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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. …

Fans pour into S.Africa Comic Con despite few celebrity headlinersSat, 30 Aug 2025 15:11:19 GMT Read More »

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 …

In whirlwind tour, Qatari royal commits $70bn to southern AfricaFri, 29 Aug 2025 20:48:40 GMT Read More »

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 »

After weeks of violent protests, a leading rights activist and former chief justice have emerged as presidential contenders — but can they succeed in the bare-knuckle world of Kenyan politics?President William Ruto has seen his popularity plummet since coming to power in 2022 over continued economic stagnation, corruption, police brutality and abductions targeting government critics. Ruto …

Kenya’s deadly protests spur outsiders into election battleFri, 29 Aug 2025 10:17:36 GMT Read More »

When cell phone and internet networks went down across nine states in Nigeria earlier this summer, leaving millions without service, telecoms officials pointed to an increasingly familiar culprit: vandalism.Destruction of telecoms infrastructure is rife in Africa’s most populous country, from jihadist groups aiming to create communications blackouts to outright theft of cables and parts, as …

Vandalism hobbles Nigeria’s mobile telephone servicesFri, 29 Aug 2025 07:21:07 GMT Read More »

As patients enter a major Abidjan hospital, a large sign informs them that Ivory Coast’s universal health insurance will cover some of their medical expenses.But although the healthcare coverage has been available for six years, many Ivorians still have not signed up for it — and those that have often don’t bother trying to use …

Mistrust undermines Ivory Coast’s universal healthcare dreamFri, 29 Aug 2025 06:42:04 GMT Read More »

After trading run-ins with the former government for the corridors of power, Senegal’s dynamic duo of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko enjoyed a year-long honeymoon.Yet recent attempts at projecting a friendship refreshed have failed to dispel doubts that the west African country’s top political double act, whose rise to power fanned …

‘If I were president’: Cracks appear in Senegal’s top political double actFri, 29 Aug 2025 06:35:00 GMT Read More »