Moscow, Riyadh and several other OPEC+ members on Sunday announced extensions to oil production cuts first announced in 2023 as part of an agreement among oil producers to boost prices following economic uncertainty. The plan to extend cuts to mid-2024 comes on top of previous cuts to both oil output and exports as some of the world’s …

Several countries extend oil cuts to boost pricesSun, 03 Mar 2024 17:47:20 GMT Read More »

American Jordan Gumberg was close to tears on Sunday after winning the SDC Championship at the second hole of a play-off against South African Robin Williams in the eastern Cape. Gumberg claimed his first European Tour title by sinking a birdie putt at the par-four 18th to pip Williams, who double bogeyed the 17th in the final …

Emotional American Gumberg wins first European Tour titleSun, 03 Mar 2024 15:18:31 GMT Read More »

Expensive curtains, lavish garden parties and jet-setting lifestyles: Kenya’s cash-strapped government has been on a spending spree even as austerity measures take their toll on weary citizens.A report released by the country’s auditor generallast month said the office of the deputy president spent 10.2 million shillings ($70,000) on curtains while splashing out on furniture to …

Parties, cars, curtains: Kenyans upset by govt spending spreeSun, 03 Mar 2024 07:20:55 GMT Read More »

A goal blitz set up Simba of Tanzania to trounce Jwaneng Galaxy of Botswana 6-0 on Saturday, seal a CAF Champions League quarter-finals place and eliminate Wydad Casablanca of Morocco.While Simba were running riot, three-time champions Wydad edged table-toppers ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast 1-0 in Marrakesh, but lost out for second place on the …

Goal blitz takes Simba to last eight, Wydad Casablanca bow outSat, 02 Mar 2024 21:30:06 GMT Read More »

Thousands protested deteriorating living standards outside the prime minister’s office in Tunis on Saturday following a call from Tunisia’s main trade union confederation.”The economic and social situation continues to worsen,” the confederation’s head, Noureddine Taboubi, said in a speech to protesters.Taboubi said the state’s ability to service its foreign debt in 2023 had been “to …

Thousands protest Tunisia economic woesSat, 02 Mar 2024 18:20:29 GMT Read More »

Led by motorcycle riders draped in rainbow colours and dressed in multicolour costumes, more than 3,000 people on Saturday took part in Cape Town’s annual Gay Pride parade.  The parade was an opportunity for South Africa to reaffirm its place as one of the rare African countries to recognise LGBT+ rights. “I am here because I …

Cape Town Gay Pride shows solidarity with Africa’s persecutedSat, 02 Mar 2024 15:35:02 GMT Read More »

Chad’s junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said on Saturday he would stand in the May 6 presidential election, just three days after his chief rival was killed in murky circumstances.Deby Itno took power in 2021 after his father, veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno, died while fighting rebels. The iron-fisted ruler had led the Sahel …

Chad junta chief says will stand in May 6 presidential electionSat, 02 Mar 2024 15:11:47 GMT Read More »

A communications blackout has made information scarce from Sudan’s Al-Jazira state, which paramilitaries pushed into in December, but rare interviews with residents have detailed grim conditions in the former safe haven.One resident, who requested anonymity for their safety, told AFP that Mohamed Hamdan Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shot at dozens of people in the …

In former haven, Sudanese terrified by paramilitariesSat, 02 Mar 2024 13:10:53 GMT Read More »

Emerging from the shadows after his father’s three-decade rule over Chad, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno is poised to consolidate the family dynasty in a presidential election where victory seems inevitable.The young general appeared timid, his gaze fleeting, when the army announced his father Idriss Deby Itno was killed en route to the front line against …

Chad’s new strongman emerges from father’s shadowSat, 02 Mar 2024 12:37:10 GMT Read More »

Chad junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said Saturday he would contest a May 6 presidential election, just three days after his chief rival was killed in murky circumstances.Deby Itno took power in 2021 after his father, veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno, died while fighting rebels. The iron-fisted ruler had led the Sahel country for …

Chad junta chief to contest May 6 presidential voteSat, 02 Mar 2024 11:55:44 GMT Read More »