Cash-strapped and in dire need of 30,000 naira (about $20), Mariam Ogundairo turned to a loan app, downloading it and registering her phone number. The money was quickly sent over but came with a 21.6 percent interest rate, due in two weeks. Like many in Nigeria, battered by inflation, Ogundairo was too broke to pay back …
Digital loan sharks prey on inflation-hit NigeriansThu, 04 Sep 2025 05:54:07 GMT Read More »
Sudan has recovered 270 bodies from under the mud after a landslide buried a remote mountain village in the Darfur region, a civilian leader under the rebel group controlling the area said Wednesday.Heavy rains triggered the landslip which almost wiped out the village of Tarasin in the Jebel Marra range, the Abdulwahid al-Nur faction of …
Rescue teams have recovered 100 bodies from under the mud after a landslide buried a remote mountain village in Sudan’s Darfur region, the rebel group that controls the area said Wednesday.Heavy rains triggered the landslip which almost wiped out the village of Tarasin in the Jebel Marra range, the Abdulwahid al-Nur faction of the Sudan …
Marieme Ndiaye emerged from her igloo-shaped home in Senegal’s capital, its 1950s space-age aesthetic in sharp contrast with the boxy, multi-storey apartments being built nearby.The little concrete house is a head-turner, seemingly better suited for a sci-fi movie than the average Dakar residential block where it is located.In the 1950s, around 1,200 of the tidy …
In Senegal, the last of Dakar’s ‘bubble homes’ at riskWed, 03 Sep 2025 05:33:16 GMT Read More »
Ten years after a beach attack that killed 30 Britons and delivered a crippling blow to Tunisia’s tourism industry, European holidaymakers are finally returning in what authorities hope will be record-breaking numbers.In June 2015, a Tunisian university student slipped a rifle out of a beach umbrella and opened fire on vacationers outside a hotel in …
South Africa’s women’s team are stepping out from the monumental shadow of the four-time world champion Springboks as they prepare for their first-ever quarter-final appearance in a Rugby World Cup by taking on France this weekend.The team has come a long way since disappearing between 2014 and 2017, drawing more attention as they develop though …
Sudanese authorities, the United Nations and aid groups scrambled Tuesday to respond to a devastating landslide in Sudan’s Darfur region that buried an entire mountain village, killing hundreds of people.Heavy rain triggered the disaster on Sunday, flattening the village of Tarasin in the remote Jebel Marra range, the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM) faction which …
Landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing hundredsTue, 02 Sep 2025 19:05:31 GMT Read More »
Firebrand former Democratic Republic of Congo justice minister Constant Mutamba was sentenced on Tuesday to three years of forced labour for embezzling public funds, including reparations for war victims, an AFP journalist saw.Mutamba, who while in government proposed putting politicians who syphon off money from the public purse to death, was also barred from holding high …
The United Nations said Tuesday it is working to respond to a devastating landslide in Sudan’s Darfur region that buried an entire mountain village, killing as many as 1,000 people.Heavy rain triggered the disaster on Sunday, flattening the village of Tarasin in the remote Jebel Marra range, the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM) faction which controls …
UN mobilises response after Sudan landslide kills hundredsTue, 02 Sep 2025 14:20:38 GMT Read More »
Madagascar marked at a ceremony Tuesday the return from France of the skulls of three men killed by French troops 128 years ago, including one believed to be that of a decapitated king.France handed over the skulls in Paris on August 27, in the first such restitution since it passed a law in 2023 facilitating the …
Madagascar receives skull of king beheaded by FranceTue, 02 Sep 2025 14:05:34 GMT Read More »
