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Zambia: Rescue efforts continue to pull out 7 workers trapped in mine/in /by
Copperbelt Province Secretary for Zambia Augustine Kasongo said Wednesday (Jan. 24) equipment had been provided, which while not "big enough to do the task," would help rescue efforts.
Ghana coup: 6 sentenced to death, including soldiers/in /by
This historic case marks Ghana's first treason trial since 1966, the year of the overthrow of post-independence leader Kwame Nkrumah.
CAF bans Morocco coach Walid Regragui for 2 games, fines Moroccan and Congo federations after melee/in /by
The Confederation of African Football also imposed fines of $20,000 each on the soccer federations of Morocco and Congo, plus $5,000 on Regragui.
More than 70 are dead after an unregulated gold mine collapsed in Mali/in /by
There were around 100 people in the mine at the time of the collapse, according to Abdoulaye Pona, president of the Mali Chamber of Mines, who was at the scene.
US: Blinken lands in Angola/in /by
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in the Angolan capital Luanda on Wednesday evening as he continued his tour of African nations.
Bus taking journalists from Africa Cup game crashes, several injured/in /by
The bus driver and his assistant were the most seriously injured from the impact to the front of the bus.
Ivory Coast edges into Africa Cup last 16 despite firing its coach. Morocco’s win boosts host nation/in /by
Morocco’s 1-0 win over Zambia in Group F on Wednesday ensured Ivory Coast finished as the fourth-best third-place team, thus just qualifying for the knockout stage.
A rhinoceros is pregnant from embryo transfer in a success that may help nearly extinct subspecies/in /by
In testing with another subspecies, the researchers created a southern white rhino embryo in a lab from an egg and sperm that had been previously collected from other rhinos and transferred it into a southern white rhino surrogate mother at the Ol-Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya on Sept. 24, 2023.
Tanzania: Opposition resumes street protests calling for constitutional reforms/in /by
In a significant development, hundreds of supporters of Tanzania's main opposition party, Chadema, took to the streets of Dar es Salaam, marking the first significant demonstration in the country in seven years.
ICJ to rule on South Africa’s request for interim measures in Israel genocide case/in /by
The International Court of Justice is set to issue a decision on Friday regarding South Africa's plea for interim orders, including a request for Israel to cease its offensive in Gaza.