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Thousands gathered for renewed anti-government demonstrations Monday in several cities across Madagascar including the capital where security forces dispersed crowds with tear gas, AFP journalists saw.The Indian Ocean island nation, among the world’s poorest, has experienced frequent popular uprisings since gaining independence in 1960, including mass protests in 2009 that forced former president Marc Ravalomanana …

Madagascar protests reignite as police launch tear gasMon, 29 Sep 2025 14:36:34 GMT Read More »

West Africans deported by the United States to Ghana are now fending for themselves in Togo after being dumped in the country without documents, lawyers and deportees have told AFP.The latest chapter in US President Donald Trump’s vast, opaque deportation programme, their saga became public earlier this month when Ghanaian leader John Mahama disclosed that …

West Africans deported by US to Ghana dumped in Togo without papersMon, 29 Sep 2025 14:29:50 GMT Read More »

Guinea’s presidential election will be held on December 28, the presidency of the junta-ruled country announced in a decree read out on state television Saturday.The announcement came a day after the Supreme Court confirmed the result of a referendum to approve a new constitution, paving the way for the elections.Opposition parties had called on voters …

Guinea presidential vote set for December 28Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:38:51 GMT Read More »

Thousands gathered for renewed anti-government demonstrations Monday in several cities across Madagascar including the capital where security forces dispersed crowds with tear gas, AFP journalists saw.Two days of protests last week erupted in clashes with police as mostly young demonstrators, called to action on social media through a movement called “Gen Z”, voiced anger at …

Madagascar protests reignite as police launch tear gasMon, 29 Sep 2025 11:05:49 GMT Read More »

Cameroon’s elderly president Paul Biya was absent from the country on Sunday as campaigning kicked into high gear for October 12 polls to decide who will fill his position.The 92-year-old — the world’s oldest head of state, in power since 1982 — is seeking an eighth term in office.But he left Cameroon a week ago …

Incumbent absent as Cameroon presidential campaigning picks upSun, 28 Sep 2025 21:04:51 GMT Read More »

Scores of people were arrested Sunday in Morocco during a second consecutive day of scattered protests called by a group seeking educational and public health reforms, according to a local rights group and AFP journalists.In Rabat, security forces prevented groups of young people from gathering in several places in the city centre, where dozens were …

Scores arrested on second day of Morocco protests: NGOSun, 28 Sep 2025 20:40:07 GMT Read More »

Namibia deployed 500 soldiers Sunday to help to fight a fire that has burned through a third of the vast Etosha National Park, one of Africa’s largest game reserves, officials said.The park in the north of the largely desert nation is home to 114 species of mammals, notably the critically endangered black rhinoceros, and is …

Namibia deploys 500 soldiers to fight Etosha fireSun, 28 Sep 2025 16:57:21 GMT Read More »

Namibia began deploying hundreds of soldiers on Sunday to fight a fire that has burned through a third of the vast Etosha National Park, one of Africa’s largest game reserves, officials said.The park in the north of the largely desert nation is home to 114 species of mammals, notably the critically endangered black rhinoceros, and …

Namibia deploys hundreds of soldiers to fight Etosha fireSun, 28 Sep 2025 11:52:18 GMT Read More »

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus said Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is an “incredible talent” after scoring a record 37 points to lead South Africa to a crushing 67-30 victory over Argentina in the Rugby Championship on Saturday.But the double Rugby World Cup-winning coach warned the 23-year-old is not yet the finished article after the triumph in Durban took …

Springbok Feinberg-Mngomezulu an ‘incredible talent’ – ErasmusSat, 27 Sep 2025 20:15:41 GMT Read More »

Two women, both Somalis, died Saturday while trying to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said, adding that the body of another migrant had been found in a canal.Some 60 other migrants were rescued in the incident in which the two women died, when around 100 people got on to a makeshift boat south …

Two women die trying to cross Channel from FranceSat, 27 Sep 2025 19:05:33 GMT Read More »