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Mauritius, one of Africa’s richest countries and a stable democracy in a sometimes volatile neighbourhood, is holding a legislative election on Sunday.Here are some facts about the Indian Ocean island nation:- Beacon of stability – Mauritius prides itself as a secure and prosperous nation free of the social and political upheaval roiling some of its African …

Banks, beaches and boom times: four facts about MauritiusThu, 07 Nov 2024 08:18:16 GMT Read More »

Soldiers and police were patrolling Mozambique’s capital Maputo early Thursday ahead of a planned protest against election results seen by the opposition as fraudulent, AFP reporters said.The southern African nation has been rocked by violence since an October 9 vote won by the Frelimo party, which has been in power for almost 50 years. The city …

Mozambique deploys soldiers ahead of planned protestsThu, 07 Nov 2024 08:04:41 GMT Read More »

Along with maths and reading, pupils at a Lagos primary school learn about the ills of corruption in one of the world’s worst-hit countries.Seated together in the playground, the Nigerian youngsters aged around 10 read aloud from “Ansa’s Speech” and are then asked questions about the book.”Ansa’s Speech” is the story of a 13-year-old girl …

ABCs of fighting corruption: Nigeria educates ‘tomorrow’s leaders’Thu, 07 Nov 2024 06:30:23 GMT Read More »

In his stone house perched on a hill in northern Ethiopia, Amanuel Hiluf puts on his protective suit, carefully adjusting the hood and gloves. “We have to hurry up, it starts to be hot, and the bees will be upset,” he says. In his garden in Hawidela, a village about an hour from Mekele, capital of the …

Ethiopia’s famed honeybees make slow recovery from warThu, 07 Nov 2024 03:33:57 GMT Read More »

Britain’s Prince William on Wednesday honoured projects seeking novel solutions to the challenges facing the world’s nature and climate at the awarding of his Earthshot Prize in South Africa.Each of the five projects, which include one converting heat from industrial plants into electricity, received one million pounds ($1.3 million) at the prize’s fourth awards ceremony, held …

UK’s Prince William awards climate prizes in S.AfricaWed, 06 Nov 2024 20:07:09 GMT Read More »

Andre Esterhuizen has insisted there is no danger of world champions South Africa falling victim to complacency during their three-Test tour of Britain this month.The Springboks have won the last two World Cups and backed up their 2023 triumph with five wins out of six against New Zealand, Australia and Argentina in this year’s southern …

Esterhuizen promises no let-up from SpringboksWed, 06 Nov 2024 19:03:31 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s capital was tense Wednesday on the eve of a “freedom” march called by the opposition leader following weeks of protests against election results that have left at least 18 people dead.Shops and banks in central Maputo closed early and the streets were emptier than usual, while police and military vehicles were stationed at various …

Mozambique tense ahead of opposition ‘freedom’ marchWed, 06 Nov 2024 17:41:03 GMT Read More »

France’s highest court on Wednesday ordered a re-trial of Papa Massata Diack, the son of the disgraced former head of global athletics Lamine Diack.Diack, whose father headed the IAAF — now called World Athletics — from 1999 to 2015, was one of six men convicted in France in 2020 for hushing up 23 Russian doping …

Son of ex-global athletics chief Diack to face new trialWed, 06 Nov 2024 15:13:24 GMT Read More »

Senegal’s former president Macky Sall has accused the new administration of seven months of “catastrophic” inaction, in a letter published Wednesday, less than two weeks before elections.Sall’s candidate to take over from him after 12 years in power lost to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in the first round of a March presidential ballot.Faye appointed Ousmane …

Senegal ex-president blasts government inaction despite ’emergencies’Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:40:20 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s capital was tense Wednesday ahead of a “freedom” march called by the opposition leader following weeks of protests against election results that have left at least 18 people dead.Shops and banks in Maputo closed early and the streets were emptier than usual, while police and military vehicles were stationed at various points, AFP reporters …

Mozambique tense ahead of opposition ‘freedom’ marchWed, 06 Nov 2024 11:01:49 GMT Read More »