Soweto’s children call it the “yellow mountain”: for decades, a gold mine dump that towers over the Snake Park neighbourhood of South Africa’s largest township has been polluting the area and poisoning communities.The yellow dust that blows off it stings the throat. Studies have found it contains traces of toxic substances such as arsenic, lead …
South Africa rescue teams recovered more bodies Thursday, days after heavy rains and strong winds battered the Eastern Cape province, as the death toll rose to at least 78.The bitterly cold winter storm struck the largely rural and underdeveloped province on Monday, causing a river to burst its banks and submerge homes, with several make-shift …
Death toll in S.Africa floods rises to 78Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:04:30 GMT Read More »
Burundian officials and youth groups “intimidated, harassed and threatened” voters to win every seat in parliamentary elections, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.The desperately poor Great Lakes nation held elections on June 5 in which the incumbent CNDD-FDD party swept 96 percent of the vote and all 100 seats in parliament, according to provisional results …
Kenyan security forces on Thursday fired tear gas against demonstrators protesting a death in police custody, clashes that threatened to overshadow government attempts to pass a budget without sparking unrest.The government carefully prepared its new finance bill with the aim of avoiding the massive protests over tax hikes that engulfed Kenya a year ago.But the …
There is a constant hum around Ethiopia’s enormous Lake Dembel — the sound of its water steadily being sucked out by pumps.The pumps irrigate farms all around the lake, which is four times the size of Manhattan, and are vital for hundreds of thousands of people. Ethiopia has already lost at least one large lake — …
Ethiopia’s vast lake being pumped dryThu, 12 Jun 2025 14:07:28 GMT Read More »
In its more than three years in Mali, the Russian paramilitary group Wagner kidnapped, detained and tortured hundreds of civilians, including at former UN bases and camps shared with the country’s army, according to a report published Thursday by a journalist collective.The victims, who were interviewed by a consortium of reporters led by investigative outlet …
As President Bola Tinubu praised his country’s quarter century of democratic rule Thursday, many of the streets around the Nigerian capital carried a different, perhaps less-inspiring message.To name a few: Sani Abacha Way takes commuters into downtown Abuja. Ibrahim Babangida Way meanwhile cuts through upscale Maitama. Murtala Muhammed Expressway passes next to the presidency and …
South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns, a team used to dominating possession, may have their time with the ball considerably reduced at the Club World Cup, says coach Miguel Cardoso. Â The Pretoria outfit are outsiders in Group F with Fluminense and Borussia Dortmund expected to advance to the knockout phase in the United States at the …
Sundowns must adapt to less possession, warns coach CardosoThu, 12 Jun 2025 10:31:54 GMT Read More »
The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes worldwide has dropped slightly from a record peak but remains “untenably high”, the United Nations said Thursday.A record 123.2 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes at the end of 2024, said UNHCR, the UN refugee agency.But that figure dropped to 122.1 million by …
Burundi’s veteran ruling party won every seat in last week’s parliamentary elections, the electoral commission said Wednesday, in a vote critics and observers say was tainted by irregularities.”Nationally, the CNDD-FDD came first with 96.51 percent of the vote,” election commission chief Prosper Ntahorwamiye said in a live televised ceremony.None of the other parties obtained two …
Burundi ruling party wins all seats in legislative voteThu, 12 Jun 2025 09:25:09 GMT Read More »
