Tanzania rights group condemns ‘reprisal killings’ of civiliansFri, 07 Nov 2025 10:30:11 GMT Read More »

Despite the two major cities in eastern  Democratic Republic of Congo having fallen into the hands of the M23 militia, some residents are celebrating their newfound fortunes — amassed through cryptocurrency trading. Crypto trading is seemingly a silver bullet to the economic crisis plaguing the region, where banks have been ordered closed by the Kinshasa authorities …

Online scams promising wealth surge in conflict-hit east DR CongoFri, 07 Nov 2025 06:47:23 GMT Read More »

Few places in the small African kingdom of Eswatini have a more feared reputation than the Matsapha Correctional Centre, a high-security sprawl of concrete and rust outside the capital, Mbabane.                                                       “It’s like a jungle,” a former detainee told AFP of the prison that is holding 14 men deported from the United States in the Trump …

Inside the Eswatini ‘jungle’ prison holding US deporteesFri, 07 Nov 2025 06:32:46 GMT Read More »