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Several thousand supporters were at the main airport in Johannesburg on Wednesday to welcome home World Test Championship winners South Africa.Temba Bavuma captained the Proteas to a five-wicket triumph over long-time rivals Australia at Lord’s last Saturday to end a 27-year major trophy drought.He and coach Shukri Conrad were the first to greet cheering supporters, …

South Africans welcome home Test champions the ProteasWed, 18 Jun 2025 09:59:49 GMT Read More »

Cameroon is counting down to a presidential election with key questions over the health of 92-year-old veteran leader Paul Biya, separatist violence in its English-speaking regions and ethnic tensions all unresolved.With less than four months until the first ballot is cast, any prospective challenger will have to soon announce their tilt at taking over the …

Leader’s health, separatist violence loom over Cameroon voteWed, 18 Jun 2025 05:53:55 GMT Read More »

Security forces and hundreds of men armed with whips and clubs clashed with protesters in Kenya on Tuesday, with a police officer’s shooting of an unarmed bystander triggering widespread anger.Tensions were already high in the east African country as it marks a year since massive Gen Z-led protests over the economy, and fresh demonstrations have …

Anger over Kenya police shooting as protesters clash with ‘goons’Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:08:49 GMT Read More »

Belgian prosecutors said Tuesday that they were seeking to put a 92-year-old former diplomat on trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.Etienne Davignon is the only one still alive among 10 Belgians who were accused of complicity in the murder of the independence icon in a 2011 lawsuit filed by Lumumba’s children.If …

Belgium seeks to try ex-official over 1961 killing of Congo leaderTue, 17 Jun 2025 14:58:09 GMT Read More »

Security forces and hundreds of men armed with whips and clubs clashed with protesters in Kenya on Tuesday, leaving at least nine injured, as they demonstrated against the killing of a man in police custody.AFP journalists saw a police officer shoot a bystander at close range in the head, with video of the incident triggering …

Nine hurt as Kenya police, motorbike ‘goons’ clash with protestersTue, 17 Jun 2025 14:25:08 GMT Read More »

Hundreds of men armed with whips and clubs attacked protesters in Kenya on Tuesday as they demonstrated against the recent killing of a man in police custody, AFP journalists saw.Tensions have risen as the east African country approaches the first anniversary of massive Gen Z-led protests sparked by tax rises, which the government has been …

Motorbike-riding ‘goons’ attack Kenya protestersTue, 17 Jun 2025 12:13:21 GMT Read More »

As the sun rose over a beach in northern France, migrant men, women and children in orange lifejackets sped along the sand towards the sea under the gaze of French police. Some managed to wade through the water to a dinghy bound for England, but others — deeply disappointed — plodded back into the dunes behind …

On a French beach, migrants with children sprint towards overcrowded boatsTue, 17 Jun 2025 10:52:57 GMT Read More »

Esther and Rio, two orphaned baby chimpanzees, clung tenderly to their caregiver’s chest at a sanctuary inside one of Sierra Leone’s flagship national parks, where unprecedented deforestation and illegal urban encroachment pose a risk to both primates and humans.The young apes, who arrived at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary when they were just three months old, …

Deforestation in S.Leone national park threatens chimps, humans alikeTue, 17 Jun 2025 06:28:11 GMT Read More »

Togo suspended French broadcasters RFI and France 24 for three months, the country’s media regulator said Monday, accusing both of transmitting “inexact and tendentious” content.The temporary ban further reduces the two French public broadcasters’ availability in West Africa after they were slapped with multi-year suspensions in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, a trio of Sahelian …

Togo suspends French broadcasters RFI, France 24 for three monthsMon, 16 Jun 2025 19:21:20 GMT Read More »

A Mali court ruled Monday that western gold mines held by Canadian giant Barrick would be managed for six months by an appointee, effectively stripping operation of one of the world’s largest gold complexes from the firm.The decision allows Mali’s military government to appoint a new administrator in charge of the Loulo-Gounkoto complex and comes …

Mali court strips Canadian giant Barrick of gold mine operation for six monthsMon, 16 Jun 2025 17:26:15 GMT Read More »