The African Union’s health watchdog said on Sunday the continent’s leaders will “send a strong message” for the renewal of the main US programme aimed at reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Launched in 2003, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, is a major funder of HIV testing, counselling and life-saving treatment worldwide.The programme …

AU to push renewal of US AIDS plan: Africa CDC bossSun, 18 Feb 2024 10:51:54 GMT Read More »

South African nuclear scientists want to build a new generation of mini nuclear reactors, both to plug holes in their own country’s blackout-plagued grid and to build an export industry for the future.One company has designed a gas-cooled small modular reactor that it says can be installed within three years on a site smaller than …

Could mini nuclear stations plug South Africa’s power gaps?Sun, 18 Feb 2024 03:01:36 GMT Read More »

South Africa cricket legend and former national coach Mike Procter died on Saturday at the age of 77, his wife told AFP.”He suffered a complication during surgery, became unconscious and never woke up,” Maryna Procter said.Procter was an outstanding all-rounder who became South Africa’s first coach in the post-isolation era and had a controversial stint …

South Africa cricket legend Mike Procter dies at 77Sat, 17 Feb 2024 22:44:31 GMT Read More »

Mike Procter was an outstanding cricket all-rounder who became South Africa’s first coach in the post-isolation era and had a controversial stint as an International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee.South Africa won six of the seven Tests in which he played, all against Australia, before South Africa’s sporting isolation in 1970 because of apartheid.The other …

Mike Procter: One of South Africa’s greatest cricketersSat, 17 Feb 2024 19:56:23 GMT Read More »

DR Congo’s army on Saturday accused Rwanda of carrying out a night-time drone attack that damaged civilian aircraft at the airport in the strategic eastern city of Goma.Fighting has flared in recent days around the town of Sake, 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Goma, between M23 rebels — which Kinshasa says are backed by Kigali …

DR Congo accuses Rwanda of airport ‘drone attack’Sat, 17 Feb 2024 18:20:30 GMT Read More »

Tensions between Horn of Africa rivals Ethiopia and Somalia boiled over on Saturday on the opening day of an African Union summit in Addis Ababa.The two neighbours — already at odds over a controversial maritime pact — locked horns over Somalia’s claims that Ethiopian security tried to block its President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud from accessing …

Ethiopia-Somalia tensions boil over at AU summitSat, 17 Feb 2024 17:53:26 GMT Read More »

Somalia and Ethiopia, already at odds over a controversial maritime pact, locked horns again on Saturday over Somali claims that Ethiopian security forces tried to block President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud from accessing the African Union summit.Mogadishu described the incident as “outrageous conduct” and called for a full investigation by the pan-African body which is headquartered …

Somalia accuses Ethiopia of trying to block AU summit accessSat, 17 Feb 2024 16:11:01 GMT Read More »

Thousands on Saturday joined the first authorised protest in Senegal’s capital since President Macky Sall postponed elections for his successor before a top court overturned his ruling.Sall’s last-minute move to delay the February 25 poll triggered traditionally stable Senegal’s worst crisis in decades.The Constitutional Council intervened on Thursday and the president, under growing pressure at …

Thousands of Senegalese march with elections back onSat, 17 Feb 2024 15:41:37 GMT Read More »

DR Congo’s army on Saturday accused Rwanda of staging a “drone attack” at night that damaged civilian aircraft at the airport in the strategic eastern city of Goma.Fighting has flared in recent days around the town of Sake, 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Goma, between M23 rebels — which Kinshasa says is backed by Kigali …

DRCongo army accuses Rwanda of ‘drone attack’ after airport bombingSat, 17 Feb 2024 13:28:23 GMT Read More »

African leaders were urged Saturday to step up and tackle the myriad conflicts and political crises blighting the continent of 1.4 billion people.Opening the African Union’s two-day summit, AU Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat painted a “bleak picture” with a “litany of difficulties” confronting many countries.Faki blasted a failure to counter multiple “unconstitutional changes of …

‘Bleak picture’: AU leaders urged to tackle litany of crisesSat, 17 Feb 2024 13:27:14 GMT Read More »