Shelling and gunfire resumed Sunday in the Sudanese capital, witnesses said, after the end of a 24-hour ceasefire that had given civilians rare respite from nearly two months of war.Deadly fighting has raged in the northeast African country since mid-April, when army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the …

Clashes resume in Sudan as 24-hour ceasefire endsSun, 11 Jun 2023 13:54:08 GMT Read More »

The European Union on Sunday offered major financial support to crisis-hit Tunisia, to boost its economy and reduce the flow of irregular migrants across the Mediterranean Sea. The North African country, highly indebted and in talks for an IMF bailout loan, is a gateway for migrants and asylum-seekers attempting the dangerous voyages to Europe.The EU is …

EU offers aid to Tunisia to boost economy, reduce migrant flowsSun, 11 Jun 2023 12:58:20 GMT Read More »

Tete Dijana and Gerda Steyn completed a South African double by winning the men’s and women’s road races at the Comrades ultramarathon in the southeastern KwaZulu-Natal province on Sunday.Both posted best times in the gruelling annual event, which draws fields of up to 20,000. It began in the inland city of Pietermaritzburg and ended in …

Dijana, Steyn score South African double in Comrades ultramarathonSun, 11 Jun 2023 11:58:04 GMT Read More »

More than four years ago, African countries gave the ceremonial push to a deal to scrap internal trade barriers — a historic scheme that would create a continent-wide single market worth trillions of dollars.But African business leaders say cross-border trade remains entangled in customs duties, administrative hurdles and varying national regulations.Costs and delays are hampering …

African business leaders chafe at obstacles to tradeSun, 11 Jun 2023 03:32:58 GMT Read More »

Khartoum residents reported a welcome lull in fighting in Sudan’s capital on Saturday after a 24-hour ceasefire between two warring generals took effect, but few believed it would hold.”Since the war started, this is the first time hours go by and we don’t hear the sound of guns,” said Hamed Ibrahim, adding that “today was …

Sudan ceasefire brings rare respite for Khartoum civiliansSat, 10 Jun 2023 16:39:52 GMT Read More »

Sixteen southern white rhinoceroses have been released into DR Congo’s Garamba national park, officials said on Saturday, reintroducing an endangered species that was decimated by poaching. The last northern white rhino in the park, which lies in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeast, was poached in 2006.  According to a joint statement from the park and conservation groups, …

White rhinos reintroduced to DR Congo national parkSat, 10 Jun 2023 14:40:20 GMT Read More »

Clive Barker, the most successful post-isolation coach of South Africa, died on Saturday after a long battle with dementia, a family statement said. He was 78.”It is with profound sadness that the family of Clive Barker announce his passing on Saturday, June 10, after a brave battle with Lewy Body Dementia,” the statement read.Affectionately known as …

Top South Africa football coach Clive Barker dies aged 78Sat, 10 Jun 2023 13:28:48 GMT Read More »

In a move that many hailed as a salve for the historic wounds between Europe and Africa, Germany last December returned 22 artefacts, looted during the colonial era, to what is now Nigeria.But five months on, questions are being asked in Germany as to whether cultural guardians were wise to hand back the priceless treasures, …

Row erupts in Germany over restitution of Benin bronzesSat, 10 Jun 2023 13:04:40 GMT Read More »

Six civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Islamist Al-Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police said Saturday.The Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists have been waging an insurgency against the internationally backed federal government for more than 15 years and have often targeted hotels, which tend to host high-ranking Somali …

Six civilians killed in Somalia hotel siegeSat, 10 Jun 2023 09:37:05 GMT Read More »

A 24-hour ceasefire took effect Saturday between Sudan’s warring generals but, with fears running high it will collapse like its predecessors, US and Saudi mediators warned they may break off mediation efforts.Three hours into the truce, residents in various areas of Khartoum said the shelling and air strikes that have rocked the capital daily since …

Latest Sudan truce begins amid civilian scepticismSat, 10 Jun 2023 08:12:58 GMT Read More »