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Joe Biden’s choice of Angola as his first trip to Africa as president underscores the influence of the oil-rich country as the focus of one of the biggest US infrastructure projects on the continent in a counterpoint to China’s investments.Biden’s October 13-15 visit, which comes just months before his term ends, will centre on a …

Angola, a key partner in US ambitions for AfricaMon, 30 Sep 2024 18:49:35 GMT Read More »

Congolese-American basketball great Dikembe Mutombo, renowned as one of the best defensive players in NBA history, has died aged 58, the league announced on Monday.Mutombo, an eight-time NBA all-star, passed away surrounded by his family after a battle with brain cancer, the league added.”Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said …

Basketball great Mutombo dies aged 58: NBAMon, 30 Sep 2024 16:16:34 GMT Read More »

Mohamed Salah raised his goal tally this season to five by converting a penalty in a 2-1 win at Wolves that lifted Liverpool to the top of the English Premier League table. The Egypt captain notched the second-half winner after Algerian international Rayan Ait Nouri had punished sloppy defending to equalise for the bottom club.Liverpool lead …

African players in Europe: Salah takes Liverpool to topMon, 30 Sep 2024 13:59:52 GMT Read More »

Gabon and Equatorial Guinea faced off Monday at the International Court of Justice, hoping to resolve a decades-old scrap over the sovereignty of three disputed islands in potentially oil-rich waters.The two West African nations have been squabbling over the 30-hectare (74-acre) island of Mbanie and two smaller low-lying islets, Cocotier and Conga, since the early …

E.Guinea, Gabon clash at ICJ over oil-rich islandsMon, 30 Sep 2024 10:21:17 GMT Read More »

Come nightfall, gold-diggers, hawkers and prostitutes alike barrel into the bars of Kamituga in the eastern DR Congo, with some blaming the mining town’s nightlife for its growing mpox outbreak.”Life in Kamituga drives people to sin,” warned Bitama Sebuhuni, a prospector hospitalised after contracting the sometimes deadly viral disease during unprotected sex.Renowned for its goldmines, …

Prostitutes, prospectors drive spread in DR Congo mpox capitalMon, 30 Sep 2024 05:12:58 GMT Read More »

Full-back Aphelele Fassi and flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit scored two tries each as South Africa trounced Argentina 48-7 in Mbombela on Saturday to win the Rugby Championship.Argentina, who trailed 27-7 at half-time, paid dearly for ill-discipline. Flanker Pablo Matera received a red cards and brothers Mateo and Santiago Carreras were both sin-binned. Wing Cheslin Kolbe, hooker …

Seven-try South Africa crush Argentina to become championsSat, 28 Sep 2024 17:52:18 GMT Read More »

Lock Eben Etzebeth made a record 128th Test appearance for South Africa on Saturday against Argentina in a Rugby Championship title decider at Mbombela Stadium. The 32-year-old forward led his Springbok teammates out before kick-off to sustained, thunderous applause from the capacity 45,000 crowd in the northeastern city. Etzebeth was accompanied by his wife, Anlia, and baby …

Etzebeth becomes most-capped Springbok to thunderous applauseSat, 28 Sep 2024 15:45:31 GMT Read More »

The neat brown rectangle of an airstrip stands out against the vast expanse of floodwater all around — a crucial lifeline in this remote corner of South Sudan. The landing strip in Bentiu has been carefully preserved with huge dykes against the waters that have added another layer of devastation to the world’s youngest country. Alongside is …

Battling to keep floodwaters at bay in South SudanSat, 28 Sep 2024 05:39:06 GMT Read More »

Somalia’s prime minister on Friday accused Ethiopia of actions that “flagrantly violate” Somalia’s territorial integrity after Addis Ababa’s shock announcement it would lease a stretch of coastline from the breakaway region Somaliland.The region has been on alert since January when Ethiopia said it intended to build a naval base and commercial port on the area.Landlocked …

Ethiopian actions ‘flagrantly violate’ Somali territorial integrity: Somali PMSat, 28 Sep 2024 02:34:32 GMT Read More »

Two days of attacks by Sudanese paramilitaries on the Darfur city of El-Fasher killed 48 people, a medical source told AFP on Friday, after world leaders appealed for an end to the country’s suffering.Artillery fire from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed 30 people and wounded dozens on Friday alone, a medical source at El-Fasher …

48 dead in two days of Sudan paramilitary attacks on Darfur city: medicFri, 27 Sep 2024 19:50:07 GMT Read More »