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Ugandan long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei was still fighting for her life Wednesday after being set on fire by a Kenyan man, just weeks after taking part in the Paris Olympics.The 33-year-old athlete is being treated in the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in the Kenyan Rift Valley city of Eldoret after Sunday’s attack.Cheptegei sustained …

Ugandan Olympian fighting for her life after fire attackWed, 04 Sep 2024 15:08:43 GMT Read More »

After sleeping overnight in a line of cars waiting for fuel, Nigerian taxi driver Oluwashina Ilesanmi had to calculate how much a sudden petrol price increase cut into his earnings.For the former Lagos accountant, the hike in gasoline costs of at least 40 percent meant the sums no longer added up: his profits will all …

Fuel scarcities, price hike deepen Nigerian frustrationsWed, 04 Sep 2024 14:51:32 GMT Read More »

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was discharged from hospital Wednesday after undergoing surgery for a leg wound suffered during a confrontation with police.The outspoken critic of President Yoweri Museveni was injured in the fracas on Tuesday in the town of Bulindo, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the capital Kampala.Initially, Wine’s National Unity Platform …

Wounded Ugandan opposition leader Wine out of hospitalWed, 04 Sep 2024 13:52:17 GMT Read More »

Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted more than two dozen African leaders at a banquet in Beijing on Wednesday, kicking off the city’s biggest summit in years with promises of cooperation in infrastructure, energy and education.China, the world’s number two economy, is Africa’s largest trading partner and has sought to tap the continent’s vast troves of …

Xi hosts two dozen African leaders at China’s biggest summit in yearsWed, 04 Sep 2024 11:26:45 GMT Read More »

For the past year Kebira Ait Bellaid has been living in a tent in a mountain village in Morocco, haunted by the memory of losing her daughter and three grandchildren.”I can still hear my nine-year-old grandson’s screams under the rubble,” the 52-year-old said, recalling the September 8 earthquake that devastated the area.”This earthquake has changed …

Changed ‘forever’: Morocco slowly rebuilds a year after quakeWed, 04 Sep 2024 01:24:42 GMT Read More »

An attempted jail break from DR Congo’s largest prison has left at least 129 people dead and led to women being raped, the interior minister said Tuesday.The circumstances around the bid to bust out of the Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa, which holds 10 times the number it is meant to house, in the …

DR Congo jail break attempt leaves 129 deadWed, 04 Sep 2024 00:07:00 GMT Read More »

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine, a leading critic of authoritarian President Yoweri Museveni, was shot in the leg by police on Tuesday, according to his party, but police said he stumbled and hurt himself while getting into his car.A statement on Wine’s official account on X said the incident took place in Bulindo in central …

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine ‘shot in the leg by police’Tue, 03 Sep 2024 19:00:36 GMT Read More »

A Namibian government cull of more than 700 wildlife to cope with its worst drought in decades is under way, with nearly 160 animals already killed, the environment ministry said Tuesday.The government announced the cull last week to relieve pressure on grazing and water supplies, and to provide meat for programmes to support the thousands …

Namibia’s drought cull of more than 700 wildlife under wayTue, 03 Sep 2024 16:54:24 GMT Read More »

A Ugandan Olympian was in intensive care in Kenya on Tuesday suffering 80 percent burns after being doused with petrol and set on fire allegedly by her partner, the latest horrific incident of gender-based violence in the East African country.Long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei was assaulted after her Kenyan boyfriend Dickson Ndiema Marangach reportedly snuck into …

Ugandan Olympian suffers 80 percent burns after partner ‘set her on fire’Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:08:46 GMT Read More »

Botswana will hold general elections on October 30, the president of the stable and diamond-rich southern African country announced Tuesday.President Mokgweetsi Masisi, who is standing for a second five-year term, said in a televised address that October 30 and 31 would be public holidays to allow people to “vote in large numbers”. Parliament will be dissolved …

Botswana general election set for October 30Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:35:42 GMT Read More »