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Botswana gave a rapturous welcome to Letsile Tebogo on Tuesday as the sprinter returned home with the southern African country’s first ever Olympic gold medal.Families with children, elderly people and young supporters waved Botswana’s sky blue and black national flag as the Olympic team landed back in the capital Gaborone. Hundreds of supporters had gathered at …

Flags and dancing as Botswana welcomes home Olympic goldTue, 13 Aug 2024 14:22:08 GMT Read More »

Senegalese news organisations widely heeded a call Tuesday for a news blackout to protest against economic measures by the new government which they say threaten the industry.Most newspapers did not publish and two popular private radio stations played music instead of broadcasting the news.Private television stations such as TFM, ITV and 7 TV demonstrated solidarity …

Senegal media sound alarm with news blackoutTue, 13 Aug 2024 14:11:51 GMT Read More »

After Nigeria failed to win any medals in the Olympics, sporting officials are under pressure from accusations of incompetence and calls for reform over what the sports minister branded a “disastrous outcome” in Paris.While smaller nations on the continent came home with multiple medals, the Giant of Africa left empty-handed for the first time since …

Nigeria sports under scrutiny after ‘disastrous’ OlympicsTue, 13 Aug 2024 13:24:01 GMT Read More »

Scrum-half Morne van den Berg and lock Ruan Nortje will make their first starts for the Springboks against Australia in Perth after coach Rassie Erasmus on Tuesday named a team that shows 10 changes to the side that convincingly won its Rugby Championship opener in Brisbane.The only players retaining their starting places from the 33-7 victory …

South Africa make 10 changes ahead of Wallabies TestTue, 13 Aug 2024 12:43:52 GMT Read More »

The leaders of Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema have been released on bail, a party spokesman said on Tuesday, after they were detained in a mass roundup ahead of a youth day rally.As many as 520 people were arrested across the country, according to a police statement, before a banned Chadema rally on Monday that …

Tanzanian opposition leaders freed after mass arrestsTue, 13 Aug 2024 10:43:49 GMT Read More »

President Mokgweetsi Masisi declared Tuesday afternoon a holiday as Botswana geared up to welcome home sprinter Letsile Tebogo and his 200m gold medal, a first for the southern African country. Botswana’s Olympic team was due to return on Tuesday with Tebogo’s gold as well as silver in the men’s 4x400m relay, boosting the country’s total Olympic …

Botswana gets half-day holiday to welcome Olympic goldTue, 13 Aug 2024 08:54:16 GMT Read More »

In a parched village in southern Africa’s tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho, a farmer tramps through his dusty plot and pulls desiccated stalks and roots from the dry earth.The plot once fed Daniel Phoofolo’s family, with enough produce left over to sell. But a drought that has been biting countries across southern Africa for months has …

In dry Lesotho, hunger stalks family farmersTue, 13 Aug 2024 06:51:07 GMT Read More »

Senegalese brothers Moustapha Ndour, a Muslim, and Jean-Pierre, who is Christian, cheerfully tease each other for their respective faiths, days after remarks by the prime minister angered the Catholic Church.”He says that I’ve betrayed him,” the 67-year-old Islam convert said, smiling, side-by-side with his younger sibling outside their home on the island of Fadiouth, south …

Muslims, Christians on Senegal island preach brotherly loveTue, 13 Aug 2024 06:34:29 GMT Read More »

A Ugandan court is due Tuesday to deliver its verdict in the landmark trial of Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the feared Lord’s Resistance Army militia accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.Kwoyelo, who is charged over brutal murders committed during a 20-year conflict in northern Uganda, is the first and only high …

Uganda LRA commander awaits verdict in landmark war crimes trialTue, 13 Aug 2024 06:25:31 GMT Read More »