AFP Africa

Tanzania is forcibly evicting tens of thousands of Maasai from their ancestral lands, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Wednesday, claiming that government rangers beat some members of the community with impunity.Long-standing tensions between the authorities and the nomadic community have sometimes resulted in deadly clashes, after the government launched a programme beginning …

Tanzania govt evicting tens of thousands of Maasai: HRWWed, 31 Jul 2024 06:29:39 GMT Read More »

Riding around Kinshasa’s bumpy streets, Michael Mahunda piles up his old motorcycle with trash that he dumps at an openair tip in a residential area — for lack of an alternative.With no centralised waste collection or landfill sites, the sprawling capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is blotted with steaming mounds of foul-smelling waste.”There …

Kinshasa drowning under trashWed, 31 Jul 2024 06:16:12 GMT Read More »

A Guinean court will rule on Wednesday in the trial of ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara over a 2009 massacre in which more than 150 people were killed and scores of women raped.On September 28, 2009, and in the following days, members of Camara’s presidential guard, soldiers, police and militia brutally suppressed an opposition rally at …

Guinea court to rule in ex-dictator stadium massacre trialWed, 31 Jul 2024 02:10:25 GMT Read More »

World champions South Africa will launch their 2024 Rugby Championship campaign on August 10 in Brisbane, a city where they have lost 11 of 12 professional era Tests against Australia.The disastrous record of the Springboks there began in 1997 when beaten 32-20 by the Wallabies and includes a humiliating 49-0 drubbing nine years later.South Africa …

World champion Springboks seek to improve dismal Brisbane recordWed, 31 Jul 2024 02:09:35 GMT Read More »

The UN Security Council on Tuesday lifted a territorial arms embargo on the Central African Republic that was put in place in 2013 after civil war broke out, but which the country’s foreign minister said was now “unjust.”The unanimously adopted resolution scrubbed the sanctions that were already watered-down last year when Security Council members agreed …

UN lifts territorial arms embargo on C.AfricaTue, 30 Jul 2024 17:57:26 GMT Read More »

Libya repatriated Tuesday 369 irregular migrants to their home countries Nigeria and Mali, including more than one hundred women and children, an official told AFP.Mohammed Baredaa, head of the Libyan interior ministry organisation tasked with halting irregular migration, said two repatriations flights took place transporting 204 Nigerians and 165 Malians.Nine babies, 18 minors, and 108 …

Libya repatriates 369 Nigeria and Mali migrantsTue, 30 Jul 2024 13:12:26 GMT Read More »

Cash-strapped Ethiopia eased foreign exchange curbs on Monday as part of a broad economic reform package as the International Monetary Fund approved a loan to the Horn of Africa nation seeking a multibillion-dollar bailout.The value of the local currency, the birr, plunged by around 30 percent after the move by the country’s central bank.”The reform …

Ethiopia gets IMF relief after easing forex curbsMon, 29 Jul 2024 21:47:28 GMT Read More »

Olympic organisers might have played the wrong national anthem before South Sudan’s opening basketball game at the Paris Games, but the star-studded US team know for certain what they are up against next.America’s men have never lost to an African side at the Olympics but they had a scare when they played South Sudan in …

South Sudan brace for ultimate Olympic basketball test against US all-starsMon, 29 Jul 2024 15:36:30 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s ruling ANC on Monday expelled its former leader ex-president Jacob Zuma for leading a rival party into elections following disciplinary proceedings.The African National Congress, which lost its absolute parliamentary majority for the first time in May largely due to Zuma’s defection, said the veteran politician’s conduct was “irreconcilable” with its constitution.”Former President Jacob …

South Africa’s ex-leader Zuma expelled from ruling ANCMon, 29 Jul 2024 15:05:35 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia eased foreign exchange curbs on Monday as part of a broad economic reform package, as the Horn of Africa nation awaits a multi-billion dollar bailout from international lenders.The value of the local currency, the birr, slid by around 30 percent after the central bank announcement.”The reform introduces a competitive market-based determination of the exchange …

Ethiopia eases forex curbs as it awaits crucial bailoutMon, 29 Jul 2024 13:04:09 GMT Read More »