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A Chinese hospital ship has docked in Cape Town to bring much-needed free medical care to South African patients as part of a joint exercise between the two nations, the army said Monday.The “Peace Ark” arrived on South Africa’s western shores on August 22 and will “provide independent medical services for seven consecutive days”, South …

S.Africa patients flock to docked Chinese hospital shipMon, 26 Aug 2024 12:56:59 GMT Read More »

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday replaced various ministers, including from the foreign and defence portfolios, the Tunisian presidency said in a statement posted on Facebook without explanation.The abrupt reshuffle replaced 19 ministers and three state secretaries who assist ministers, just days after Saied sacked the former prime minister.”This morning, August 25, 2024, the President …

Tunisia president replaces key ministers in sweeping reshuffleSun, 25 Aug 2024 19:11:14 GMT Read More »

She was hounded from the Miss South Africa contest in a torrent of vicious, xenophobic abuse. But Chidimma Adetshina could become Nigeria’s Miss Universe this week after being welcomed with open arms into the beauty pageant.The 23-year-old law student — who was born in Soweto to a Nigerian father — was forced to pull out …

Pilloried South African beauty queen gets second chance in NigeriaSun, 25 Aug 2024 14:22:50 GMT Read More »

Conservationists said Saturday that they plan to bomb a remote South African island with tonnes of pesticide-laced pellets to kill mice that are eating albatrosses and other seabirds alive.Hordes of mice are devouring the eggs of some of the world’s most important seabirds that nest on Marion Island, about 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) southeast of …

S.Africa plan to ‘bomb’ mice that eat albatrosses aliveSat, 24 Aug 2024 15:01:50 GMT Read More »

Zambia is bracing for electricity cuts of 17 hours a day from next month as a prolonged drought dries up its hydropower dams, undermining economic activity and putting jobs at risk.Since the southern African country declared a national disaster in February because of the drought, it has been scaling back power supply and importing electricity …

Drought-hit Zambia to extend power cuts to 17 hours a daySat, 24 Aug 2024 14:25:56 GMT Read More »

“I felt very sick and scared, I couldn’t even walk any more,” said mpox patient Samuel Nduwimana in Burundi’s economic capital Bujumbura, one of around 170 confirmed cases in the small African country.Talking to AFP from an isolation ward in the city’s King Khaled Teaching Hospital, Nduwimana’s face and upper body are scattered with painful-looking …

‘Sick and scared’: Burundi treats mpox patientsSat, 24 Aug 2024 12:05:03 GMT Read More »

Niger’s capital Niamey has been almost completely cut off from the rest of the country by rising floodwater following the heavy rains that have hit the Sahel region since June.The main routes out of the city of about 1.5 million are mostly under water, and about 11,500 of its inhabitants have been affected by the …

Niger’s capital Niamey surrounded by floodwaterFri, 23 Aug 2024 17:55:24 GMT Read More »

Talks on the devastating war in Sudan ended Friday without a ceasefire but with progress on securing aid access on two key routes into a country facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.War has raged since April 2023 between the Sudanese army under the country’s de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary …

Sudan talks close with progress on two safe aid routesFri, 23 Aug 2024 16:53:15 GMT Read More »

The warring parties in Sudan have both agreed to provide safe humanitarian access into the conflict-ravaged nation along two key routes, countries staging talks in Switzerland said Friday.War has raged since April 2023 between the Sudanese army under the country’s de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by …

Sudan warring parties agree to two safe aid routes: mediatorsFri, 23 Aug 2024 13:57:24 GMT Read More »

A massive 2,492-carat diamond — the second largest in the world — has been discovered in Botswana, the Canadian mining company that found the stone announced Thursday.The diamond was discovered in the Karowe diamond mine in northeastern Botswana using X-ray detection technology, Lucara Diamond said in a statement.Lucara did not provide an estimation of the …

World’s second largest diamond found in BotswanaFri, 23 Aug 2024 04:08:33 GMT Read More »