Veteran spinner Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets to put India in sight of victory on a manic day two of a low-scoring opening Test on Saturday.South Africa were 93-7 at stumps to lead by 63 runs in their second innings on an Eden Gardens pitch that has made batting decidedly tricky. Fifteen wickets fell during the …
The three-storey Child Health Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana’s capital Accra is a place with hushed corridors, laboured breathing and parents clutching on to hope.But on Friday, the gloom gave way to shrieks of joy as children with drips taped to their arms sat upright for the first time in days.Others, …
Brazilian ‘Superman’ cheers child cancer patients in GhanaSat, 15 Nov 2025 11:53:18 GMT Read More »
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Friday announced an inquiry into the killings that occurred during the election that returned her to power, and called for leniency for some protesters charged with treason. Hassan retained the presidency with 98 percent of the vote on October 29, according to the electoral commission, after her main opponents were …
Tanzania president announces inquiry into protest deathsFri, 14 Nov 2025 13:55:23 GMT Read More »
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday ordered investigators to probe alleged atrocities in Sudan’s El-Fasher and to seek to identify perpetrators so they can be brought to justice.The United Nations’ top rights body adopted a resolution ordering the UN’s independent fact-finding mission on Sudan to urgently investigate violations in El-Fasher.The text also called on …
Survivors of the bloody takeover of El-Fasher walked for days through the desert, past bodies and armed men who humiliated them, desperate to escape the Sudanese city now overrun by paramilitary forces.Several gave harrowing accounts to AFP, describing scenes of terror as nearly 100,000 people fled the last army stronghold in western Darfur after its …
Star striker Victor Osimhen scored twice in extra time to clinch a 4-1 victory for Nigeria over Gabon on Thursday in an African 2026 World Cup qualifying semi-final in Rabat.Osimhen squandered a great chance to win the match at the end of regular time, firing wide with only goalkeeper Loyce Mbaba to beat.But the 2023 …
Osimhen strikes twice as Nigeria keep World Cup hopes aliveThu, 13 Nov 2025 18:59:26 GMT Read More »
A man walked into a Viennese gallery one day in the summer of 2023 looking to sell a Gustav Klimt painting. The person who greeted him thought it was a joke, and gently sent him on his way.But when the owner of the W&K gallery was told what had happened, he ran down the street …
The release of novelist Boualem Sansal has de-escalated a crisis in relations between France and its former colony Algeria, but much work remains to be done to normalise ties deeply scarred by history.Algerian-born Sansal, who received French citizenship in 2024, was released on Wednesday after over a year in prison on charges of seeking to …
Google will pay more than $40 million to support South African news media, many of them floundering in a digital age, the country’s competition authority said Thursday.Tech giants, including TikTok, X and Facebook, have come under fire for anti-trust practices that the watchdog says hurt local media by limiting their ability to distribute and profit …
At about 10 o’clock every morning, women in hijabs and loose long dresses wade through Zanzibar’s turquoise shallow tides to tend their sponge farms — a new lifeline after climate change upended their former work.Rising ocean temperatures, overfishing and pollution have steadily degraded marine ecosystems around the island, undermining a key source of income for …
Zanzibar women turn to sponge farming as oceans heat upThu, 13 Nov 2025 10:40:10 GMT Read More »
