Kenyan police fired tear gas on opposition leader Raila Odinga’s convoy on Friday as rights groups condemned “arbitrary arrests” during anti-government protests over a cost-of-living crisis and a raft of controversial tax hikes.Tear gas was fired on Odinga’s motorcade after he addressed a mass rally in the capital Nairobi, AFP correspondents said.Police took similar action …

Tear gas, arrests as Kenyans protest tax increasesFri, 07 Jul 2023 16:03:51 GMT Read More »

Kenyan police fired tear gas on opposition leader Raila Odinga’s convoy on Friday as people joined anti-government protests in several cities over a harsh cost-of-living crisis and a raft of controversial tax hikes.Tear gas was fired on Odinga’s motorcade after he addressed a mass rally in the capital Nairobi, AFP correspondents said, and police took …

Tear gas fired on opposition convoy as Kenyans stage protestsFri, 07 Jul 2023 12:31:29 GMT Read More »

On a beach south of Ivory Coast’s economic hub Abidjan, a group of fishermen are spending the day sitting in the shade and playing cards.Normally, they would be out on their boats — long canoes known as pirogues — and hunting the seas.But this month, they have been banned from doing so to help the …

Ivory Coast’s fishermen land-bound to save declining stocksFri, 07 Jul 2023 05:49:27 GMT Read More »

Kubik is proud of its pioneering, climate-friendly technology that recycles one of the world’s environmental curses — plastic waste — into construction blocks.But for the award-winning Ethiopian startup to achieve liftoff has been no easy task. It has had to fight tooth and nail to raise funds, says its youthful boss.Kubik takes in bundles of …

Seeking an ‘angel’: African startups face funding challengeFri, 07 Jul 2023 05:41:03 GMT Read More »

Hundreds of African migrants were stranded in dire conditions in a desert area of southern Tunisia on Thursday after being expelled from the port city of Sfax, witnesses told AFP.Racial tensions flared this week into violence targeting migrants from sub-Saharan African countries, with dozens fleeing the city or being forcibly evicted.”I came because I’d heard …

Migrants forced from Tunisia port into desert: witnessesThu, 06 Jul 2023 18:48:56 GMT Read More »

France’s star footballer Kylian Mbappe arrived in Cameroon to an ecstatic welcome from fans Thursday for a visit that includes charity work with deaf children and a trip to his father’s village.Many among the hundreds who greeted the 24-year-old forward were dressed in his Paris Saint-Germain team’s football jersey for the occasion.They excitedly screamed his …

France star footballer Mbappe visits father’s native CameroonThu, 06 Jul 2023 18:47:29 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s crippling blackouts have shrunk from up to 12 hours a day to just over two hours daily in recent weeks, after inflicting a massive hit on the economy. The improvement has surprised many citizens who had become hardened to the rolling outages, imposed by state utility Eskom to safeguard the grid whenever demand outstrips …

What’s behind the sudden easing of S.Africa power cuts?Thu, 06 Jul 2023 15:02:25 GMT Read More »

At least 17 people, including three children, died in a slum near Johannesburg from a leak of toxic gas apparently used for scavenging gold at an abandoned mine, rescue services said Thursday.Emergency teams received a call at around 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Wednesday about a blast in the slum of Angelo, near the middle-class …

17 dead in gas leak at South African slumThu, 06 Jul 2023 11:58:47 GMT Read More »

A mountain of copper and cobalt worth up to $2 billion is piled up in DR Congo, symbolising the wildly volatile market for metals touted as crucial to the green energy revolution.As many as 13,000 tonnes of cobalt powder are thought to be hoarded in the Chinese-owned Tenke Fungurume mine — equivalent to seven percent …

Mountain of strategic metals stranded in DR Congo begins to shiftThu, 06 Jul 2023 05:45:38 GMT Read More »

Racial tensions in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax flared into violence targeting migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, dozens of whom were forcibly evicted from the city or fled, witnesses said Wednesday.Amid the disturbances late Tuesday, police detained some migrants and deported them as far as the Libyan border more than 300 kilometres (over 200 miles) …

Tunisians target African migrants, dozens expelled: witnessesWed, 05 Jul 2023 19:55:16 GMT Read More »