Thousands of Malians have replastered the iconic earthen mosque in the historic city of Djenne during an annual ceremony that helps preserve the World Heritage site.To the sound of drums and festive music, townsmen on Thursday coated the towering three-minaret mosque with fresh mud plaster.The annual replastering with “banco” — a mix of earth and …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met Friday with survivors of devastating floods that killed at least 78 people in the impoverished Eastern Cape province, blaming the “catastrophic disaster” on climate change.Ramaphosa toured the disaster zone and met with survivors in the region, where thousands of houses, roads, schools and health facilities were left caked in …
Mitchell Starc made South Africa pay for a dropped catch with a vital fifty on Friday as Australia set the Proteas 282 to win the World Test Championship final at Lord’s.When title-holders Australia resumed on 144-8 in their second innings, already 218 runs ahead, it looked as if the match might finish well inside three …
Ivory Coast’s opposition is weighing its options after four of its top figures were excluded from the October 25 presidential race.Tidjane Thiam, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI), was removed from the electoral roll in April after a court questioned his Ivorian nationality.Former president Laurent Gbagbo, his former ally Charles …
Soweto’s children call it the “yellow mountain”: for decades, a gold mine dump that towers over the Snake Park neighbourhood of South Africa’s largest township has been polluting the area and poisoning communities.The yellow dust that blows off it stings the throat. Studies have found it contains traces of toxic substances such as arsenic, lead …
South Africa rescue teams recovered more bodies Thursday, days after heavy rains and strong winds battered the Eastern Cape province, as the death toll rose to at least 78.The bitterly cold winter storm struck the largely rural and underdeveloped province on Monday, causing a river to burst its banks and submerge homes, with several make-shift …
Death toll in S.Africa floods rises to 78Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:04:30 GMT Read More »
Burundian officials and youth groups “intimidated, harassed and threatened” voters to win every seat in parliamentary elections, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.The desperately poor Great Lakes nation held elections on June 5 in which the incumbent CNDD-FDD party swept 96 percent of the vote and all 100 seats in parliament, according to provisional results …
Kenyan security forces on Thursday fired tear gas against demonstrators protesting a death in police custody, clashes that threatened to overshadow government attempts to pass a budget without sparking unrest.The government carefully prepared its new finance bill with the aim of avoiding the massive protests over tax hikes that engulfed Kenya a year ago.But the …
There is a constant hum around Ethiopia’s enormous Lake Dembel — the sound of its water steadily being sucked out by pumps.The pumps irrigate farms all around the lake, which is four times the size of Manhattan, and are vital for hundreds of thousands of people. Ethiopia has already lost at least one large lake — …
Ethiopia’s vast lake being pumped dryThu, 12 Jun 2025 14:07:28 GMT Read More »
In its more than three years in Mali, the Russian paramilitary group Wagner kidnapped, detained and tortured hundreds of civilians, including at former UN bases and camps shared with the country’s army, according to a report published Thursday by a journalist collective.The victims, who were interviewed by a consortium of reporters led by investigative outlet …
