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The Central African Republic, a poverty-stricken and perennially unstable country despite its vast mineral wealth, has launched a memecoin called $CAR, which had a tumultuous debut, according to experts.A memecoin is a cryptocurrency that rides on the popularity of a viral personality or phenomenon on the internet and is often seen as a purely speculative …

Central African Republic launches memecoinMon, 10 Feb 2025 20:16:13 GMT Read More »

Eastern DR Congo appeared calm for a second day Monday, after regional powers appealed for a ceasefire amid fears the fighting could spark a wider conflict.Pupils in the regional capital Bukavu were returning to school, an AFP journalist saw, after schools shuttered in the city Friday as residents began to flee and shops closed over …

Uneasy calm in east DRC after regional ceasefire appealMon, 10 Feb 2025 18:28:14 GMT Read More »

A deluge of more than 20,000 queries crashed the email server of the South African Chamber of Commerce in the United States after President Donald Trump said he would prioritise white South Africans in a refugee programme, the chamber said Monday.Trump and Pretoria are locked in a diplomatic row over a land expropriation act that …

White S. Africans clamour for US resettlement after Trump orderMon, 10 Feb 2025 17:24:43 GMT Read More »

South African authorities on Monday cleared a camp of the Khoisan community squatting on the grounds of the government headquarters in Pretoria for six years to demand recognition as the country’s first indigenous people.The Khoi and the San people, or Khoisan as they are collectively known, were referred to as bushmen in the past and …

S.Africa’s Khoisan evicted from govt HQ after 6-year protestMon, 10 Feb 2025 14:05:31 GMT Read More »

Sierra Leone international Mustapha Bundu and Nigerian Muhamed Tijani helped second-tier strugglers Plymouth Argyle stun Premier League leaders Liverpool 1-0 in the FA Cup at the weekend.Bundu led the Pilgrims attack until replaced by Tijani after 72 minutes of a fourth-round tie settled by a Ryan Hardie penalty early in the second half.Liverpool had hopes …

African players in Europe: West Africans help Plymouth stun LiverpoolMon, 10 Feb 2025 09:21:22 GMT Read More »

“Good morning, teacher!” a chorus of Senegalese five-year-olds responded at a school where English has been introduced alongside the official language of French. The pupils at the nursery school near central Dakar repeated the English words out loud.”They’re interested in the lesson, and they start a conversation with ‘how are you?’” teacher Absa Ndiaye told AFP. Hers is …

‘Good morning, teacher!’ Senegal introduces English in nursery schoolsMon, 10 Feb 2025 06:18:47 GMT Read More »

An uneasy calm held Sunday on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern front after regional powers dreading a wider war urged Congolese and pro-Rwandan forces to agree to a ceasefire.In recent months the Rwandan-backed M23 Movement has swiftly seized scores of territory in the DRC’s mineral-rich east in fighting that has killed thousands and forced …

Lull in war-torn east DR Congo after truce callSun, 09 Feb 2025 19:14:16 GMT Read More »

Sam Nujoma, who led a three-decade-long fight for Namibia’s independence from apartheid South Africa, has died aged 95, the presidency announced Sunday.Tributes poured in for the southern African country’s “founding father”, with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa crediting Nujoma as an inspiration for his own country’s struggle against white minority rule.The SWAPO liberation group leader …

Tributes for Namibian independence leader Nujoma, dead at 95Sun, 09 Feb 2025 15:23:25 GMT Read More »

She says she was violated by police. Now she’s brainstorming an AI-integrated app with a panic button that alerts private security to help other women caught in South Africa’s tragically high rates of abuse.Peaches, as the 35-year-old sex worker asked to be identified, is among the more than a third of South African women that …

AI app offers a lifeline for S.Africa’s abused womenSun, 09 Feb 2025 11:55:21 GMT Read More »

South African Dricus du Plessis defended his UFC middleweight belt on Sunday with a unanimous win over bitter rival Sean Strickland, destroying his opponent’s nose in a bloody title fight in Sydney.The 31-year-old won 50-45, 50-45, 49-46 to boost his win-loss record to 23-2 and cement his status as mixed martial arts’ top 185-pound fighter.Du Plessis …

Du Plessis batters Strickland to retain UFC middleweight crownSun, 09 Feb 2025 07:29:32 GMT Read More »