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Morocco and Spain’s north African exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla moved closer to a “new era” of normalised trade ties on Thursday after the first passage of goods since 2018.The small Mediterranean coastal territories claimed by Rabat have long complicated Spanish-Moroccan relations and are the European Union’s only land border with Africa.Rabat closed its customs …

Spain, Morocco move towards Africa exclave trade thawThu, 16 Jan 2025 17:44:10 GMT Read More »

At a Niamey market, mother of five Rakia Abdou haggles hard for a sack of rice, a staple out of reach for many in Niger due to record inflation.”The prices of local food are falling but those for imported products are still high,” she said at the Wadata market, lightly coated in dust carried by …

Inflation forces Nigeriens to adapt what they eatThu, 16 Jan 2025 06:46:54 GMT Read More »

Rescuers pulled more bodies from a disused gold shaft in South Africa where the death toll climbed to 78 Wednesday as police finished clearing out illegal miners who had been underground for months.Authorities began trying to remove the bodies and bring up survivors on Monday, after residents voiced fears that more than 100 people may …

Death toll at illegal S.African mine reaches 78Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:01:05 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s new leader Daniel Chapo, who was inaugurated Wednesday, faces quelling deadly protests over his election, which his rivals say was stolen, as his first political test as president.Until his Frelimo party tapped him as its candidate in the October polls, Chapo was a little-known provincial governor with no national experience.At the age of 48, …

Daniel Chapo: from unknown to Mozambique’s youngest presidentWed, 15 Jan 2025 16:34:14 GMT Read More »

Fast bowler Anrich Nortje was on Tuesday ruled out of the Champions Trophy because of a back injury.The latest injury setback for the 31-year-old was announced by Cricket South Africa a day after he was named in his country’s 15-man squad for the tournament in Pakistan next month.Nortje, at his peak the fastest bowler in …

South Africa’s Nortje ruled out of Champions TrophyWed, 15 Jan 2025 16:24:51 GMT Read More »

Despite four years in prison for blasphemy, Mubarak Bala defends his atheist beliefs but says he keeps a low profile now in the face of threats in his mostly conservative Muslim region of Nigeria.Bala was handed a 24-year sentence by a Kano high court in 2022 for online posts he wrote two years earlier disparaging …

Nigeria atheist defiant after leaving jail in high-profile blasphemy caseWed, 15 Jan 2025 15:33:13 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s new president Daniel Chapo vowed to unite the country upon taking the oath of office under heavy guard Wednesday, as seven more protesters were killed, a local NGO said, in fresh political unrest. Chapo, 48, who was previously a little-known provincial governor, extends his Frelimo party’s 50-year rule of the gas-rich African nation after October’s …

Mozambique’s new president vows ‘unity’ as sworn in amid deadly protestsWed, 15 Jan 2025 15:21:19 GMT Read More »

Ghana’s newly elected President John Mahama has announced plans to investigate his predecessor’s contested $400 million National Cathedral project, a stalled religious landmark that for critics become a symbol of fiscal irresponsibility.Mahama and his National Democratic Congress or NDC party easily won the December election after voters punished President Nana Akufo-Addo and his ruling New …

Ghana to probe former president’s huge cathedral projectWed, 15 Jan 2025 14:56:23 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s new president Daniel Chapo took the oath of office Wednesday in front of a heavily guarded audience of dignitaries in the capital Maputo following weeks of violent demonstrations over the fiercely disputed election results. Chapo, 48, extends his Frelimo party’s 50-year rule of the gas-rich African nation amid claims by opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane that …

Mozambique inaugurates new president after deadly post-election unrestWed, 15 Jan 2025 10:07:28 GMT Read More »

Mozambique President-elect Daniel Chapo will be sworn into office Wednesday after weeks of deadly political unrest but the main opposition leader has vowed to “paralyse” the country with fresh protests against the fiercely disputed election result.Venancio Mondlane had already called for a national strike in the days leading up to the inauguration and threatened on Tuesday …

Mozambique inaugurates new president amid deadly unrestWed, 15 Jan 2025 06:18:07 GMT Read More »