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The death toll from a building collapse in South Africa climbed Friday to 12 with 40 people still unaccounted for, four days after the structure came crashing down.The tragedy struck Monday afternoon when an apartment block under construction crumbled while a crew of 81 were on site in the southern city of George.Authorities said three …

S.Africa building collapse death toll rises to 12Fri, 10 May 2024 13:22:50 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 army deploys in force after junta chief elected presidentFri, 10 May 2024 12:16:44 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.Greeted by a drum …

Prince Harry, Meghan visit NigeriaFri, 10 May 2024 11:57:42 GMT Read More »

Abdi Hussein sat alone on a Kenyan road strewn with ramshackle tents bound with plastic strings and covered with tarpaulins, peering into the sea of rust-coloured flood water.The deluge had claimed his livelihood, his home and his wife, leaving the 32-year-old bereft as he pondered what was left of his life.”It has been like the …

‘World coming to an end’: Kenyan town copes with life underwaterFri, 10 May 2024 09:37:31 GMT Read More »

In the heart of Cotonou’s large Dantokpa market, Diane Makpenon’s family corn shop is less busy than usual these days.The business run by her mother like others in Benin’s economic capital has been slowing down as they struggle with rising prices.The price of a kilo (2.2 pounds) of corn, one of the country’s most widely …

In Benin, tensions soar over cost of livingFri, 10 May 2024 05:57:16 GMT Read More »

Chad’s junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno won this week’s presidential election in the first round, according to provisional official results released Thursday, extending his family’s decades-long grip on power.Monday’s vote aimed to end three years of military rule in a country crucial to the fight against jihadism across Africa’s Sahel desert region.The ANGE electoral …

Chad junta chief Deby wins presidential voteFri, 10 May 2024 03:51:45 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s top court will hear an appeal on Friday to have former president Jacob Zuma declared ineligible in a politically charged legal showdown set to raise tensions before the tightest election in decades.Zuma, 82, is fronting a new opposition party that has become a potential disrupter in the May 29 general election.But electoral authorities have …

S. Africa’s top court hears critical Zuma election caseFri, 10 May 2024 02:24:35 GMT Read More »

His father ruled Chad for three decades with an iron fist and Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has now consolidated the family dynasty with his victory in the presidential election announced on Thursday.Yet the young general appeared timid, his gaze fleeting, when the army announced his father Idriss Deby Itno had been killed en route to …

Chad’s new strongman follows father’s footstepsThu, 09 May 2024 22:09:10 GMT Read More »

Donald Trump accused election rival Joe Biden Thursday of siding with Hamas when he threatened to stop sending US weapons to Israel as it wages war against the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, calling the president’s stance “disgraceful.”Biden warned Wednesday of halting weapons supplies if Israel pushes ahead with its long-threatened Rafah ground offensive, his …

Trump accuses Biden of siding with HamasThu, 09 May 2024 17:51:01 GMT Read More »

Chad’s presidential election results will be released later on Thursday, officials said in a surprise announcement, nearly two weeks earlier than scheduled.It follows Monday’s vote which aims to end three years of military rule in a country crucial to the fight against jihadism across the Sahel desert region.The two main rivals are junta leader Mahamat …

Chad election results to be announced ahead of scheduleThu, 09 May 2024 17:17:06 GMT Read More »