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Fast bowler Anrich Nortje was on Tuesday ruled out of the Champions Trophy because of a back injury.The latest injury setback for the 31-year-old was announced by Cricket South Africa a day after he was named in his country’s 15-man squad for the tournament in Pakistan next month.Nortje, at his peak the fastest bowler in …

South Africa’s Nortje ruled out of Champions TrophyWed, 15 Jan 2025 16:24:51 GMT Read More »

Despite four years in prison for blasphemy, Mubarak Bala defends his atheist beliefs but says he keeps a low profile now in the face of threats in his mostly conservative Muslim region of Nigeria.Bala was handed a 24-year sentence by a Kano high court in 2022 for online posts he wrote two years earlier disparaging …

Nigeria atheist defiant after leaving jail in high-profile blasphemy caseWed, 15 Jan 2025 15:33:13 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s new president Daniel Chapo vowed to unite the country upon taking the oath of office under heavy guard Wednesday, as seven more protesters were killed, a local NGO said, in fresh political unrest. Chapo, 48, who was previously a little-known provincial governor, extends his Frelimo party’s 50-year rule of the gas-rich African nation after October’s …

Mozambique’s new president vows ‘unity’ as sworn in amid deadly protestsWed, 15 Jan 2025 15:21:19 GMT Read More »

Ghana’s newly elected President John Mahama has announced plans to investigate his predecessor’s contested $400 million National Cathedral project, a stalled religious landmark that for critics become a symbol of fiscal irresponsibility.Mahama and his National Democratic Congress or NDC party easily won the December election after voters punished President Nana Akufo-Addo and his ruling New …

Ghana to probe former president’s huge cathedral projectWed, 15 Jan 2025 14:56:23 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s new president Daniel Chapo took the oath of office Wednesday in front of a heavily guarded audience of dignitaries in the capital Maputo following weeks of violent demonstrations over the fiercely disputed election results. Chapo, 48, extends his Frelimo party’s 50-year rule of the gas-rich African nation amid claims by opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane that …

Mozambique inaugurates new president after deadly post-election unrestWed, 15 Jan 2025 10:07:28 GMT Read More »

Mozambique President-elect Daniel Chapo will be sworn into office Wednesday after weeks of deadly political unrest but the main opposition leader has vowed to “paralyse” the country with fresh protests against the fiercely disputed election result.Venancio Mondlane had already called for a national strike in the days leading up to the inauguration and threatened on Tuesday …

Mozambique inaugurates new president amid deadly unrestWed, 15 Jan 2025 06:18:07 GMT Read More »

Thirty-six bodies have been lifted out of an abandoned South African gold mine over two days, police said Tuesday, with fears that dozens of people are still underground despite a months-long effort to force them to leave the shaft.Another 82 people have left alive since Monday but were then arrested, police Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said …

Death toll hits 36 as S.Africa clears illegal gold mine: policeTue, 14 Jan 2025 17:48:22 GMT Read More »

Over two dozen illegal miners were rescued and at least 15 bodies recovered from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, as operations continued for a second day Tuesday to reach more people who have been underground for months.This brings the death toll to 24 since August, when authorities began driving out clandestine miners at …

Dozens rescued, 15 bodies pulled from South Africa mineTue, 14 Jan 2025 13:52:11 GMT Read More »

More than two dozen illegal miners have been rescued and at least nine bodies recovered from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, as rescue operations resumed Tuesday to reach potentially dozens more people underground.A professional mine rescue company on Monday sent a large cage to retrieve men at the site near Stilfontein, about 140 …

Dozens rescued, bodies pulled from S. Africa mining pitTue, 14 Jan 2025 09:04:58 GMT Read More »

Under a makeshift shelter, Moussa Akele kills time chewing the stimulant khat, wondering where his family will get its next meal after fleeing a series of earthquakes that have shaken several regions of Ethiopia. The 40-year-old was at home in Kabanna in the Afar region, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, …

‘Survival mode’ for families displaced by Ethiopia quakesTue, 14 Jan 2025 06:54:48 GMT Read More »