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Mauritius was voting Sunday in a close-fought parliamentary election, with police at polling stations as the opposition warned about the risk of fraud in a nation touted as one of Africa’s most stable and prosperous democracies.The vote in the Indian Ocean archipelago follows a historic agreement last month that saw Britain cede sovereignty of the …

Mauritius votes in election clouded by wire-tapping scandalSun, 10 Nov 2024 06:42:35 GMT Read More »

Mauritius began voting on Sunday in a close-fought election race that has been clouded by a wire-tapping scandal in a nation usually touted as one of Africa’s most stable and prosperous democracies.Campaigning has been tense, and police have been deployed at polling stations to ensure security, according to election commissioner Irfan Rahman, as media reports …

Mauritius votes in close-fought election raceSun, 10 Nov 2024 03:31:01 GMT Read More »

There is a notable absentee from this year’s international book fair in Algiers — the work of French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud, who last week won France’s prestigious top literary prize.His novel “Houris” centres on Algeria’s civil war between the government and Islamists in the 1990s — the North African country’s so-called “black decade”.The book, written …

Award-winning writer absent from major Algerian book fairSun, 10 Nov 2024 01:35:15 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s candidate for the top job at the African Union said Saturday that if US president-elect Donald Trump does not want to work with Africa, the continent has “other friends”. Raila Odinga, a veteran Kenyan politician, is one of four candidates vying to replace Moussa Faki Mahamat as African Union Commission chair next year.”I don’t want …

Africa has other friends if Trump won’t work with it: Kenya’s AU candidateSat, 09 Nov 2024 15:50:14 GMT Read More »

Devastating flooding in South Sudan is affecting around 1.4 million people, with more than 379,000 displaced, according to a United Nations update that warned about an upsurge in malaria.Aid agencies have said that the world’s youngest country, highly vulnerable to climate change, is in the grip of its worst flooding in decades, mainly in the …

South Sudan floods affect 1.4 million, displace 379,000: UNSat, 09 Nov 2024 08:36:34 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s opposition on Friday promised fresh protests, as rights groups said at least 30 people had been killed in three weeks of demonstrations over contested election results.The southern African nation has been rocked by violence since the ruling Frelimo party was announced winner of the October 9 elections with more than 70 percent of votes. The …

Death toll from Mozambique election protests rises to at least 30Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:59:28 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s double World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi is one of seven forwards among eight replacements in Rassie Erasmus’s matchday 23 for the Springboks’ tour opener against Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday.Veteran lock Eben Etzebeth will captain South Africa, who won this year’s southern hemisphere Rugby Championship, as the Springboks look to end 2024 by …

Kolisi on the bench as Springboks ring changes for Scotland clashFri, 08 Nov 2024 17:15:57 GMT Read More »

Standing in a makeshift salon on the side of a dusty backstreet in Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa Papy Kalume pulled a fresh razor out of his bag.The 47-year-old barber placed the “Gillette” — as it is commonly called by street hairdressers in the city — against the back of a customer’s head and …

On Kinshasa’s streets hairdressers make a quick buckFri, 08 Nov 2024 16:50:02 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s opposition on Friday promised fresh protests, as rights groups said at least 30 people had been killed in three weeks of demonstrations over contested election results.The southern African nation has been rocked by violence since the Frelimo party was announced winner of the October 9 elections with more than 70 percent of votes. The party …

Toll from Mozambique election protests up to at least 30Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:15:22 GMT Read More »

The Maa Festival celebrates one of the best-known parts of Kenya’s culture, which has been remarkably resilient even as it is strained by modernisation and climate change.At this week’s festival, which brought members of Maa tribes from across Kenya to the Samburu national reserve in the north of the country, modern technology sits comfortably alongside …

Resilient but threatened, Kenya celebrates Maa cultureFri, 08 Nov 2024 15:50:53 GMT Read More »