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At least seven people were killed and many others wounded during recent anti-government protests in the Togolese capital Lome, according to an initial count civic groups gave journalists Sunday.Campaigning groups and rights organisations denounced “abuses committed by members of the Togolese security forces and militias”, and said seven bodies had been recovered from rivers in …

Togo groups say recent protests left 7 deadSun, 29 Jun 2025 21:45:10 GMT Read More »

The first strikes in Dambe are thrown before the boxers even leave their house.Fighters don charms and amulets, dye their fist or even score their arm with a razor, inserting traditional medicine before it scars over — all guaranteed to protect them in the ring or deliver a knock-out punch.Combined with prayers from “mallams”, or …

Nigerian Dambe boxing goes global — amulets and charms includedSun, 29 Jun 2025 20:33:36 GMT Read More »

The world’s most advanced AI models are exhibiting troubling new behaviors – lying, scheming, and even threatening their creators to achieve their goals.In one particularly jarring example, under threat of being unplugged, Anthropic’s latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an engineer and threatened to reveal an extramarital affair.Meanwhile, ChatGPT-creator OpenAI’s o1 tried to …

AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creatorsSun, 29 Jun 2025 01:47:32 GMT Read More »

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara.The “Atlantic Initiative” promises ocean access to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger through a new $1.3-billion port in the former Spanish colony claimed by …

Morocco’s Atlantic gambit: linking restive Sahel to oceanSun, 29 Jun 2025 01:41:49 GMT Read More »

Innovative South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus called centre-turned-flanker Andre Esterhuizen a “hybrid player” on Saturday after a 54-7 victory over the Barbarians in wet and cold Cape Town.When replacement back Andre Esterhuizen came on early in the second half of the non-cap exhibition match for the world champions, it was as a loose forward. …

Springbok coach Erasmus introduces ‘hybrid player’ EsterhuizenSat, 28 Jun 2025 20:21:25 GMT Read More »

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a peace agreement Washington to end fighting that has killed thousands, with the two countries pledging to pull back support for guerrillas — and President Donald Trump boasting of securing mineral wealth.”Today, the violence and destruction comes to an end, and the entire region begins a …

Rwanda, DR Congo sign peace deal in US after rebel sweepSat, 28 Jun 2025 14:47:10 GMT Read More »

Moroccan student Said Rifai, 15, is on a mission to help his peers pursue education in a country where an estimated 270,000 children drop out of school each year.”We must help them come back,” said Rifai, who goes to middle school in Tiflet, a town east of the capital Rabat, and has already helped several …

‘We must help them’: Morocco students get peers back in schoolSat, 28 Jun 2025 02:58:59 GMT Read More »

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace agreement Friday in Washington to end fighting that has killed thousands, with the two countries pledging to pull back support for guerrillas — and President Donald Trump boasting of securing mineral wealth.”Today, the violence and destruction comes to an end, and the entire region begins …

Rwanda, DR Congo sign peace deal in US after rebel sweepSat, 28 Jun 2025 00:20:52 GMT Read More »

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday he has been in contact with the warring sides in Sudan to try to reach a ceasefire in the besieged and starving city of El-Fasher.Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has agreed in principle to such a humanitarian pause, his ruling Transitional Council said.But the opposing paramilitary side, led …

UN working for ceasefire in besieged Sudan cityFri, 27 Jun 2025 19:49:47 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s human rights commission said on Friday it has opened an investigation into media reports of deadly abuses by government soldiers against villagers fleeing jihadist unrest near a major TotalEnergies gas plant.Politico reported in September that soldiers tasked with protecting the French fossil fuel giant’s site had rounded up villagers following a major attack in …

Mozambique probes claims of army atrocities near TotalEnergies siteFri, 27 Jun 2025 17:44:45 GMT Read More »