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Nearly two years after Niger’s military seized power and the border with Benin was shut, tensions over security, sovereignty and French influence have hardened into a stand-off throttling trade and paralysing ties between the west African neighbours.Benin, which denies hosting foreign forces accused of destabilising Niger, claims it has made repeated overtures to ease the …

Niger-Benin border standoff deepens as trade collapse bitesThu, 12 Jun 2025 06:17:20 GMT Read More »

A winter chill hung over the windswept cemetery in South Africa’s eastern town of Cradock where the untended graves of four activists assassinated by the apartheid regime were watched over by a monument in their memory, itself in disrepair.In the city of Gqeberha two hours’ drive away, the murders in 1985 of the young men …

‘We won’t rest’: S.African families seek justice for apartheid killingsThu, 12 Jun 2025 06:02:39 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s government was set to present its budget to parliament on Thursday, carefully prepared to avoid a repeat of massive protests over tax hikes a year ago.The east African nation is a regional economic powerhouse but tensions have simmered over the soaring cost of living and a stagnant job market.Last year’s finance bill sparked huge …

Kenya presents budget a year after massive demosThu, 12 Jun 2025 05:42:31 GMT Read More »

Away from the heady rush to build ultra-capable, sci-fi style artificial intelligence in Silicon Valley, ambitious Nairobi-based startup Amini AI is betting on the technology addressing emerging countries’ prosaic problems in the here and now.Chief executive Kate Kallot aims for Amini — still a relatively small firm with $6 million in funding and 25 employees …

Nairobi startup’s bid to be ‘operating system for global South’Thu, 12 Jun 2025 05:40:59 GMT Read More »

Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday condemned the death of a man in police custody that has sparked widespread anger as the country prepares to mark a year since massive protests calling for change.Albert Ojwang, 31, was arrested in western Kenya over posts on social media accusing police deputy inspector-general Eliud Kipkoech Lagat of corruption. He …

Kenya president says death in police custody ‘unacceptable’Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:31:26 GMT Read More »

Attacks in north-central Nigeria’s Plateau state have killed at least 20 people this week, local government and humanitarian sources said Wednesday, in the region’s latest flare-up of violence.The three separate assaults across the Mangu local government area followed a series of attacks and reprisals that appear to have started while people were mining in the …

Attacks in central Nigeria kill at least 20Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:16:57 GMT Read More »

South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took two wickets in an over to reduce reigning champions Australia to 16-2 in a dramatic start to the World Test Championship final at Lord’s on Wednesday.Rabada, 30, who has more than 300 Test wickets, is playing his first Test after serving a one-month ban for cocaine use earlier …

Rabada’s early double strike rocks Australia in WTC finalWed, 11 Jun 2025 10:29:56 GMT Read More »

Roadside vendor and mother-of-five Christine Naswa bemoaned the state of the Kenyan economy as she hawked vegetables by one of Nairobi’s busiest thoroughfares.”The economy is very poor right now. There is no money in Kenya,” Naswa, 40, told AFP as the smell of sliced ginger she was hawking powered through bus fumes. “I do not manage …

Kenyan economy still struggling year after protestsWed, 11 Jun 2025 05:30:14 GMT Read More »

South Africa will aim to banish their reputation as international cricket’s serial chokers when they face holders Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s this week.Despite being able to call on some of the sport’s most formidable players, South Africa have won just one major tournament over the last 27 years.They lifted the …

South Africa aim to banish choker tag in WTC final against AustraliaWed, 11 Jun 2025 03:57:30 GMT Read More »

Kenyan medical examiners said Tuesday that suicide was unlikely in the death of a man while in police custody — a case that has sparked protests and widespread anger.Albert Ojwang, 31, was arrested over posts on social media accusing police deputy inspector-general Eliud Kipkoech Lagat of corruption. Police initially said he died over the weekend in …

Kenya pathologists say suicide unlikely in police custody deathTue, 10 Jun 2025 18:26:13 GMT Read More »