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For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert’s southern rim from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.Tens of thousands of people have been killed in violence which began in Mali in 2012, spread to Burkina Faso and Niger, and now threatens coastal west African …

Who are the jihadists using the Sahel as a hunting ground?Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:19:02 GMT Read More »

The erosion of multilateralism threatens global growth and stability, President Cyril Ramaphosa warned Wednesday at a G20 finance meeting in South Africa marked by the absence of the US Treasury secretary.Two days of talks by finance ministers and central bank governors from the world’s leading economies opened a week after a meeting of G20 foreign …

Erosion of multilateralism threatens global stability: S.Africa leaderWed, 26 Feb 2025 09:39:48 GMT Read More »

A Tunisian court sentenced eight defendants to death on Tuesday over the 2013 assassination of leftist opposition figure Mohamed Brahmi, according to local reports.Charges included “attempting to change the state’s nature” and “inciting armed conflict”, local media reported.Three of the defendants also received additional death sentences for “deliberate participation in premeditated murder”, according to the …

Eight sentenced to death for 2013 murder of Tunisia opposition leaderWed, 26 Feb 2025 00:26:42 GMT Read More »

Burundi troops — allies of Kinshasa — were still deploying Tuesday in east DR Congo, as the UK announced it was suspending most direct bilateral aid to Rwanda over an offensive by M23 fighters that UN experts say is supported by soldiers from the east African nation.The Rwanda-backed M23 has in recent weeks seized two …

Burundi troops deploy in east DRC, as UK pauses most aidTue, 25 Feb 2025 18:48:45 GMT Read More »

Two-time World Cup winning South African prop Steven Kitshoff said he is walking away with “so many incredible memories” after announcing his retirement owing to a serious neck injury.The 33-year-old, capped 83-times and a pivotal member of the 2019 and 2023 World Cup winning sides, suffered the injury playing a Currie Cup match for Western …

Dual World Cup winning Springbok prop Kitshoff calls time on careerTue, 25 Feb 2025 11:04:47 GMT Read More »

DR Congo’s prime minister said Monday that “more than 7,000″ people have been killed in the east of the country since January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 group seized two major cities.A weeks long advance in a region rich in cultural resources but blighted by various conflicts over the past 30 years, has seen the M23 …

DR Congo PM says ‘more than 7,000 dead’ in war-torn eastMon, 24 Feb 2025 19:59:20 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s economy shrank in the final quarter of last year following election turmoil, official data showed.The Indian Ocean country’s GDP dropped by 4.87 percent between October and December compared to the same period in the previous year, according to data from the national statistics body seen by AFP on Monday.One of the poorest countries in …

Mozambique economy contracts after deadly poll unrestMon, 24 Feb 2025 17:16:47 GMT Read More »

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who also heads the Economic Community of Central African States, urged Gabonese voters Monday to back their leader General Brice Oligui Nguema seven weeks before presidential polls.Former head of the presidential guard, Oligui has been in power since an August 30, 2023 coup, which ended decades-long rule by …

E.Guinea president urges Gabonese to back Oligui as poll loomsMon, 24 Feb 2025 16:12:17 GMT Read More »

Crime has increased in eastern DR Congo’s two major cities which were recently seized by the Rwanda-backed M23, the UN’s humanitarian agency said Monday, although life is beginning to return to normal.The M23 now controls large parts of east Democratic Republic of Congo, a region rich in natural resources that has been blighted by various …

Crime rises as life resumes in war-torn east DR Congo: UNMon, 24 Feb 2025 15:19:12 GMT Read More »

Violence raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed “more than 7,000 compatriots”, many of them civilians, since last month, the Congolese premier said Monday.The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has seized large swathes of the mineral-rich eastern DRC — including the main cities of Goma and Bukavu — in the face of limited resistance …

Over 7,000 killed in eastern DR Congo since January: PMMon, 24 Feb 2025 14:30:04 GMT Read More »