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More than four years ago, African countries gave the ceremonial push to a deal to scrap internal trade barriers — a historic scheme that would create a continent-wide single market worth trillions of dollars.But African business leaders say cross-border trade remains entangled in customs duties, administrative hurdles and varying national regulations.Costs and delays are hampering …

African business leaders chafe at obstacles to tradeSun, 11 Jun 2023 03:32:58 GMT Read More »

Khartoum residents reported a welcome lull in fighting in Sudan’s capital on Saturday after a 24-hour ceasefire between two warring generals took effect, but few believed it would hold.”Since the war started, this is the first time hours go by and we don’t hear the sound of guns,” said Hamed Ibrahim, adding that “today was …

Sudan ceasefire brings rare respite for Khartoum civiliansSat, 10 Jun 2023 16:39:52 GMT Read More »

Sixteen southern white rhinoceroses have been released into DR Congo’s Garamba national park, officials said on Saturday, reintroducing an endangered species that was decimated by poaching. The last northern white rhino in the park, which lies in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeast, was poached in 2006.  According to a joint statement from the park and conservation groups, …

White rhinos reintroduced to DR Congo national parkSat, 10 Jun 2023 14:40:20 GMT Read More »

Clive Barker, the most successful post-isolation coach of South Africa, died on Saturday after a long battle with dementia, a family statement said. He was 78.”It is with profound sadness that the family of Clive Barker announce his passing on Saturday, June 10, after a brave battle with Lewy Body Dementia,” the statement read.Affectionately known as …

Top South Africa football coach Clive Barker dies aged 78Sat, 10 Jun 2023 13:28:48 GMT Read More »

In a move that many hailed as a salve for the historic wounds between Europe and Africa, Germany last December returned 22 artefacts, looted during the colonial era, to what is now Nigeria.But five months on, questions are being asked in Germany as to whether cultural guardians were wise to hand back the priceless treasures, …

Row erupts in Germany over restitution of Benin bronzesSat, 10 Jun 2023 13:04:40 GMT Read More »

Six civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Islamist Al-Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police said Saturday.The Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists have been waging an insurgency against the internationally backed federal government for more than 15 years and have often targeted hotels, which tend to host high-ranking Somali …

Six civilians killed in Somalia hotel siegeSat, 10 Jun 2023 09:37:05 GMT Read More »

A 24-hour ceasefire took effect Saturday between Sudan’s warring generals but, with fears running high it will collapse like its predecessors, US and Saudi mediators warned they may break off mediation efforts.Three hours into the truce, residents in various areas of Khartoum said the shelling and air strikes that have rocked the capital daily since …

Latest Sudan truce begins amid civilian scepticismSat, 10 Jun 2023 08:12:58 GMT Read More »

Somali security forces brought to an end the siege of a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, state media said Saturday, after the Islamist Al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack. The rebels, affiliated with Al-Qaeda, have been waging an insurgency against the internationally backed federal government for more than 15 years and have often targeted hotels, …

Somalia security forces end hotel siege claimed by Al-ShabaabSat, 10 Jun 2023 05:13:17 GMT Read More »

Kenyan Faith Kipyegon made it two world records in a week after delivering a masterclass in the women’s 5,000m at the Paris Diamond League meeting on Friday while Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma smashed the 19-year-old record in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase.Kipyegon headlined a stellar night of track and field at the Stade Charlety that also saw …

Kipyegon and Girma star in night of world records in ParisFri, 09 Jun 2023 21:34:53 GMT Read More »

Rebels from the Islamist Al-Shabaab group were attacking a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday, the government and witnesses said.Attackers targeted a hotel at a beach often visited by officials, according to a government statement. “The security forces rescued many people from the building and the operation is still ongoing,” it said.Al-Shabaab, which has been …

Islamist attack underway at Mogadishu hotel: Somali govtFri, 09 Jun 2023 21:21:46 GMT Read More »