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Portuguese-speaking Guinea-Bissau — gripped for months by tensions over claims the president’s mandate has expired — is one of the most unstable and putsch-prone countries in the world. The poor west African nation’s chronic instability has made it vulnerable to corruption and South American drug cartels.- Four coups -The former Portuguese colony close to the tip …

Guinea-Bissau: coups, cashews, cocaineMon, 31 Mar 2025 05:41:59 GMT Read More »

For almost two years, Emad Mouawad had been repeatedly shuttled from one Sudanese paramilitary-run detention centre to another, terrified each day would be his last.The 44-year-old Egyptian merchant spent years selling home appliances in neighbouring Sudan before fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed his Khartoum home in June 2023, taking him and …

‘Waited for death’: Ex-detainees recount horrors of Sudan’s RSF prisonsMon, 31 Mar 2025 03:03:52 GMT Read More »

The head of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces admitted in a speech to fighters on Sunday that the group had withdrawn from the capital Khartoum which rival army forces have retaken.The comment from RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo came three days after the group said there would be “no retreat and no surrender” and …

Sudan paramilitary chief admits withdrawal from capitalSun, 30 Mar 2025 12:56:32 GMT Read More »

The sand-covered notes outlining a migrant’s travel plan to a better life read like an itinerary of hope: from Ethiopia to Sudan, Libya, Italy, on to France and finally, England.The document had travelled thousands of kilometres by the time it was picked up on a beach in Gravelines on France’s North Sea coast by a …

Beachcomber in France hunts fragments of migrant livesSun, 30 Mar 2025 09:09:21 GMT Read More »

Watched by fellow students in colourful blazers, the cream of South African schools rugby talent gathered in the western Cape town of Stellenbosch this weekend to display their skills.Among the crowds were representatives from the major South African rugby franchises, trying to spot future stars and sign them.South Africa have won the Rugby World Cup …

Agents on alert as Springbok stars of tomorrow performSun, 30 Mar 2025 07:52:38 GMT Read More »

Morocco is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on tapping northern rivers to supply water to parched cities farther south but experts question the sustainability of the project in the face of climate change.The North African kingdom has spent $728 million so far on what it dubs a “water highway” to redirect the surplus flow …

Morocco ‘water highway’ averts crisis in big cities but doubts over sustainabilitySun, 30 Mar 2025 02:41:48 GMT Read More »

Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan vowed Saturday that his troops will fight on until the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) lays down its weapons.In his first televised address since the military recaptured the capital Khartoum this week, Burhan said that an end to nearly two years of devastating fighting is possible “if this militia …

Sudan army chief says war will not end until RSF lays down its armsSat, 29 Mar 2025 21:27:35 GMT Read More »

Twelve years after her last novel, best-selling Nigerian author and feminist icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is making a highly anticipated return with “Dream Count”. The story recounts the intertwined fates of four women from Nigeria who emigrate to the United States and then find out their lives do not work out as planned.  At its heart …

Are women allowed their own dreams, wonders Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSat, 29 Mar 2025 19:52:01 GMT Read More »

Guinea’s ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara, jailed for 20 years over a 2009 massacre, was pardoned for “health reasons” by the west African country’s junta leader, with a rights body Saturday saying he has left prison.”Upon the proposal of the minister of justice, a presidential pardon is granted to Mr Moussa Dadis Camara for health reasons,” …

Guinea ex-dictator freed from jail after 2009 massacre pardon: juntaSat, 29 Mar 2025 19:46:16 GMT Read More »

The Sudanese army said on Saturday it had taken control of a major market in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman, long used by its rival Rapid Support Forces as a staging ground for attacks.It is the latest conquest in the army’s major offensive this month to wrest back control of the entire capital region, which …

Sudan army says retakes Khartoum-area market from paramilitariesSat, 29 Mar 2025 14:17:31 GMT Read More »