The western Sudanese city of El-Fasher has been under siege for more than a year by paramilitary forces seeking to capture it amid a wider war with the army that began in April 2023.Gripped by brutal violence, the city has become the latest strategic front in the conflict as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) …
Mauritania’s former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah took office Monday as head of the African Development Bank, vowing to build a “robust and prosperous” continent despite US aid cuts.The AfDB is one of the world’s largest multilateral development banks and is funded by member subscriptions, loans raised on global markets as well as repayments and …
Mauritania’s Tah takes over as Africa’s ‘super banker’Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:25:39 GMT Read More »
Morocco, captained by Ballon d’Or nominee Achraf Hakimi, could this week become the first African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. A matchday 7 win over Niger in Rabat will give the Atlas Lions an unassailable lead in Group E unless second-placed Tanzania triumph in Congo Brazzaville earlier that day. But a Tanzanian triumph will most …
In early morning gloom, a long line of vehicles winds around the lone fuel station in Dedza district in central Malawi, one of many overnight queues for petrol across the country.It is a scene of frustration over chronic petrol shortages and a sputtering economy that has become a black mark against President Lazarus Chakwera as …
Malawi’s fuel crisis hangs over upcoming electionsMon, 01 Sep 2025 06:00:54 GMT Read More »
In the scorched courtyard of Sudan’s National Museum in Khartoum, a towering black granite statue of Kush Pharaoh Taharqa now stands alone, surrounded by shards of broken glass and shattered stone.Since the museum was looted in the early days of Sudan’s war between the army and paramilitaries in April 2023, thousands of priceless antiquities, many …
How millennia of history vanished in Sudan’s warMon, 01 Sep 2025 02:26:32 GMT Read More »
A war monitoring group said Sunday that an army drone strike on a clinic in the city of Nyala, western Sudan, under paramilitary control, had killed at least 12 people.Their report came after a medical source said Sunday that shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) force had killed at least seven people and …
Sudan army strike kills at least 12 in Darfur: monitorsSun, 31 Aug 2025 21:39:53 GMT Read More »
Double World Cup winner Faf de Klerk will join the Springboks in New Zealand for the second leg of their Rugby Championship campaign against the All Blacks, SA Rugby announced on Sunday.The 33-year-old is the fourth scrumhalf in the touring squad after Grant Williams, Cobus Reinach and Morne van den Berg.De Klerk, who was a …
Springboks call up De Klerk for New Zealand tourSun, 31 Aug 2025 09:00:27 GMT Read More »
A 16-year-old in a yellow spandex Wolverine suit, claws fashioned from plastic straws, squared off against a stockier Deadpool two years his junior at Comic Con Africa, the continent’s largest pop culture gathering.At this year’s festival — held at the same venue set to host G20 leaders in November — the stars weren’t on stage. …
Qatari investment firm Al Mansour Holding has pledged $70 billion in investments across four southern Africa countries in a 10-day tour, a move analysts call strategic as US funding retreats from the continent.Group leader and royal family member Sheikh Mansour bin Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani has met the leaders of Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia and …
US President Donald Trump has moved to cut nearly $5 billion of congressionally-approved foreign aid, the White House said Friday — raising the likelihood of a federal shutdown as Democrats oppose the policy.The $4.9 billion in cuts target programs of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Trump wrote …
Trump moves to cut more foreign aid, risking shutdownFri, 29 Aug 2025 20:32:41 GMT Read More »
