Rallies over economic hardship struggled to build momentum in Nigeria on Tuesday as the country battles its worst economic crisis in a generation. Police fired tear gas to break up small crowds in the capital Abuja, while turnout was low across the country.Dubbed the “National Day of Survival,” the demonstrations followed larger rallies in August, when …
Tunisian politician Ayachi Zammel, a candidate in the North African country’s October 6 presidential election, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail, his lawyer said on Tuesday.”The court in Tunis sentenced Ayachi Zammel to 12 years in prison in four cases” related to voter endorsements, lawyer Abdessater Messoudi told AFP.Messoudi said the 43-year-old “remains …
Forced to flee their homes by extremist attacks and abuses by the army, tens of thousands of people from Burkina Faso have found refuge in northern Ivory Coast, hosted in camps or by locals.In the Niornigue camp, outside the city of Ouangolodougou, hundreds of metal-roofed brick houses shelter uprooted Burkinabe, mostly herders from the semi-nomadic …
Nelson Amenya caused an uproar by exposing secret talks for an Indian firm to take over Kenya’s main airport. He has no regrets, but fears his life is now in danger, he says.The documents Amenya shared online in July revealed that the Adani Group, owned by India’s richest man, Gautam Adani, had been in months-long …
Kenya airport whistleblower fears for his lifeTue, 01 Oct 2024 03:56:03 GMT Read More »
A former doctor goes on trial on Tuesday accused of genocide in Rwanda, three decades after the massacre of the African country’s Tutsi population by the Hutu majority.Eugene Rwamucyo, 65, is accused of aiding his country’s authorities in disseminating anti-Tutsi propaganda and of participating in mass murder in an attempt to destroy evidence of genocide.The …
Joe Biden’s choice of Angola as his first trip to Africa as president underscores the influence of the oil-rich country as the focus of one of the biggest US infrastructure projects on the continent in a counterpoint to China’s investments.Biden’s October 13-15 visit, which comes just months before his term ends, will centre on a …
Angola, a key partner in US ambitions for AfricaMon, 30 Sep 2024 18:49:35 GMT Read More »
Congolese-American basketball great Dikembe Mutombo, renowned as one of the best defensive players in NBA history, has died aged 58, the league announced on Monday.Mutombo, an eight-time NBA all-star, passed away surrounded by his family after a battle with brain cancer, the league added.”Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said …
Basketball great Mutombo dies aged 58: NBAMon, 30 Sep 2024 16:16:34 GMT Read More »
Mohamed Salah raised his goal tally this season to five by converting a penalty in a 2-1 win at Wolves that lifted Liverpool to the top of the English Premier League table. The Egypt captain notched the second-half winner after Algerian international Rayan Ait Nouri had punished sloppy defending to equalise for the bottom club.Liverpool lead …
African players in Europe: Salah takes Liverpool to topMon, 30 Sep 2024 13:59:52 GMT Read More »
Gabon and Equatorial Guinea faced off Monday at the International Court of Justice, hoping to resolve a decades-old scrap over the sovereignty of three disputed islands in potentially oil-rich waters.The two West African nations have been squabbling over the 30-hectare (74-acre) island of Mbanie and two smaller low-lying islets, Cocotier and Conga, since the early …
E.Guinea, Gabon clash at ICJ over oil-rich islandsMon, 30 Sep 2024 10:21:17 GMT Read More »
Come nightfall, gold-diggers, hawkers and prostitutes alike barrel into the bars of Kamituga in the eastern DR Congo, with some blaming the mining town’s nightlife for its growing mpox outbreak.”Life in Kamituga drives people to sin,” warned Bitama Sebuhuni, a prospector hospitalised after contracting the sometimes deadly viral disease during unprotected sex.Renowned for its goldmines, …
