France has closed down its embassy in Niger until further notice, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, barely two weeks after the last French troops left the country in the wake of a coup that ousted a key Paris ally.The closure of the embassy in Niamey represents one of the final chapters in the winding …
Somalia vowed on Tuesday to defend its territory by “any legal means” and recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia after Addis Ababa struck a controversial deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland.Mogadishu branded Monday’s surprise pact that gives Ethiopia long-sought access to the Red Sea as an act of “aggression” and a “clear violation” of its …
On the eve of his 86th and final Test match, Dean Elgar said he was “sad” South Africa would be sending a weakened team to play two Test matches in New Zealand in March.”The situation we’ve been put in is not ideal,” Elgar said on Tuesday, on the eve of the second Test against India …
Elgar saddened by decline of Test cricket in South AfricaTue, 02 Jan 2024 12:42:12 GMT Read More »
The winner falls to his knees, arms raised triumphantly. After just eight minutes, his opponent’s knee and elbow have touched the sand, handing “Issaka Issaka” an historic win in Niger’s king of sports.The annual wrestling tournament in the northern city of Agadez enthrals the vast West African nation.It’s more than just a sporting event. The prime …
Niger celebrates unity in the wrestling arenaTue, 02 Jan 2024 08:46:46 GMT Read More »
Ethiopia has struck a “historic” agreement to use the main port in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland, as the landlocked country seeks more access to sea channels for shipping, officials said Monday.The deal on Somaliland’s Berbera port comes months after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his country, Africa’s second most populous, would assert its …
Ethiopia, Somaliland agree deal on port accessMon, 01 Jan 2024 20:03:23 GMT Read More »
Chad’s transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday appointed one of his leading opponents, who recently returned from exile, as prime minister. Succes Masra, president of The Transformers party, was a virulent opponent of the regime, which came to power in 2021 after the death of Idriss Deby Itno who led the country with …
Chad military leaders appoint former opponent PMMon, 01 Jan 2024 17:59:10 GMT Read More »
Peter Magubane, a South African photojournalist who chronicled decades of violence during the country’s apartheid era including the Soweto student uprising of 1976, died Monday aged 91, his family announced.Magubane also became the official photographer of Nelson Mandela when the anti-apartheid leader was released from prison in 1990 and until he became president four years …
Kenyan police said on Monday they had arrested two people in connection with the weekend stabbing to death of Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat.The two men — believed to be in their 30s — were arrested on the outskirts of the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, local police commander Stephen Okal said. “The two suspects are known …
Kenyan police arrest two suspects in Ugandan athlete murderMon, 01 Jan 2024 09:46:12 GMT Read More »
DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has won a second term in office with a landslide victory, according to provisional results announced Sunday, in a vote opposition leaders have dismissed as a “sham”.Provisional results from the single-round presidential ballot, declared by the country’s electoral commission Ceni, showed that Tshisekedi had won 73 percent of the vote. …
DR Congo’s Tshisekedi wins second term in landslide victoryMon, 01 Jan 2024 07:45:50 GMT Read More »
