The Church of England on Monday pledged to boost efforts to compensate for historical ties to slavery after a new report called for funding to be increased tenfold to $1.27 billion.In January 2023, the funding body of the mother church of global Anglicanism pledged to support communities affected by slavery with a £100 million ($127 …
A stunning goal by Democratic Republic of Congo forward Yoane Wissa helped Premier League strugglers Brentford draw 2-2 with Chelsea in a London derby at the weekend.The 27-year-old acrobatically hooked a bicycle kick past goalkeeper Dorde Petrovic into the roof of the net midway through the second half to put the home side 2-1 ahead.But French …
African players in Europe: Wissa wonder goal for BrentfordMon, 04 Mar 2024 06:05:58 GMT Read More »
Tunisian civil society groups fear the government is planning to starve them of foreign funding under the pretext of fighting money laundering and terrorism. President Kais Saied, who launched a sweeping power grab in 2021 and rules by decree, has accused many non-government organisations of serving “foreign agendas”. Under a draft law he supported, state authorities would …
Tunisian civil society fears plan to limit foreign fundingMon, 04 Mar 2024 03:16:00 GMT Read More »
Around 170 people were “executed” in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a regional prosecutor said on Sunday as jihadist violence flares in the junta-ruled country.On that same day, February 25, separate attacks on a mosque in eastern Burkina and a Catholic church in the north left dozens more dead.Aly …
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 …
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 …
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 …
