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Paramilitary drone strikes targeting Sudan’s wartime capital have sought to shatter the regular army’s sense of security and open a dangerous new chapter in the war, experts say.Since April 2023, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group has been at war with the army, which has lately recaptured some territory and dislodged the paramilitaries from the …

Drones drag Sudan war into dangerous new territoryThu, 08 May 2025 16:00:29 GMT Read More »

The head of Ivory Coast’s main opposition party on Thursday claimed the government was trying to silence dissent before upcoming presidential elections, as crowds gathered to protest his ban from standing.A court in the west African country last month barred Tidjane Thiam from being a candidate in the October 25 vote, saying he lost Ivorian …

Banned I.Coast candidate accuses govt of silencing oppositionThu, 08 May 2025 15:30:46 GMT Read More »

A prayer ceremony was held in the Malian capital Bamako on Thursday for a 22-year-old man who was stabbed to death in a mosque in the south of France.Aboubakar Cisse was stabbed dozens of times while praying in the southern French town of La Grand-Combe on April 25.Olivier Hadzovic, a 20-year-old French national of Bosnian …

Body of Malian killed in French mosque repatriated: ministryThu, 08 May 2025 15:25:17 GMT Read More »

Senegalese lawmakers on Thursday began debating whether to allow several former ministers to face charges before a special court over accusations they embezzled funds meant for the country’s fight against Covid.Senegal’s National Assembly is largely controlled by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s party, who was elected in March last year on a promise to change how …

Senegal MPs weigh graft cases against ex-ministersThu, 08 May 2025 10:53:18 GMT Read More »

Paramilitary drones struck army-held areas of eastern and southern Sudan for a fifth straight day Thursday, army sources said, prompting an exodus of civilians from Port Sudan, seat of the army-backed government.Attacks targeted the country’s main naval base outside Port Sudan, as well as fuel depots in the southern city of Kosti, two sources said, …

Drone strikes spark civilian exodus from army-controlled Sudan aid hubThu, 08 May 2025 09:44:43 GMT Read More »

People along the Matan Fada in northwest Nigeria remember the river’s abundance as being typified by fish literally falling from the trees, but those days are gone.The waterway, which was home to a UNESCO-listed fishing festival, is disappearing, locals say, as rainfall plunges and temperatures rise as part of the impact of climate change.Husaini Makwashi, …

Nigeria fishing river reels from changing climateThu, 08 May 2025 06:49:44 GMT Read More »

A drone strike targeted Sudan’s biggest naval base on Wednesday, an army source told AFP, marking the fourth straight day the seat of the army-backed government has come under attack.It comes a day after the government severed ties with the United Arab Emirates, which it accuses of supplying rival paramilitaries with weapons used to attack …

Drone strike targets Port Sudan naval base: army sourceThu, 08 May 2025 00:45:31 GMT Read More »

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled Wednesday a plan to revive South Africa’s flagging local governments, weeks after publicly criticising the state of the financial capital Johannesburg as it prepares to host the G20 summit in November.Africa’s most industrialised economy is divided into more than 250 municipalities, where basic services such as water and waste …

South Africa launches reform of derelict municipalitiesWed, 07 May 2025 16:08:56 GMT Read More »

Mali’s junta on Wednesday suspended political parties’ activities “until further notice for reasons of public order”, as the opposition protests against the military government’s ramped-up crackdown on dissent.Read out on national television and radio, the decree comes ahead of a rally called for Friday by parties critical of the junta against their dissolution, as well …

Mali junta suspends political parties’ activities ‘until further notice’Wed, 07 May 2025 15:56:08 GMT Read More »

In-form South African sprinter Akani Simbine insists he is no “nearly man” despite missing a podium finish in the men’s 100m at the last three Olympics by a combined total of just eight-hundredths of second.The 31-year-old finished fifth at the 2016 Rio Olympics before successive fourth places at the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Games.While …

South African sprinter Simbine shrugs off ‘nearly man’ tagWed, 07 May 2025 15:03:32 GMT Read More »