Gabon’s former leader Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was detained after being ousted in a 2023 coup, has been released and has arrived in Luanda with his family, Angola’s presidency said Friday.Bongo, whose family ruled Gabon for 55 years, had been under house arrest in the capital Libreville since being overthrown in August 2023. His wife and …
Chad’s former prime minister Succes Masra, a critic of the ruling authorities of the central African nation, was taken by force from his home early Friday, his party said.”Succes Masra was just abducted by military force today, May 16 at 5:56 am” from his home, which also serves as headquarters for his party, Les Transformateurs …
Chad’s former prime minister ‘abducted’ from home: partyFri, 16 May 2025 08:26:09 GMT Read More »
Moroccan club Renaissance Berkane are expected to beat Tanzanian rivals Simba in the two-leg CAF Confederation Cup final, but coach Mouin Chaabani wishes they were not the favourites. “There are no winners in football before matches are played,” the 43-year-old Tunisian told reporters ahead of the first leg in Berkane on Saturday.”Simba have a proud …
Rwanda’s biggest national park announced on Thursday it will be receiving 70 white rhinos from South Africa later this month, in the country’s largest such transfer ever.The animals, which can weigh up to two tonnes, are set to travel some 3,400 kilometres (2,100 miles) to their new home in Akagera National Park.”This event marks a …
70 South African white rhinos to be relocated to RwandaThu, 15 May 2025 17:58:45 GMT Read More »
Faced with the loudest calls yet for a return to civilian rule since the army took power in a coup, Mali’s junta has tightened its clampdown on criticism by dissolving political parties.After years of repression under the junta, the move has prompted fears that the unrest-plagued west African country’s military rulers wish to hold on …
Mali junta tightens screw as fears of long army rule growThu, 15 May 2025 17:48:03 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s premier agricultural fair showcased livestock, massive tractors and rows of pick-up trucks Thursday, a paradise for Afrikaner farmers who are divided over President Donald Trump’s claims of persecution. In trademark khaki shorts and caps, hundreds of farmers gathered at the annual Nampo show in Bothaville, some 220 kilometres (135 miles) south of Johannesburg, days …
South Africa Rugby president Mark Alexander on Thursday hailed deceased former Springbok winger Cornal Hendricks as a “remarkable athlete”.The 37-year-old, who scored five tries in 12 Test appearances, died on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack.”We are deeply saddened by the passing of Cornal Hendricks, a remarkable athlete who represented his country in sevens and …
South African rugby mourns death of Cornal Hendricks at 37Thu, 15 May 2025 16:16:53 GMT Read More »
Three years ago, Thomas Kazungu Karisa was struggling to make ends meet as a petrol station attendant in the Kenyan county of Kilifi, when a sudden cash donation changed his life. “My family often went to bed hungry, my children were sent home from school for unpaid fees and I was buried in debt,” said Karisa, …
Can cash handouts replace aid? Kenya offers some answersThu, 15 May 2025 12:01:18 GMT Read More »
At 17, Joyce Malindi won her first beauty contest under the suffocating limits of apartheid South Africa. Fifty-five years later, she was back on the catwalk, silver curls gleaming and brown clogs clicking, in a pageant for grandmothers only.The event in the Tokoza township outside of Johannesburg featured prayers, speeches and a performance against domestic violence, …
A mother watched in despair as an excavator demolished her Kinshasa home, part of a campaign to clamp down on unauthorised buildings after deadly floods.Flash flooding in the overcrowded megalopolis, which sits on the banks of the mighty Congo River, killed dozens of people early last month.Authorities have begun demolishing riverside constructions built without permits, …
Kinshasa deploys excavators against illegally built homesThu, 15 May 2025 05:32:56 GMT Read More »
