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Behind the civil war tearing Sudan apart for more than two years lie the country’s natural riches, with foreign powers vying for control of its gold, fertile farmland and coastline.Raging since April 2023, the conflict between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has escalated in recent weeks with the RSF’s capture …

Scramble for Sudan’s resources fuels brutal civil warFri, 21 Nov 2025 01:29:58 GMT Read More »

US energy giant ExxonMobil announced Thursday the resumption of its gas development project in Mozambique, which had been suspended for several years due to a jihadist insurgency.”We have lifted force majeure (FM) for the Rovuma LNG project in Area 4,” the company said in a statement, referring to a legal concept that is invoked to …

ExxonMobil relaunches natural gas project in MozambiqueThu, 20 Nov 2025 21:58:53 GMT Read More »

President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday vehemently denied South Africa’s announcement that the United States was ending a boycott of this weekend’s G20 summit in Johannesburg, saying no US official would take part in talks.President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier Thursday described an 11th-hour about-turn by the Trump administration, which had relentlessly attacked South Africa over treatment …

US denies ending South Africa G20 boycottThu, 20 Nov 2025 20:33:01 GMT Read More »

South African head coach Rassie Erasmus said he is hoping his side beat Ireland on Saturday in their Autumn Nations Series Test to secure his first ever win as a coach at Lansdowne Road.The 53-year-old says Ireland are a “force to be reckoned with” but is counting on the side he named on Thursday to …

Erasmus wants to ‘fix’ his Lansdowne Road jinxThu, 20 Nov 2025 17:38:22 GMT Read More »

A Nigerian court on Thursday jailed Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu for life for “terrorism”, ending a decade-old legal saga in which the prosecution sought the death penalty.Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group, has long advocated for the independence of southeastern Nigeria, claiming that the Igbo ethnic group have been …

Nigerian court jails Biafran separatist leader Kanu for life for ‘terrorism’Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:36:40 GMT Read More »

Kenyan President William Ruto vowed to attract $38 billion in investment to boost infrastructure and training, provoking scepticism from economists, as he sought to change the narrative on the country’s economy following mass protests.Ruto swept to power in 2022 promising rapid economic improvements to Kenya’s youth.But the east African country has seen multiple so-called Gen …

Kenya’s Ruto vows $38 billion in investments to transform economyThu, 20 Nov 2025 15:35:40 GMT Read More »

South Africa will not be bullied, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Thursday in a jab at the United States which said it would boycott the G20 summit in Johannesburg this weekend.Washington has also demanded that South Africa does not issue the traditional joint leaders’ statement after the meeting, where around 40 countries will be represented.US President …

No bullying, Ramaphosa says as US snubs S.Africa’s G20Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:11:25 GMT Read More »

Children run in turquoise water, hawkers tout wares on white sands, and families laugh as tourists disembark from small boats — but it’s not some tropical island, it’s Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.”I didn’t really tell my family where I was going,” said Sheryl, from the United States, after walking along Lido Beach in the city.”But… from …

Sun, sea, sand… In Somalia? Tourism trickles in despite insecurityThu, 20 Nov 2025 06:27:47 GMT Read More »

When Liberia’s government signed an agreement with a little-known Dubai company run by a royal sheikh in 2023, the “carbon credit” deal promised to protect vast tracts of forests and offset big polluters’ emissions.It was one of a flurry of deals UAE-based Blue Carbon signed that year covering millions of hectares of forests across Africa …

The case of Africa’s ‘vanishing’ carbon dealsThu, 20 Nov 2025 06:16:23 GMT Read More »

Security forces were scouring western Nigeria for two dozen kidnapped schoolgirls on Wednesday, a day after gunmen stormed a church service, killing two people in an attack captured on video.Nigerian security forces have been placed on high alert, the information minister said, as the country faces an uncomfortable spotlight on its security situation.The armed forces …

Nigeria searches for abducted schoolgirls as gunmen attack churchThu, 20 Nov 2025 02:53:34 GMT Read More »