Gabon held local and legislative elections on Saturday, a double bill that concludes a political transition following an August 2023 coup that ended 55 years of Bongo dynasty rule.Polling stations were to remain open until 6:00 pm local time (1700 GMT) to allow around 900,000 voters to elect 145 MPs, two of whom are diaspora …
Post-coup Gabon holds double-bill electionSat, 27 Sep 2025 16:01:11 GMT Read More »
More than 3,000 people marched through Cape Town Saturday, calling for South Africa to cut trade and diplomatic ties with Israel, including by shutting its embassy, over the war in Gaza.Pretoria has been a leading critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza, bringing a case before the UN’s top court in December 2023 that argues Israel’s …
Hundreds of mostly young protesters faced off against security forces in Madagascar’s capital Saturday days after an anti-government demonstration erupted into clashes and looting.Police used rubber bullets and teargas to disperse crowds at Thursday’s protest, which was called to condemn persistent water and power cuts in the impoverished nation but descended into violence as stores …
Protesters gather again in MadagascarSat, 27 Sep 2025 12:53:15 GMT Read More »
Mali’s prime minister on Friday accused Algeria before the United Nations of supporting “international terrorism” after the downing of a Malian army drone.”We will not be bystanders to adversity. For every bullet fired against us, we shall respond in turn. For every ill word, we shall respond in turn,” Abdoulaye Maiga, an officer serving as …
Mali PM denounces Algeria at UN over drone downingFri, 26 Sep 2025 23:27:49 GMT Read More »
Madagascar’s president on Friday sacked his energy minister in a bid to calm protests over power cuts and water shortages, which had left wreckage strewn across the capital a day earlier.Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds of mostly young people in Antananarivo on Thursday, in protests President Andry Rajoelina branded “acts …
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi said Friday that this weekend’s clash against Argentina in Durban was “like a semi-final” for the Rugby Championship. With two matches remaining, all four Southern Hemisphere nations can claim the trophy, as each has two wins.”It’s like playing a semi-final tomorrow (Saturday) because ourselves and Argentina have the opportunity to win the …
Kolisi warns ‘resilient’ Boks are braced for Puma maulingFri, 26 Sep 2025 17:58:06 GMT Read More »
As campaigning starts on Saturday for Cameroon’s presidential election, the nation is puzzling over the whereabouts of the lead candidate: its 92-year-old leader, Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state.In power since 1982 and seeking an eighth term in office in the October 12 polls, Biya left the central African country on Sunday for …
Cameroon’s President Biya: absent candidate in electionFri, 26 Sep 2025 17:41:07 GMT Read More »
The United Nations on Friday released a long-awaited update of its database of companies with activities in Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, listing 158 firms from 11 countries.UN rights chief Volker Turk has condemned as a war crime Israel’s policy of settlements on Palestinian territory in the occupied West Bank.While several companies including Alstom and …
UN identifies 158 firms linked to Israeli settlementsFri, 26 Sep 2025 16:19:35 GMT Read More »
The streets were largely deserted in Madagascar’s capital Friday as residents took stock of the damage from a day of violent protests over frequent power cuts and water shortages.The protest in Antananarivo, led by hundreds of mostly young demonstrators, was met with a heavy police response, with rubber bullets and tear gas used to disperse …
High-profile government critic Maurice Kamto said Friday the opposition had failed to unite against Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya in the wake of his own exclusion from the election.Earlier in the month, Kamto had urged the 11 opposition figures running in the October 12 vote against Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, to either …
