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Guinea’s capital Conakry ground to a halt Thursday as a protest movement which left one dead a day earlier marked three years since the military seized power in a coup.The opposition in the West African nation has called for a peaceful protest to denounce the junta’s crackdown on dissent and to demand a return to …

Guinea capital at standstill on three-year coup anniversaryThu, 05 Sep 2024 12:51:13 GMT Read More »

The Democratic Republic of Congo was Thursday awaiting almost 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from the European Union, with 200,000 due to arrive by the end of the week.The doses left the Danish capital Copenhagen on Wednesday evening.DRC is at the epicentre of an mpox outbreak with more than 19,000 cases and over 650 deaths, according …

Mpox epicentre DRC set to receive first vaccines to contain outbreakThu, 05 Sep 2024 12:21:25 GMT Read More »

Hundreds of African political and business leaders filed into China’s Great Hall of the People on Thursday eager to forge new partnerships, sign contracts and make industry connections.”Business is business, we’ll buy from anywhere. In China, the price is right,” Abakar Tahir Moussa, a Chadian construction firm owner, told AFP, showing off the business card …

‘Business is business’ at bustling China-Africa summitThu, 05 Sep 2024 10:05:38 GMT Read More »

African leaders secured a wide range of commitments to enhance cooperation in sectors such as infrastructure, agriculture, mining, trade, and energy at China’s largest summit in years.Bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Africa-China forum in Beijing this week have seen deals on projects including development, solar power and farming.AFP takes a look at the …

Key pledges on sidelines of China-Africa summitThu, 05 Sep 2024 09:03:17 GMT Read More »

Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei died in Kenya on Thursday, four days after being set on fire by her boyfriend in an attack in her home.It was the latest horrific incident of gender-based violence in the East African country, where activists have warned of a femicide epidemic.The 33-year-old long distance runner died at about 5:30 am …

Ugandan athlete Cheptegei dies after fire attack by boyfriendThu, 05 Sep 2024 08:57:56 GMT Read More »

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi will lead a starting team with five changes and two positional switches in their Rugby Championship clash against the New Zealand All Blacks at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.Experienced fullback Willie le Roux and flyhalf Handre Pollard return to the team announced by South African coach Rassie Erasmus on Thursday.There …

Kolisi cleared to lead South Africa against All BlacksThu, 05 Sep 2024 08:24:30 GMT Read More »

Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei has died in Kenya four days after being set on fire by her boyfriend, Ugandan athletics officials said Thursday.”We have learnt of the sad passing on of our Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei… following a vicious attack by her boyfriend,” the president of the Uganda Olympic Committee Donald Rukare said in a …

Ugandan athlete Cheptegei dies after being set on fire by boyfriendThu, 05 Sep 2024 06:56:44 GMT Read More »

Popular Ivorian artist Aicha Kone who filled venues singing about political freedom for Africa 30 years ago now wins fans singing the praises of West African junta chiefs.The 67-year-old has more than half a million followers on Tik Tok, where she released her latest song on August 26, applauding the military regimes of Mali, Burkina …

Diva to junta: the singer praising West African putschistsThu, 05 Sep 2024 05:20:38 GMT Read More »

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was discharged from hospital on Wednesday after undergoing surgery for a leg wound suffered during a confrontation with police.The outspoken critic of President Yoweri Museveni was injured in the fracas on Tuesday in the town of Bulindo, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the East African country’s capital Kampala.Initially, …

Wounded Ugandan opposition leader Wine leaves hospitalWed, 04 Sep 2024 20:38:16 GMT Read More »

The first delivery of almost 100,000 doses of mpox vaccines will arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, the African Union’s health watchdog said, with a total of 200,000 jabs expected this week.The vast central Africa country of around 100 million people is at the epicentre of the mpox outbreak, with cases and …

First mpox vaccines due in DR Congo on ThursdayWed, 04 Sep 2024 20:25:12 GMT Read More »