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Donald Trump’s aid freeze was announced as a review that would last 90 days. Instead, the US president has unleashed sweeping cuts that relief groups say have already hurt millions around the world. With the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, leading Trump’s drive to slash spending to make way for tax cuts, the State Department announced …

Groups say millions already hit as US guts aidFri, 28 Feb 2025 20:35:15 GMT Read More »

Cyclone Garance barrelled across La Reunion island on Friday killing three people as fierce winds left destruction across the French Indian Ocean territory, authorities said.Winds of up to 230 kilometres (143 miles) per hour battered the territory of 900,000 people and the storm earlier forced the closure of the main airport on nearby Mauritius. “Three victims,” …

Three dead as cyclone Garance batters French islandFri, 28 Feb 2025 18:43:14 GMT Read More »

Three decades after Formula One engines last roared on African tarmac, South Africa is mounting a bid to organise a new Grand Prix and bring the world championship back to the continent.Competition to host the high-octane spectacle is between two tracks: a street circuit in Cape Town and the less picturesque but historic Kyalami race …

S.Africa bids for first African F1 grand prix in 30 yearsFri, 28 Feb 2025 17:09:01 GMT Read More »

Nigeria is heading towards the “light at the end of the tunnel” as the country grinds through the second year of a cost-of-living crisis, President Bola Tinubu said Friday.The West African heavyweight has been beset with soaring inflation after Tinubu, elected in 2023, scrapped a costly fuel subsidy and liberalised the exchange rate for the …

Nigeria president says end in sight for economic crisisFri, 28 Feb 2025 16:30:05 GMT Read More »

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday warned Algeria against playing “political games”, with diplomatic ties frayed between the two countries, notably over immigration.Relations between Paris and Algiers have been strained since Macron recognised Moroccan sovereignty of the disputed territory of Western Sahara in July last year.But they have worsened after Algiers refused to accept the …

France’s Macron urges Algeria to help mend diplomatic tiesFri, 28 Feb 2025 16:04:18 GMT Read More »

Cyclone Garance barrelled across La Reunion island on Friday killing at least two people as fierce winds left destruction across the French Indian Ocean territory, authorities said.Winds of up to 230 kilometres (143 miles) per hour battered the territory of 900,000 people and the storm earlier forced the closure of the main airport on nearby …

Two dead as cyclone Garance batters French islandFri, 28 Feb 2025 14:42:12 GMT Read More »

Authorities ordered all people on La Reunion island to stay indoors for several hours Friday as Cyclone Garance’s fierce winds caused destruction across the French Indian Ocean territory.Winds of up to 230 kilometres (143 miles) per hour battered the territory of 900,000 people and the storm earlier forced the closure of the main airport on …

Cyclone winds tear off roofs on battered French islandFri, 28 Feb 2025 09:55:52 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s economic crisis is hitting renters in Lagos hard as landlords pass down the costs of spiralling inflation — pushing residents further out, upending children’s education and adding to workers’ already infamous commutes.With a population of more than 20 million, the country’s sprawling, ever-growing economic capital has for years struggled to keep up with housing …

Nigerians displaced as rents double in inflation-hit LagosFri, 28 Feb 2025 06:37:51 GMT Read More »

Residents of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion were ordered Friday to stay indoors as a cyclone bore down that authorities said could bring gusts of 200 kilometres per hour (125 mph) and sea swells more than eight metres (26 feet) high.Authorities said a maximum “purple alert” was in effect from 9:00 am …

La Reunion residents ordered indoors as ‘purple alert’ cyclone nearsFri, 28 Feb 2025 06:07:15 GMT Read More »