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When powerful thunderstorms hit Morocco’s arid south, they brought deadly floods but also provided some relief to farmers as the country grapples with its worst drought in nearly 40 years.The torrential rains at the weekend triggered floods that killed at least 18 people in areas of southern Morocco that straddle the Sahara desert.While the rain …

Deadly floods bring relief to Moroccan farmersFri, 13 Sep 2024 12:11:28 GMT Read More »

A Kenyan court ruled Friday that the country’s acting police chief will serve six months in prison if he fails to appear for questioning in relation to the abduction of protesters. Gilbert Masengeli has been summoned to answer questions over the disappearance of three people who had been protesting previous abductions blamed on the police. Kenyan police …

Court pressures Kenya police chief over abductionsFri, 13 Sep 2024 10:33:18 GMT Read More »

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo is set on Friday to deliver its verdict over what the army says was a coup attempt, in which defendants, including three Americans, risk the death penalty.Fifty-one people face charges over the incident, which began in the early hours of May 19 when armed men attacked …

Verdict expected in DR Congo ‘coup’ trialFri, 13 Sep 2024 09:02:10 GMT Read More »

Pravin Gordhan, a key player in post-apartheid South Africa who won praise for overhauling the tax system and fighting graft, died on Friday aged 75, his family announced.Gordhan, whose career in politics and public service spanned five decades, retired as cabinet minister a few months before the general elections in May this year to focus …

South African former tax boss and graft fighter Pravin Gordhan diesFri, 13 Sep 2024 06:50:32 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s priceless archaeological heritage is being stripped from museums, with looters loading statuettes and fragments of ancient palaces onto lorries, smuggling them out of the war-torn country, and selling them online.More than a year of war between rival generals has killed tens of thousands of people, forced millions more to flee their homes, and left …

Sudan museums’ precious antiquities looted in warFri, 13 Sep 2024 04:35:34 GMT Read More »

A key party in South Africa’s young unity government warned Thursday it could not rule out quitting the testy alliance as it faces its first major test over an education bill. President Cyril Ramaphosa is due to sign the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill on Friday despite objections from parties in the nearly three-month-old unity government.The …

Key S.Africa party warns unity government amid disputeThu, 12 Sep 2024 16:07:10 GMT Read More »

Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo says he feels “energised” as he seeks to bring the curtain down on his breakthrough season with victory in the Diamond League finals in Brussels on Saturday.The Botswana sprinter bounced back from the death of his mother in May to claim a stunning gold at the Paris Games ahead of, …

‘Energised’ Tebogo looking to close season with Diamond League bangThu, 12 Sep 2024 15:19:35 GMT Read More »

For more than 40 years, Bongani Ncube and Patricia Baleni have carried the pain of losing their fathers in the Matabeleland massacres in which thousands of Zimbabweans were murdered in the 1980s. But neither believe village-level hearings launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in July as a “pilgrimage towards healing” will bring closure.Ncube said he was three …

Too little too late: Zimbabwe massacre survivors cry foulThu, 12 Sep 2024 06:15:04 GMT Read More »

The restoration of a centuries-old earthen tomb in northern Mali had finally got under way when part of its roof caved in under the burden of heavy rains and the passage of time.The collapse was a stark reminder of the threat posed by extreme weather events, which are expected to multiply in the coming years …

Imperilled Mali monument gets new lease of lifeThu, 12 Sep 2024 05:54:41 GMT Read More »

Taylor Swift on Wednesday repeated her call for fans to register to vote in the US presidential election as she accepted MTV’s top Video Music Award.Swift won the Video of the Year for “Fortnight,” which also featured Post Malone, and thanked her loyal Swifties for bestowing her with the fan-chosen award, which she took home …

Taylor Swift again urges fans to vote at MTV VMAsThu, 12 Sep 2024 04:53:16 GMT Read More »