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Africa’s biggest oil refinery will on Friday start direct and free shipping of fuel to retailers in Nigeria, a move expected to disrupt the oil sector in the continent’s largest crude producer.Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery says that the plan will boost efficiency by cutting down on intermediaries while providing more competitive options for consumers and retailers …

Five things to know about Nigeria’s oil sectorFri, 15 Aug 2025 04:21:57 GMT Read More »

Two-time champions Morocco and DR Congo clawed their way back into quarter-final contention with wins over Zambia and Angola in the African Nations championships (CHAN) on Thursday.Morocco crushed Zambia 3-1, while DR Congo needed two second-half goals to defeat Angola.The Zambian back line sustained high pressure as Morocco dominated the early proceedings at the Nyayo National …

Two-time champions Morocco sink Zambia in CHAN, DRC deny AngolaThu, 14 Aug 2025 20:08:23 GMT Read More »

Italian authorities searched Thursday for migrants missing at sea after two crowded boats sank off the island of Lampedusa, killing at least 27 people.As many as a dozen or more people are still unaccounted for following Wednesday’s disaster, according to testimony from among the 60 survivors, mostly from Somalia.Three minors, including a newborn baby, and …

Searchers seek missing after deadly Italy migrant shipwreckThu, 14 Aug 2025 17:56:12 GMT Read More »

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office criticised South Africa’s top general on Thursday for reported comments about solidarity with Iran as unhelpful during the process of resetting ties with the United States.The foreign ministry has also condemned South African National Defence Force chief General Rudzani Maphwanya for his statements during a recently-ended trip to Iran, and a …

South Africa’s top general under fire for remarks in IranThu, 14 Aug 2025 17:08:20 GMT Read More »

Cholera has claimed at least 40 lives in Sudan’s Darfur region over the last week as the country weathers its worst outbreak of in years, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday.At a cholera isolation tent at a Sudanese displacement camp, an AFP journalist saw women and a young girl receiving intravenous fluids, while exhausted …

At least 40 dead in Sudan’s worst cholera outbreak in yearsThu, 14 Aug 2025 15:22:45 GMT Read More »

A stone’s throw from Kenya’s largest informal settlement, a young woman glides down a spotlit catwalk, her delicate white dress at odds with the fake blood splattered across it and the tape covering her lips reading: “Stop, silence, gender-based violence”.The annual “Mr and Ms Kibera” pageant in Nairobi, gleefully attended by hundreds, is about more …

‘Its a microphone’: Nairobi slum pageant gives platform to voicelessThu, 14 Aug 2025 12:51:57 GMT Read More »

At least 40 people have died in Sudan’s Darfur region in the country’s worst cholera outbreak in years, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday. The medical charity said the vast western region, which has been a major battleground over more than two years of fighting between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, …

At least 40 dead in Sudan’s worst cholera outbreak in years: MSFThu, 14 Aug 2025 11:22:44 GMT Read More »

At least 26 migrants died Wednesday when two boats sank off the coast of Italy’s Lampedusa island, with around 10 others still missing, the coastguard and UN officials said.Around 60 people were rescued after the sinkings in the central Mediterranean, a stretch between North Africa and Italy described by the UN as the world’s most …

At least 26 migrants dead in two shipwrecks off ItalyWed, 13 Aug 2025 18:28:07 GMT Read More »

Laurent Koadima yearns for the days when his cotton farm in Burkina Faso allowed him to provide for his family, before advancing jihadists forced them to make sacrifices.”Before, we were envied because cotton was a good business and the harvests were good,” the 48-year-old said. “Today, we struggle to live.”Koadima is but one of many …

Jihadist insurgency leaves Burkina cotton farmers hanging by a threadWed, 13 Aug 2025 08:11:40 GMT Read More »

CAF Confederation Cup contenders Djoliba of Mali hope gifts of motorbikes can steer them to success in a competition where they once finished runners-up. Officials at the Bamako club, who have dominated domestic football with neighbours Stade Malien for decades, told reporters they had motivated the squad by presenting 21 motorbikes to players. But the Djoliba bosses …

Mali club hope motorbikes can help drive for CAF Cup gloryWed, 13 Aug 2025 06:52:22 GMT Read More »