On a mountain near Sudan’s border, journalists climb rugged slopes, phones held high, hoping to catch a faint signal from neighbouring Chad to send stories amid the war’s two-year communications blackout.Journalists say efforts like these are their only way to tell the world about the horrors unfolding in Darfur, where accounts of sexual violence, ethnic …
An Ivory Coast court on Tuesday struck main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam off the nation’s electoral list, closing the door on him running in a presidential election in October.The court said Thiam, who became head of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI) this month, was removed from the electoral list because he had lost …
Ghana’s new leader said Tuesday he initiated a fresh bid to woo back Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to the west African bloc ECOWAS after the junta-led countries quit earlier this year.President John Mahama said his government had appointed a special envoy to “initiate high-level conversations” with the three countries after their withdrawal from the …
With a former minister and central bank director embroiled in financial scandal, the island idyll of Mauritius is in political turmoil. The issue had risked tarnishing a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron this week, but he cancelled the trip on Tuesday in order to attend the funeral of Pope Francis.At the centre of the chaos …
Mauritius deep in corruption scandalTue, 22 Apr 2025 13:52:30 GMT Read More »
With a former minister and central bank director embroiled in financial scandal, the island idyll of Mauritius is in political turmoil as French President Emmanuel Macron visits this week.At the centre of the mess is ex-finance minister Renganaden Padayachy, who was until recently seen as a key figure in making Mauritius one of Africa’s few …
Mauritius deep in corruption scandal as Macron visitsTue, 22 Apr 2025 12:20:32 GMT Read More »
Church bells tolled across the capital of Africa’s most populous Roman Catholic nation on Monday after the death of Pope Francis was announced.Francis, who visited Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2023, was hailed as a “voice for the voiceless”.In Kinshasa’s Our Lady of the Congo Cathedral, Madeleine Bomendje struggled to accept the news: “It’s …
It may be the gateway to the vast Sahara desert, but that doesn’t mean it’s free of that modern scourge of the environment — the rubbish humanity discards.In southern Morocco, volunteers are hunting for waste embedded in the sand, and they don’t have to look far.Bottles, plastic bags — “there are all kinds”, noted one …
Morocco volunteers on Sahara clean-up missionTue, 22 Apr 2025 01:33:38 GMT Read More »
Pope Francis died of a stroke, the Vatican announced hours after the death on Monday of the 88-year-old reformer who inspired devotion but riled traditionalists during 12 years leading the Catholic Church.The Argentine pontiff died at his Santa Marta residence in the Vatican almost a month after leaving hospital following five weeks battling double pneumonia.One …
Pope Francis died of a stroke, the Vatican announced hours after the death on Monday of the 88-year-old reformer who inspired devotion but riled traditionalists during 12 years leading the Catholic Church.The Argentine pontif died at his Santa Marta residence in the Vatican almost a month after leaving hospital following a five-week stay battling double …
Global mourning as Pope Francis dies of stroke aged 88Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:01:00 GMT Read More »
Pope Francis died of a stroke, the Vatican said on Monday, amid widespread mourning for the 88-year-old reformer who inspired devotion but riled traditionalists during 12 years leading the Catholic Church.The Argentine died on Monday morning at the Santa Marta residence where he lived, almost a month after leaving hospital following a five-week stay battling …
Global mourning as Pope Francis dies aged 88Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:39:56 GMT Read More »
