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Police arrested Tanzania’s top opposition figures and prevented a mass protest in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Monday in the latest crackdown on dissent in the East African nation. Despite an official ban, the opposition Chadema party had vowed to go ahead with the rally over the alleged kidnapping and killing of its members …

Tanzania arrests opposition leaders, blocks protestMon, 23 Sep 2024 14:23:56 GMT Read More »

Senegal’s navy has recovered at least 30 bodies from a boat discovered adrift around 70 kilometres (43 miles) off the coast of the capital Dakar, the army said Monday.Investigations are under way to establish where the vessel came from and to confirm the death toll, the army said in a statement posted on social media. Senegal’s …

30 bodies found in boat adrift off Senegal coast: armyMon, 23 Sep 2024 13:46:33 GMT Read More »

The UN’s refugee chief questioned Sunday what future awaited the Sudanese people as the country’s civil war rages, pushing its people ever further afield including to Uganda and Europe’s maritime borders.Since the start of the war in April 2023, “well over 10 million people have been chased away from their homes,” two million of whom …

‘Atrocious’ Sudan war pushing refugees further afield: UNHCR chiefSun, 22 Sep 2024 23:44:09 GMT Read More »

Civilians combed through the wreckage of their homes Sunday in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher, besieged for months by paramilitaries who have now launched a “full-scale assault”, according to the United Nations.As the world body’s high-level General Assembly meeting prepares this week to spotlight Sudan’s 17-month war — which has claimed tens of thousands of …

‘Barely anyone left’: Sudan’s El-Fasher devastated by fightingSun, 22 Sep 2024 16:34:18 GMT Read More »

A woman died after being stuck overnight in one of scores of vehicles trapped in unusually heavy snowfall in South Africa with traffic still backed up for around 30 kilometres (19 miles) early Sunday, nearly two days after the first people were stranded, authorities said.Cars, buses and trucks became stuck in heavy snow on Friday …

One person dies in SAfrican snow traffic back-upSun, 22 Sep 2024 10:21:40 GMT Read More »

Somalia has accused Ethiopia of supplying weapons to its northeastern Puntland region amid growing tensions between the Horn of Africa neighbours.There is a history of stormy relations between Ethiopia and Somalia — a fragile jigsaw of federal states, whose instability weakens the central government’s ability to counter a long-running insurgency by Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab.Tensions increased …

Somalia accuses Ethiopia of shipping arms to PuntlandSat, 21 Sep 2024 18:02:44 GMT Read More »

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s son, who had earlier said he would run in the 2026 presidential election, announced on Saturday he would not stand and would back his father instead.The announcement is a tacit acknowledgement that Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, will seek a seventh term in power.”I would like to announce …

President Museveni’s son backs Ugandan strongman for 7th termSat, 21 Sep 2024 14:31:29 GMT Read More »

Somalia has accused neighbouring Ethiopia of supplying weapons to its northeastern Puntland region, which this year unilaterally declared it would act as an independent state despite protests from the central government.There is a history of stormy relations between Ethiopia and Somalia — a fragile jigsaw of federal states, whose instability weakens the central government’s ability to …

Somalia accuses Ethiopia of shipping arms to unstable regionSat, 21 Sep 2024 13:01:44 GMT Read More »

Unusually heavy snowfall caused major disruption on South Africa’s roads Saturday with people still stranded at midday after spending the night stuck in their vehicles.The key N3 highway linking Johannesburg and the east coast city of Durban was one of the worst affected and several portions were closed, with even detours impassible, officials said.Emergency services …

S.Africa snowfall closes roads, strands motorists overnightSat, 21 Sep 2024 11:56:00 GMT Read More »

In a small fashion store in Ethiopia’s capital, Medanit Woldegebriel’s dresses have almost doubled in price in the past two months, sending customers fleeing. “Business is slow,” admits a downhearted Woldegebriel, whose shop in the sprawling Merkato market of Addis Ababa imports clothes from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.On July 30, Ethiopia took the painful …

Ethiopians struggle with bitter pill of currency reformSat, 21 Sep 2024 04:06:54 GMT Read More »