Nigeria has taken delivery from the Netherlands of 119 pieces of priceless “Benin Bronze” artefacts looted more than 120 years ago, the country’s museum commission and the Dutch embassy said Wednesday.It is the latest return of artefacts to Africa, as pressure mounts on Western governments and institutions to hand back the spoils of colonial oppression.”On …
Several thousand supporters were at the main airport in Johannesburg on Wednesday to welcome home World Test Championship winners South Africa.Temba Bavuma captained the Proteas to a five-wicket triumph over long-time rivals Australia at Lord’s last Saturday to end a 27-year major trophy drought.He and coach Shukri Conrad were the first to greet cheering supporters, …
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Cameroon is counting down to a presidential election with key questions over the health of 92-year-old veteran leader Paul Biya, separatist violence in its English-speaking regions and ethnic tensions all unresolved.With less than four months until the first ballot is cast, any prospective challenger will have to soon announce their tilt at taking over the …
Security forces and hundreds of men armed with whips and clubs clashed with protesters in Kenya on Tuesday, with a police officer’s shooting of an unarmed bystander triggering widespread anger.Tensions were already high in the east African country as it marks a year since massive Gen Z-led protests over the economy, and fresh demonstrations have …
Belgian prosecutors said Tuesday that they were seeking to put a 92-year-old former diplomat on trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.Etienne Davignon is the only one still alive among 10 Belgians who were accused of complicity in the murder of the independence icon in a 2011 lawsuit filed by Lumumba’s children.If …
Security forces and hundreds of men armed with whips and clubs clashed with protesters in Kenya on Tuesday, leaving at least nine injured, as they demonstrated against the killing of a man in police custody.AFP journalists saw a police officer shoot a bystander at close range in the head, with video of the incident triggering …
Hundreds of men armed with whips and clubs attacked protesters in Kenya on Tuesday as they demonstrated against the recent killing of a man in police custody, AFP journalists saw.Tensions have risen as the east African country approaches the first anniversary of massive Gen Z-led protests sparked by tax rises, which the government has been …
Motorbike-riding ‘goons’ attack Kenya protestersTue, 17 Jun 2025 12:13:21 GMT Read More »
As the sun rose over a beach in northern France, migrant men, women and children in orange lifejackets sped along the sand towards the sea under the gaze of French police. Some managed to wade through the water to a dinghy bound for England, but others — deeply disappointed — plodded back into the dunes behind …
Esther and Rio, two orphaned baby chimpanzees, clung tenderly to their caregiver’s chest at a sanctuary inside one of Sierra Leone’s flagship national parks, where unprecedented deforestation and illegal urban encroachment pose a risk to both primates and humans.The young apes, who arrived at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary when they were just three months old, …
Togo suspended French broadcasters RFI and France 24 for three months, the country’s media regulator said Monday, accusing both of transmitting “inexact and tendentious” content.The temporary ban further reduces the two French public broadcasters’ availability in West Africa after they were slapped with multi-year suspensions in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, a trio of Sahelian …
