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Thousands of Malawians turned out to vote in general elections Tuesday with the incumbent president and his predecessor vying for a second chance to govern the southern African nation battered by soaring costs and fuel shortages.Long queues formed at outdoor polling stations across the mostly rural nation for a vote focused on the faltering economy …

Malawi votes for a new president as economic crisis bitesTue, 16 Sep 2025 12:30:32 GMT Read More »

Malawi voted in general elections Tuesday with the incumbent president and his predecessor vying for a second chance to govern the largely poor southern African nation battered by soaring costs and fuel shortages.Thousands of people waited under trees or outside schools at outdoor polling stations across the mostly rural country for a vote focused on …

Malawi votes in battle of two presidents as economic crisis bitesTue, 16 Sep 2025 09:09:23 GMT Read More »

Standing outside a public hospital in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city, Michelin Hunsa is still “traumatised” from the two-hour wait it took to get an ambulance for her mother, found unconscious by her neighbours.Such waits can be deadly and are not unusual in the mega-city, where notorious traffic jams snarl commutes and only about 100 ambulances …

In mega-city Lagos, 20 million count on just 100 ambulancesTue, 16 Sep 2025 06:55:10 GMT Read More »

Malawi went to the polls Tuesday with the incumbent president and his predecessor vying for a second chance to govern the largely poor southern African nation battered by soaring costs and fuel shortages.There are 17 names in the running for president but analysts say the race is between outgoing Lazarus Chakwera and Peter Mutharika who …

Malawi votes in a rematch between two presidents as economic crisis bitesTue, 16 Sep 2025 05:13:40 GMT Read More »

Malawi votes Tuesday in the third bout of a battle for power between two presidents, incumbent Lazarus Chakwera and his predecessor, Peter Mutharika.First-time candidate and former Reserve Bank governor Dalitso Kabambe could become a deciding factor should the race move to a second round, as is widely expected.Here are short profiles of the three:- Chakwera, …

Malawi election a battle of two presidentsTue, 16 Sep 2025 02:57:28 GMT Read More »

Botswana and southern African peers that built much of their prosperity on diamonds are scrambling for alternatives as cheaper, lab-grown stones threaten their economies.Diamond-dependent Botswana is leading the way and launched a sovereign wealth fund this week to lay the “foundation for a more resilient, sustainable and diversified future beyond diamonds”.It is exploring other avenues …

Lab-grown diamonds robbing southern Africa of richesMon, 15 Sep 2025 19:48:08 GMT Read More »

Guinness World Records on Monday gave official recognition to Nigerian chef Hilda Baci in recognising her rice jollof, concocted in Lagos last Friday, as the world’s largest ever.Baci hailed the feat on X, where Guinness likewise confirmed “the largest serving of Nigerian style jollof rice — 8,780 kg” or 19,356 pounds and nine ounces.”We have …

Huge pot of Nigerian jollof rice sets Guinness recordMon, 15 Sep 2025 18:33:59 GMT Read More »

Mohamed Salah ended a quiet Premier League performance on a high note at the weekend, converting an 95th-minute penalty to snatch a 1-0 win for Liverpool at Burnley. Liverpool are the first side in Premier League history to win four consecutive games with winning goals scored in the final 10 minutes or later. The dramatic victory maintained …

African players in Europe: Subdued Salah grabs win for LiverpoolMon, 15 Sep 2025 14:35:42 GMT Read More »

South Sudan’s opposition called Monday for an armed mobilisation to carry out “regime change” in response to plans to put its leader on trial for treason and crimes against humanity.A fragile power-sharing deal between President Salva Kiir and his long-time rival, Riek Machar, has been unravelling for months, threatening to return the young nation to …

S.Sudan opposition calls for mobilisation of forces for ‘regime change’Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:33:10 GMT Read More »

Juliette Bie was at her sick mother’s bedside when two men barged through the door of her home in western Ivory Coast and raped her during tumultuous political unrest in 2011. Calm has returned to the west African country in the years since that post-election crisis, which killed around 3,000 people.But hundreds of survivors of sexual …

Feeling forgotten, I.Coast rape survivors seek healing togetherMon, 15 Sep 2025 05:27:56 GMT Read More »