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In a Sudanese city long besieged by paramilitary forces, the war has taken an even more violent and terrifying turn, leaving residents facing hunger and death with little chance of escaping.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the regular army since April 2023, has launched its fiercest assault to date on El-Fasher, the …

Besieged Sudan city faces fiercest paramilitary assault yetThu, 28 Aug 2025 15:14:52 GMT Read More »

A prominent French sports journalist sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria at the end of June is in “fighting mood” but feels “isolated”, his parents told AFP after visiting their son earlier this month.Christophe Gleizes, who is being held in the city of Tizi Ouzou, is being detained against the background of escalating …

French sports journalist ‘isolated’ in Algeria prisonThu, 28 Aug 2025 10:02:17 GMT Read More »

Its modern architecture complemented by latticework inspired by local Yoruba textiles, Alara, west Africa’s first fashion and design “concept store”, is an imposing sight in Lagos, Nigeria’s bustling economic capital.Founder Reni Folawiyo is now 10 years into forging what she calls “Afro-lux”, Alara serving as a homebase for designs that “play between tradition and modernity”, …

Nigerian designer pushes ‘Afro-lux’ onto the global fashion sceneThu, 28 Aug 2025 06:27:31 GMT Read More »

Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns drew 0-0 on Wednesday in the first high-profile match of the South African Premiership season, which failed to match expectations. A sell-out 75,000 crowd came to Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg to watch two of the three most popular clubs in the country.But they left disappointed after a cagey clash that …

Dull deadlock between Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi SundownsWed, 27 Aug 2025 21:21:25 GMT Read More »

Washington’s preferential treatment of white Afrikaners for resettlement into the United States is “apartheid 2.0”, South Africa’s foreign minister said Wednesday.US President Donald Trump’s administration in May offered refugee status to the minority white Afrikaner community, claiming they were victims of discrimination and even “genocide”, which the Pretoria government strongly denies.The “refugee programme is preferential …

S.Africa calls US welcome for white Afrikaners ‘apartheid 2.0’Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:21:48 GMT Read More »

A South African court on Wednesday found radical left politician Julius Malema guilty of hate speech for telling his supporters at a 2022 rally that they should “never be scared to kill”.Malema, the firebrand leader of the small opposition and populist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, has long been criticised by South Africa’s white minority …

S.African court finds radical politician guilty of hate speechWed, 27 Aug 2025 14:57:52 GMT Read More »

Prominent Kenyan government critic Boniface Mwangi announced Wednesday he would run for president in 2027, just weeks after the east African country’s latest deadly protests.The 42-year-old has fiercely denounced President William Ruto — who has faced wave after wave of rallies condemning his leadership since last year — and argues he was tortured in Tanzanian …

Top Ruto critic announces Kenyan presidential bidWed, 27 Aug 2025 14:39:11 GMT Read More »

Prominent Kenyan activist and staunch government critic Boniface Mwangi announced Wednesday he would run for president in 2027, just weeks after the east African country’s latest protests were bloodily repressed.An outspoken critic of President William Ruto, the 42-year-old made the announcement in the capital Nairobi, where youth-led demonstrations in 2024 sparked waves of rallies across …

Leading Kenyan anti-government activist announces presidential bidWed, 27 Aug 2025 12:24:53 GMT Read More »

France on Tuesday returned three colonial-era skulls to Madagascar, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops during a 19th-century massacre.The skull, believed to belong to King Toera, was handed over in the first restitution of human remains since France passed a law facilitating their return in 2023, along …

France returns skull of beheaded king to MadagascarWed, 27 Aug 2025 00:21:33 GMT Read More »

Unidentified armed men have killed four villagers in northeastern Ivory Coast near Burkina Faso, while another remains missing following the west African country’s first such deadly attack since 2021, the army said Tuesday.Ivory Coast shares a porous border spanning nearly 600 kilometres (around 370 miles) with Burkina Faso, where jihadist groups are active across much …

Attack kills 4 in Ivory Coast near Burkina borderTue, 26 Aug 2025 15:20:46 GMT Read More »