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Argentina scrum-half Simon Benitez Cruz will make just his second Test start when they face South Africa in the Rugby Championship in London this weekend, the Argentina Rugby Union (UAR) announced on Thursday.Cruz, 26, replaces the injured Gonzalo Garcia, who was stretchered off during last week’s heavy loss to the 2023 World Cup winners in …

Argentina scrum-half Cruz to start against SpringboksThu, 02 Oct 2025 09:54:07 GMT Read More »

An Egyptian ex-minister is the favourite to become head of the UN’s culture agency, but his Congolese rival says bets are still off before a key decision next week.The vote to replace outgoing French UNESCO director-general Audrey Azoulay after two four-year terms in office is not expected until November 6, during the body’s general assembly …

Egyptian, Congolese contenders vie for UNESCO top jobThu, 02 Oct 2025 06:35:49 GMT Read More »

In Ivory Coast’s biggest city Abidjan, vulnerable drug addicts say that discovering a secluded care and support centre in an upscale part of the city has helped them to turn around their lives. In recent years, the coastal west African nation has become a pivotal transit hub for the global heroin and cocaine trade, as well …

Addicts swap drug dens for support centre in AbidjanThu, 02 Oct 2025 06:06:02 GMT Read More »

Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold returns to his roots on Friday with the release of his sixth album, “Fuji”, which he described as a tribute to the ancestral sounds of his home country.”That sound is the soundtrack of Lagos. It’s everywhere. That sound gave birth to Afrobeats and all the things that we hear right now,” …

Afropop icon Adekunle Gold embraces Nigerian roots with new albumThu, 02 Oct 2025 06:03:04 GMT Read More »

Two people were killed when officers opened fire on a group of people attempting to “storm” a police station in Morocco on Wednesday, state media said, as protests — sometimes violent — roil the north African nation.Demonstrations have convulsed Morocco for several days, urged on by the GenZ 212 group, a recently formed collective based …

Two killed as violence flares in Morocco protestsThu, 02 Oct 2025 02:15:29 GMT Read More »

British primatologist Jane Goodall, who transformed the study of chimpanzees and became one of the world’s most revered wildlife advocates, has died at the age of 91, her institute announced Wednesday.Goodall “died peacefully in her sleep while in Los Angeles” on a speaking tour of the United States, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a …

World-renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:30:03 GMT Read More »

British primatologist Jane Goodall, who transformed the study of chimpanzees and became one of the world’s most prominent wildlife advocates, has died at the age of 91, her institute announced Wednesday.Goodall “passed away due to natural causes” while in California on a speaking tour of the United States, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a …

Renowned British chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:51:20 GMT Read More »

A massive fire which scorched through more than a third of Namibia’s best-known national park is no longer active, government authorities said Wednesday.The blaze at Etosha National Park, a top tourist site and one of Africa’s largest game reserves, broke out on September 22 and spread rapidly due to high winds and parched vegetation.It forced …

Namibia national park fire no longer active: govtWed, 01 Oct 2025 18:49:30 GMT Read More »

British primatologist Jane Goodall imitated chimpanzees, sat with them in trees and shared their bananas during her trail-blazing research in Tanzania into the apes’ true nature.Acclaimed for her discoveries she later morphed into a wildlife crusader, criss-crossing the world to plead the cause of human’s closest ape relatives and the wider planet.She died, aged 91, …

Jane Goodall: crusader for chimpanzees and the planetWed, 01 Oct 2025 18:37:50 GMT Read More »

Anti-government protesters in Madagascar held fresh demonstrations Wednesday and called for a general strike, seeking to force President Andry Rajoelina to step down, after nearly a week of action by the youth-led movement.Police shot tear gas at protesters in the centre of the capital Antananarivo, where some 10,000 clashed Tuesday with police, although life had …

Madagascar anti-government protesters call for general strikeWed, 01 Oct 2025 17:51:46 GMT Read More »