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Captain and flanker Siya Kolisi will make his first appearance of the season when Rugby World Cup holders South Africa face Georgia in Mbombela on Saturday in a one-off Test. A stiff neck ruled the two-time World Cup winner out of an exhibition match win over the Barbarians in Cape Town last month.Kolisi then sustained an …

Springboks captain Kolisi makes first appearance of seasonTue, 15 Jul 2025 13:02:40 GMT Read More »

Equatorial Guinea hit out at France at the UN top court on Tuesday, describing its actions as “neo-colonial” in a long-running dispute over a swanky multi-million-euro Paris mansion confiscated by French authorities.The central African nation has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue emergency orders preventing France from selling the building, seized after …

E.Guinea lashes ‘neo-colonial’ France at UN top court over Paris mansionTue, 15 Jul 2025 08:55:54 GMT Read More »

Stopwatch in hand, dozens of Ivory Coast students raced against the clock to design robots for the farms of the future in the world’s top cocoa-producing nation.With each team facing off to draw up the best bot blueprint, the competition is part of a broader push to tempt the west African nation’s large population of …

Ivory Coast farmers hope tech tempts jaded youth back to fieldsTue, 15 Jul 2025 04:56:49 GMT Read More »

In the shadow of the Grand Egyptian Museum, souvenir shop owner Mona has been readying for the tourist boom she hoped the long-awaited opening would bring — now once again out of reach.”I had bet everything on this opening,” she told AFP from her shop, just steps from the iconic pyramids of Giza, which the …

Egypt grand museum delay puts tourism hopes on holdTue, 15 Jul 2025 03:31:33 GMT Read More »

France and Equatorial Guinea will cross swords Tuesday at the top United Nations court, in a long-running dispute over a luxury Paris mansion confiscated by French authorities.The central African nation has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue emergency orders preventing France from selling the building, seized after Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang …

France, Eq. Guinea to clash at UN top court over Paris mansionTue, 15 Jul 2025 02:37:24 GMT Read More »

South African Rulani Mokwena was named coach of Algerian champions Mouloudia Alger on Monday, ending weeks of speculation as to where the 38-year-old would work in the 2025/26 season.His move to Algiers follows one season with Moroccan outfit Wydad Casablanca. He left after finishing third in the national league and failing to qualify for the …

South African Mokwena to coach Algerian champions MouloudiaMon, 14 Jul 2025 16:50:02 GMT Read More »

Funeral preparations were underway Monday in the hometown of former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, as his hometown of Daura readied to bury the one-time military leader and twice-elected democrat.Children were turned away from schools as government institutions closed for a public holiday and period of mourning, while many private businesses stayed open, unable to afford …

Buhari’s far-north hometown prepares to bury late Nigerian leaderMon, 14 Jul 2025 16:06:22 GMT Read More »

Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari — who led his country first as a junta strongman and later as an elected democrat — died Sunday at the age of 82, the presidency announced.Current President Bola Tinubu said in a statement that his predecessor died in London at about 4:30 pm (1530 GMT) “following a prolonged illness”. Buhari …

Nigeria’s former president Buhari dead at 82Sun, 13 Jul 2025 20:55:32 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday suspended his police minister over corruption allegations “with immediate effect”, a week after accusations made by a provincial police chief.In a country facing endemic corruption, Sunday’s presidential speech was highly anticipated after a week of speculation over the fate of Senzo Mchunu, who became police minister a year …

S.Africa police minister suspended after corruption allegationsSun, 13 Jul 2025 20:02:29 GMT Read More »

Activist Tommy Garnett’s decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone’s Tiwai island — a lush forest home to one of the world’s highest concentrations of primates — landed a spot Sunday on the UN cultural agency’s World Heritage list.The 66-year-old and the conservation group he founded are the reason Tiwai, which was nearly destroyed …

The activist who fought for Sierra Leone’s first World Heritage siteSun, 13 Jul 2025 15:58:16 GMT Read More »