Hundreds of South African gold miners who were blockaded underground for more than four days started returning to the surface on Monday, AFP reporters saw.More than 400 miners were held below ground at Springs, east of Johannesburg, on Thursday evening in a near repeat of a three-day protest in October, the Gold One company said. The …

South Africa miners resurface after underground disputeMon, 11 Dec 2023 10:36:50 GMT Read More »

The United Nations has only been able to reach a fraction of the nearly 25 million people needing aid in war-devastated Sudan, the head of the UN’s humanitarian response in the country says.But assistance to even those four million could soon stop if the chronic lack of funding continues, Clementine Nkweta-Salami told AFP in an …

War-torn Sudan faces ‘catastrophe’ as UN funds run shortMon, 11 Dec 2023 01:28:46 GMT Read More »

West African leaders on Sunday kept sanctions imposed on Niger after a July military coup and demanded progress towards a short transition to civilian rule before easing the measures.The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders met for a summit in Nigeria’s capital Abuja with the region in crisis after coups in Mali, Burkina …

W.Africa leaders set conditions for lifting Niger sanctionsSun, 10 Dec 2023 18:20:31 GMT Read More »

Several thousand Moroccans demonstrated on Sunday in Rabat to condemn “genocide” in the Gaza Strip and demand the end of diplomatic relations with Israel, AFP journalists reported.They marched through the city behind a huge banner denouncing “the Holocaust in Gaza” and calling for ties with Israel to be repealed.Morocco and Israel established full relations in …

Moroccan protesters decry Gaza ‘genocide’Sun, 10 Dec 2023 16:47:31 GMT Read More »

Egyptians went to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election overshadowed by war in neighbouring Gaza and with little doubt the incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would secure a third term.  In a country gripped by the most severe financial crisis in its recent history — inflation has hovered near 40 percent after the currency lost …

Egyptians vote in election likely to give Sisi third termSun, 10 Dec 2023 15:37:28 GMT Read More »

West African leaders met in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Sunday for talks on their region in deepening crisis, after four countries fell under military rule and with risks growing from Sahel jihadist conflicts.After coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger since 2020, the Economic Community of West African States or ECOWAS saw member states …

W.Africa leaders meet as region struggles with coupsSun, 10 Dec 2023 13:13:16 GMT Read More »

Polling stations opened on Sunday for Egyptians to vote in a presidential election overshadowed by war in neighbouring Gaza and with little doubt the incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will secure a third term.In a country gripped by the most severe financial crisis in its recent history — inflation has hovered near 40 percent after the …

Egyptians head to polls in election likely to give Sisi third termSun, 10 Dec 2023 09:28:48 GMT Read More »

Egyptians vote on Sunday in a presidential election overshadowed by war in neighbouring Gaza and with little doubt that the incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will secure a third term.In a country gripped by the most severe financial crisis in its recent history — inflation has hovered near 40 percent after the currency lost half its …

Egypt election offers more of the same despite crisisSun, 10 Dec 2023 06:39:30 GMT Read More »

Ethiopian migrants who crossed the sea in pursuit of a better life have one goal in mind as they hide in the Saudi mountains: avoid border guards, and their deadly shots.Only when night falls on this part of southern Saudi Arabia do the undocumented migrants dare venture into nearby villages to scavenge for food, returning …

Seeking Saudi opportunity, Ethiopian migrants ‘trapped between life and death’Sun, 10 Dec 2023 02:58:53 GMT Read More »

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed cooperation agreements during a visit to his Equatorial Guinean counterpart on Saturday as the isolated Kremlin ally seeks African support during the Ukraine war.Lukashenko met Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in the capital Malabo as part of an African tour to bolster ties on the continent.Deals were signed …

Belarus, E.Guinea sign deals as Minsk seeks African alliesSat, 09 Dec 2023 22:09:13 GMT Read More »