From the scrappy metal shacks packed tightly on the banks of the thin Jukskei river, the sparkly skyline of Johannesburg’s richest neighbourhood less than two miles away was another world.Bags of refuse for sale to recycling companies lined a muddy path to a vegetable garden tended by residents of the informal settlement at the foot …
US President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to end Sudan’s grinding civil war at the request of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, condemning “tremendous atrocities” in a conflict he has previously overlooked.Trump admitted that the devastating war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was “not on my charts” before Prince Mohammed bin Salman …
Trump vows to end Sudan war, in sudden pivotWed, 19 Nov 2025 21:53:48 GMT Read More »
Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi won the African men’s player of the year award on Wednesday, capping a season in which he lifted the UEFA Champions League with his club Paris Saint-Germain.The 27-year-old also won a fourth Ligue 1 title last season and claimed the French Cup and UEFA Super Cup, however PSG came up short …
PSG’s Hakimi voted African player of the yearWed, 19 Nov 2025 20:04:24 GMT Read More »
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would start “working” to end the war in Sudan, after visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to help solve the devastating conflict.Trump has until now barely commented on the conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has killed tens of …
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would start “working” on the war in Sudan, after visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to help end the conflict.Since its outbreak in April 2023, the war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands of people and …
Premier League leaders Arsenal will end their partnership deal with Rwanda at the end of this season, the African country’s development board announced on Wednesday.The Visit Rwanda partnership, signed eight seasons ago, had increasingly come under scrutiny due to spiralling violence in mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which borders Rwanda.The DRC accuses Rwanda of …
Arsenal to end partnership with Visit RwandaWed, 19 Nov 2025 11:01:00 GMT Read More »
The tourist boats that normally ply Kenya’s famed Lake Naivasha have had a different task in recent weeks: evacuating hundreds of flooded homes. Although the lake’s level has been rising for more than a decade and has repeatedly breached its banks, locals in the modest district of Kihoto are still astonished by the scale this year.”It …
Thousands of Kenyans displaced by Lake Naivasha floodingWed, 19 Nov 2025 07:24:40 GMT Read More »
Portuguese-speaking Guinea-Bissau, which heads to the polls Sunday for presidential and legislative elections, is historically one of the most unstable and coup-prone countries in the world.The poor west African nation’s chronic instability has made it vulnerable to corruption and South American drug cartels.- Coups, political instability -Located close to the tip of Africa’s western bulge, …
Guinea-Bissau: coups, cashews, cocaineWed, 19 Nov 2025 06:24:45 GMT Read More »
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is confident he will easily win another term as he criss-crosses the country with a signature red and white keffiyeh wrapped around his head, meeting enthusiastic supporters ahead of Sunday’s vote.Embalo is only the second leader since the introduction of a multiparty system in the west African country to see …
Guinea-Bissau will elect its next president on Sunday, seeking to turn the page on a tumultuous history of coups and unrest with a vote that nonetheless lacks the country’s main opposition. Some 860,000 voters will choose between 12 candidates, including incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who is favourite to land a second five-year term.Voters in the …
