Solving the electricity crisis is a crucial issue ahead of general elections next year, when the ruling African National Congress, in power since the advent of democracy in 1994, risks seeing its vote drop below 50 percent for the first time
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South Africa now face a Romania side that were thrashed 82-8 by Ireland in their opener, conceding eight tries along the way.
Volker Perthes, who had continued to work outside Sudan after his relation with the ruling junta soured, said Wednesday (Sep. 12) the fighting in the country showed no sign of abating, with neither side appearing close to “a decisive military victory.”...
Law enforcement and aid workers — both Moroccan and international — have arrived in the region south of the city of Marrakech that was hardest hit by the magnitude 6.8 tremor Friday night, along with several aftershocks.
Africanews samples the best pictures of the day’s news.
On the outskirts of a ruined village, local residents draw water from a well to transport it by donkey to the makeshift camp where they have been living since the earthquake devastated mountainous areas of Morocco
In a letter to electoral authorities received on Tuesday, 10 of 13 presidential candidates said court rulings that handed the reins of the Indian Ocean island to Prime Minister Christian Ntsay were dictated by Rajoelina and his entourage to favour the ...
The Mediterranean coastal city of Derna was hit by a huge flash flood late Sunday that witnesses likened to a tsunami after two upstream dams burst when torrential rains brought by Storm Daniel battered the region.
"My thoughts are with the people of Libya" says the 86-year-old pontiff, "let us pray for Morocco... after this terrible 'ambush' they have been through."
The earthquake that occurred last Friday left more than 2,900 dead and 5,600 injured. The king, who was being monitored for his health problems in France at the time of the tragedy, returned to his country.
