The head of the junta in Burkina Faso has pardoned 21 soldiers convicted of involvement in a failed coup in 2015, according to an official decree seen by AFP on Monday.The troubled west African country has been run since September 2022 by military leaders following a coup headed by Captain Ibrahim Traore.Traore announced an “amnesty …
Police were out in force and businesses and offices closed in key Zimbabwe cities after authorities warned against demonstrations called for Monday to demand that President Emmerson Mnangagwa leave power.Security forces patrolled city centres after warning people to ignore a call by a faction of Mnangagwa’s own ZANU-PF party to demonstrate against the president, who …
Zimbabwe cities empty, security tight after protest callMon, 31 Mar 2025 10:21:09 GMT Read More »
Egyptian Omar Marmoush and Senegalese Ismaila Sarr scored to help Manchester City and Crystal Palace secure FA Cup semi-finals places at the weekend.Marmoush netted his fifth goal for City since a January move from Eintracht Frankfurt, scoring the winner in a 2-1 victory over Bournemouth.Back in England after Africa Cup of Nations qualifying duty, Sarr …
A long-running struggle in Nigeria against fake medicines has become even harder because widespread economic hardship is driving up demand, experts say.The scale of the problem was highlighted in March when authorities set ablaze $645 million worth of counterfeit medicines seized in six weeks of raids in Lagos and two southern states.”What we have found …
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is confident he will easily win another term in office this year but faces claims he lacks legitimacy as his mandate has already expired.If Embalo remains in office until November, when the politically volatile nation is due to vote, he will be only the second leader since the introduction of …
Guinea-Bissau’s under-fire leader who dodged coupsMon, 31 Mar 2025 05:47:18 GMT Read More »
Portuguese-speaking Guinea-Bissau — gripped for months by tensions over claims the president’s mandate has expired — is one of the most unstable and putsch-prone countries in the world. The poor west African nation’s chronic instability has made it vulnerable to corruption and South American drug cartels.- Four coups -The former Portuguese colony close to the tip …
Guinea-Bissau: coups, cashews, cocaineMon, 31 Mar 2025 05:41:59 GMT Read More »
For almost two years, Emad Mouawad had been repeatedly shuttled from one Sudanese paramilitary-run detention centre to another, terrified each day would be his last.The 44-year-old Egyptian merchant spent years selling home appliances in neighbouring Sudan before fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed his Khartoum home in June 2023, taking him and …
The head of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces admitted in a speech to fighters on Sunday that the group had withdrawn from the capital Khartoum which rival army forces have retaken.The comment from RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo came three days after the group said there would be “no retreat and no surrender” and …
Sudan paramilitary chief admits withdrawal from capitalSun, 30 Mar 2025 12:56:32 GMT Read More »
The sand-covered notes outlining a migrant’s travel plan to a better life read like an itinerary of hope: from Ethiopia to Sudan, Libya, Italy, on to France and finally, England.The document had travelled thousands of kilometres by the time it was picked up on a beach in Gravelines on France’s North Sea coast by a …
Beachcomber in France hunts fragments of migrant livesSun, 30 Mar 2025 09:09:21 GMT Read More »
Watched by fellow students in colourful blazers, the cream of South African schools rugby talent gathered in the western Cape town of Stellenbosch this weekend to display their skills.Among the crowds were representatives from the major South African rugby franchises, trying to spot future stars and sign them.South Africa have won the Rugby World Cup …
Agents on alert as Springbok stars of tomorrow performSun, 30 Mar 2025 07:52:38 GMT Read More »
