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Tiny but oil-rich Equatorial Guinea long escaped the youth exodus plaguing other African nations, but a decade of economic decline and rising unemployment has left many eager to leave.The discovery of off-shore oil in the mid-1990s turned the country into Africa’s third richest in terms of per capita income. But the economy has been badly hit …

Young Equatorial Guineans yearn for the American dreamTue, 17 Sep 2024 06:35:24 GMT Read More »

A packed Kampala audience holds its breath as four self-styled “singing fools” in choir uniforms bound onto the stage for their latest daring satire of Ugandan politics.The Bizonto comedy troupe recount the misadventures in a fictional village, ruled by an ageing leader and suffering from a dire lack of basic services and sky-high taxes.The parallels …

Uganda’s ‘singing fools’ use satire to attack governmentTue, 17 Sep 2024 06:31:23 GMT Read More »

At least eight people died, including three children,  after a seven-storey building collapsed in Sierra Leone’s capital on Monday, authorities said, with more trapped under the rubble.The building in eastern Freetown, thought to be used for both residential and commercial purposes, collapsed between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm (GMT), the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) …

At least eight dead after S. Leone building collapseMon, 16 Sep 2024 20:18:16 GMT Read More »

A seven-storey residential building collapsed in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on Monday with many feared trapped under the rubble.Two cranes and responders using bare hands, shovels and pick axes worked frantically to search for survivors at the site in eastern Freetown.An elderly woman was rescued alive and taken to hospital by Red Cross volunteers, an …

Rescuers search for survivors after S. Leone building collapseMon, 16 Sep 2024 18:18:19 GMT Read More »

The United States military announced Monday that it had completed its withdrawal from Niger, after coup leaders in the African country demanded that its troops depart.The United States had more than 1,000 troops in Niger as part of anti-jihadist missions in several Sahel nations of West Africa, including a major drone base, but Niger’s military …

US military says withdrawal from Niger is completeMon, 16 Sep 2024 16:55:43 GMT Read More »

The United States military announced Monday that it had completed its withdrawal from Niger, after coup leaders in the African country demanded that its troops depart.The United States had more than 1,000 troops in Niger as part of anti-jihadist missions in several Sahel nations of West Africa, including a major drone base near Agadez, but …

US military says withdrawal from Niger is completeMon, 16 Sep 2024 15:59:58 GMT Read More »

Brentford are set to be without DR Congo forward Yoane Wissa for “a couple of months” with an ankle injury, the Premier League club’s manager Thomas Frank said Monday.Wissa, 28 opened the scoring inside 30 seconds against champions Manchester City on Saturday, but was then substituted just before half-time following a challenge with Mateo Kovacic …

Brentford forward Wissa out for ‘a couple of months’Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:32:52 GMT Read More »

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Monday to discuss tackling illegal immigration, a day after another Channel migrant shipwreck claimed eight lives.Starmer, whose centre-left Labour Party was elected with a crushing parliamentary majority in July, has vowed to fight illegal immigration, a hot-button topic in British politics …

UK PM Starmer meets Italy’s Meloni for illegal immigration talksMon, 16 Sep 2024 10:42:54 GMT Read More »

Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use.Negotiators hope to reach the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution this year, but across five very different countries, AFP found single-use plastic remains hugely popular as a cheap and convenient choice, illustrating …

‘Easy, convenient, cheap’: how single-use plastic rules the worldMon, 16 Sep 2024 03:43:31 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, Africa’s largest, has finally begun delivering petrol, a game changer for the oil-rich country that frequently faces gasoline shortages.The oft-delayed 650,000-barrel-a-day refinery built by Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote began producing diesel and aviation fuel in January, but the OPEC member has had to rely on costly gasoline imports to keep cars running …

Nigeria’s Dangote refinery begins petrol deliveriesSun, 15 Sep 2024 16:10:51 GMT Read More »