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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan wrapped up their three-day visit to Nigeria on Sunday, arriving in the country’s economic capital Lagos during a trip to promote his Invictus Games for wounded military veterans.The Duke of Sussex arrived with his wife on Friday in Nigeria’s capital Abuja where they visited a school event on mental …

Prince Harry, Meghan end Nigeria tour with Lagos visitSun, 12 May 2024 17:41:04 GMT Read More »

Tunisian authorities ordered Sunday the arrest of two political commentators over critical comments, a lawyer told AFP, a day after security forces stormed the bar association and took a third pundit into custody.Sonia Dahmani, also a lawyer, was arrested late Saturday after criticising the state of Tunisia on television, her attorney Dalila Msaddek said in …

Three Tunisian pundits arrested over critical remarks: lawyersSun, 12 May 2024 14:42:03 GMT Read More »

The recent scene in a Paris theatre was loud and tumultuous with hundreds of spectators backing their favourites in the Miss Ivory Coast/France 2024 contest, one of many events at which France’s African diaspora celebrate their dual culture.”Our parents made beautiful children in Europe,” remarked a master of ceremony as the 19 contestants took to …

French Miss Africa contests proudly celebrate dual cultures in ParisSun, 12 May 2024 14:19:49 GMT Read More »

Rescuers and onlookers cheered and applauded Saturday as a survivor emerged after 116 hours from underneath the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa, with the tragedy having killed at least 13.”It is a miracle that we have all been hoping for,” Western Cape provincial premier Alan Winde said on X, formerly Twitter.An apartment …

‘Miracle’ survivor found 5 days after S.Africa building collapseSat, 11 May 2024 18:26:19 GMT Read More »

Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo was named on Friday as his party’s candidate for a 2025 presidential election even though he is banned from running because of a 20-year jail term.Gbagbo, the West African nation’s president from 2000 to 2011, was the first former head of state to face a crimes against humanity trial …

Ex-I.Coast leader Gbagbo candidate for vote he is banned fromFri, 10 May 2024 21:15:56 GMT Read More »

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visited Nigeria on Friday as part of his promotion of the Invictus Games, the sporting event he founded for wounded military veterans.The couple arrived Friday in the capital Abuja where they visited a school to open an event on mental health for students there in a trip that …

Prince Harry, Meghan visit Nigeria for Invictus driveFri, 10 May 2024 20:57:55 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s top court started hearing an appeal on Friday to have former president Jacob Zuma declared ineligible to stand for parliament in a politically charged legal showdown set to raise tensions before the tightest election in decades.Zuma, 82, is fronting uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a new opposition party that has become a potential disrupter in …

S.Africa’s top court hears critical Zuma election caseFri, 10 May 2024 16:56:23 GMT Read More »

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visited Nigeria on Friday as part of his promotion of the Invictus Games, the sporting event he founded for wounded military veterans.The couple arrived Friday in the Nigerian capital Abuja where they visited a school to open an event on mental health for students there in a trip …

Prince Harry, Meghan visit Nigeria for Invictus driveFri, 10 May 2024 16:03:22 GMT Read More »

Twenty-six migrants who set sail from Guinea have died off the coast of Senegal when their boat sank, Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah said Friday, adding that his West African country was experiencing a  migration “haemorrhage”.”We have officially recorded around 26 deaths so far,” with most of the victims leaving from the Matam district of …

PM says Guinea ‘haemorrhaging’ migrants after shipwreck tragedyFri, 10 May 2024 15:50:46 GMT Read More »

Chadian soldiers deployed on Friday in large numbers across several districts of the capital after late-night celebrations marked the presidential election victory of junta leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.Even before the official results gave Deby more than 61 percent in Monday’s ballot, the presidential guard had parked many armoured vehicles on major junctions and …

Chad troops out in force after junta chief elected presidentFri, 10 May 2024 14:22:01 GMT Read More »