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A Saudi Arabian media campaign targeting the UAE has deepened the Gulf’s worst row in years, stoking fears of a damaging fall-out in the financial heart of the Middle East.Fiery accusations of rights abuses and betrayal have circulated for weeks in state-run and social media after a brief conflict in Yemen, where Saudi air strikes …

Saudi Arabia’s UAE ‘mudslinging’ threatens new Gulf crisisSun, 25 Jan 2026 02:01:07 GMT Read More »

Fugitive Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine said on Saturday that his wife was rushed to hospital after soldiers held her at gunpoint and strangled her during a violent raid on their home.Wine went into hiding after a January 15 election in which President Yoweri Museveni, 81, was re-elected for a seventh term — a result …

Ugandan opposition leader says wife in hospital after assault by soldiersSat, 24 Jan 2026 11:40:18 GMT Read More »

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s lawyer has urged the UN and the international community to seek guarantees for his safety after deadly threats following elections marred by repression and an internet blackout.Wine went into hiding after the January 15 poll in which President Yoweri Museveni, 81, was re-elected for a seventh term — a result …

Threatened Ugandan opposition leader needs UN help: lawyerSat, 24 Jan 2026 07:47:50 GMT Read More »

Donald Trump is shaping a new world order of empires and coercion, from Venezuela to Greenland and through his newly created “Board of Peace, shattering the post-war global consensus.As the old order crumbles, AFP sought the views of ministers, advisers, lawmakers and military from across the globe.Celso Amorim, chief adviser to Brazil’s President Lula Inacio …

Across the globe, views vary about Trump’s world visionFri, 23 Jan 2026 18:31:32 GMT Read More »

Uganda’s army chief and son of newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni said Friday that 30 opposition supporters had been killed and 2,000 detained in the wake of the vote. Opposition leader Bobi Wine remained in hiding on Friday after accusing security forces of raiding his home in the aftermath of the election on January 15. He has …

Uganda army chief says 30 opposition supporters killed, 2,000 arrestedFri, 23 Jan 2026 12:14:13 GMT Read More »

On crutches and with a bullet lodged in his leg, Miami Chauke is among the few people who did not flee the gun attacks that emptied South Africa’s once-bustling settlement of Sporong, where abandoned tin shacks bake in the sun.Hundreds of other residents of the area just west of Johannesburg fled two weeks ago, terrorised …

‘Illegal gold miners’ run residents out of South African settlementFri, 23 Jan 2026 06:43:28 GMT Read More »

They were caught under a barrage of fire and became trapped with “nowhere to go” after their city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fell under the M23 armed group’s control a year ago.Around one million Goma residents were holed up in their homes on January 26, 2025, when the Congolese army and its …

DR Congo city residents forced to adapt during year of M23 ruleFri, 23 Jan 2026 06:27:46 GMT Read More »

World champions South Africa will face their greatest rivals New Zealand in the United States for the first time when they lock horns in Baltimore in August, SA Rugby announced on Thursday. The two sides, who between them have won seven of the 10 World Cups contested since the inaugural one in 1987, will meet in …

Springboks to meet All Blacks in USA for first timeThu, 22 Jan 2026 16:56:10 GMT Read More »

Injuries have forced two changes in South Africa’s squad for the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka next month.Batsman Tony de Zorzi and all-rounder Donovan Ferreira were both ruled out. They have been replaced by batsmen Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs – who were both surprise omissions from the original squad.Veteran batsman David Miller …

Injuries force two changes in South Africa T20 World Cup squadThu, 22 Jan 2026 16:00:58 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s ex-marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei told AFP on Thursday that she and four other Kenyans will compete for Turkey at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Kosgei, a silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, said fellow runner Ronald Kwemoi, a silver medalist at the Paris Games, will also switch to Turkey along with three others.”Yes, it’s …

Ex-marathon record holder Kosgei trades Kenya for Turkey at OlympicsThu, 22 Jan 2026 15:50:23 GMT Read More »