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Former Tuareg rebel and Malian diplomat Iyad Ag Ghaly has steered Al Qaeda’s Sahel branch JNIM since 2017, spreading its tentacles in the region and far beyond to Gulf countries. Previously known for his taste for Marlboro cigarettes as well as his closeness to Tinariwen musicians, according to the Wall Street Journal, he is now the …

Iyad Ag Ghaly: nomad who became Sahel’s top jihadist leaderMon, 17 Nov 2025 17:42:22 GMT Read More »

More than 22 million people, many of them children, could die preventable deaths by 2030 due to aid cuts by the United States and European countries, new research said Monday.The findings are an update of a study earlier this year that said President Donald Trump’s sweeping reductions in assistance, including the dismantling the US Agency …

Western aid cuts could cause 22.6 million deaths, researchers sayMon, 17 Nov 2025 17:04:16 GMT Read More »

South Africa said Monday the surprise arrival of 153 Palestinians on a plane last week indicated “a clear agenda to cleanse Palestinians” out of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.The group landed in Johannesburg on a chartered flight on Thursday without departure stamps from Israel in their passports. Reports said a shadowy organisation named Al-Majd …

S.Africa says ‘suspicious’ flights from Israel show ‘agenda to cleanse Palestinians’Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:45:55 GMT Read More »

Decades after Darfur was the scene of some of the 21st century’s worst atrocities, Sudanese exiles say the nightmare has returned as images of fresh bloodshed emerge from the region.For the diaspora watching from afar, alleged crimes in El-Fasher — the last army stronghold in Darfur before its fall to paramilitaries last month — mirror …

‘Killed without knowing why’: Sudanese exiles relive Darfur’s pastMon, 17 Nov 2025 11:52:17 GMT Read More »

Rugby chiefs on Monday officially launched the Nations Championship, a global competition featuring 12 of the strongest teams that will crown a winning nation and decide the sport’s dominant hemisphere.Organisers said the new biennial tournament signalled a “watershed moment for rugby union, years in the making” and would transform the two existing international playing windows, …

Rugby chiefs unveil ‘watershed’ Nations ChampionshipMon, 17 Nov 2025 10:24:31 GMT Read More »

Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, Nigerian Victor Osimhen and Egyptian Mohamed Salah were shortlisted on Sunday for the 2025 African men’s player of the year award, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced.Currently injured, full-back Hakimi helped Paris Saint-Germain win the UEFA Champions League for the first time and finish runners-up to Chelsea in the final of …

Hakimi, Osimhen, Salah shortlisted for top African awardSun, 16 Nov 2025 19:32:14 GMT Read More »

World champions South Africa added hooker Bongi Mbonambi and prop Ntuthuko Mchunu to their squad on Sunday ahead of Autumn Nations Series Tests against Ireland and Wales, SA Rugby announced. The Springboks face Ireland in Dublin on November 22 and Wales in Cardiff seven days later after victories over Japan, France and Italy in other matches …

World champions South Africa add Mbonambi, Mchunu to squadSun, 16 Nov 2025 18:32:22 GMT Read More »

The Democratic Republic of Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 militia signed a new peace framework on Saturday in Qatar aimed at ending the fighting that has devastated eastern DRC.Qatar, with the United States and the African Union, has shuttled between the two sides for months hoping to end the conflict in DRC’s mineral-rich east, where …

M23, DR Congo sign new peace roadmap in DohaSat, 15 Nov 2025 18:44:26 GMT Read More »

World champions South Africa beat a spirited Italy 32-14 on Saturday, coming out on top despite having to play a huge chunk of the match a man down, just as they did in last weekend’s win over France.Marco van Staden, Morne van den Berg, Grant Williams and Ethan Hooker scored the tries with Handre Pollard …

South Africa defy early red card to beat battling ItalySat, 15 Nov 2025 17:54:56 GMT Read More »

South Africa beat spirited Italy 32-14 on Saturday, coming out on top despite having to play a huge chunk of the match a man down just as they did in last weekend’s win over France.Marco van Staden, Morne van den Berg, Grant Williams and Ethan Hooker scored the tries with Handre Pollard kicking the rest …

South Africa defy early red card to beat ItalySat, 15 Nov 2025 14:49:06 GMT Read More »