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Pics of the day: December 11, 2023/in /by
Africanews focuses on the most striking images of the day's news.
At least 100 elephants dead from drought in Zimbabwe/in /by
At least 100 elephants have died in Zimbabwe's biggest national park as water holes have dried up, an international animal welfare group said Monday.
South African court invalidates decision by gov’t to recognize Zulu king/in /by
A South African court Monday ruled that the government's recognition of the King of the Zulu nation last year was unlawful, potentially setting off a new succession battle
Nigerian football stars shine at CAF 2023 Awards/in /by
Monday night (Dec. 11) saw a double success for Nigeria at the Confederation of African Football awards. Victor O'simhen and Azisat Oshola won awards.
As DR Congo gears up for elections, displaced persons in conflict-torn east feel abandoned/in /by
The displacement camps near the city of Goma in eastern DR Congo stand as a testament to the government's struggle to solve insecurity, a key issue ahead of elections later this month.
South Africa miners resurface after underground dispute/in /by
After four days, 400 miners underground at the Gold One mine in Springs, east of Johanneburg, resurfaced on Monday. They failed to come back up on 7 December, amid tensions between unions and the mine owners
South Africa: Residents of Johannesburg struggle to cope as heatwave sweeps across/in /by
"In the city of Jo'burg we mostly have areas which are informal. In those areas we find river streams, so when we have heatwaves, we've got a challenge of young people, young kids trying to play next to these river streams. With the elderly, most of them are on medication, and might be vulnerable.."
Didier Drogba joins E1 racing series as team owner/in /by
Drogba joins Seven-times Super Bowl champion Tom Brady who was unveiled as the newest celebrity team owner in the E1 World Championship in July. The others are tennis great Rafa Nadal and Red Bull's Formula One driver Sergio Perez
MINUSMA lowers its flag in Mali/in /by
The UN mission in Mali (MINUSMA) lowered the United Nations flag at its headquarters in Bamako, symbolically closing ten years of deployment in this crisis-ridden country from which the junta has driven it out.
Nigeria: Dogs walk the runway in traditional costumes at Lagos carnival/in /by
“The importance of putting Lagos Dog Carnival together cannot even be put in one sentence, it means a lot to the dog dads and the dog mums because from January to December they don’t have anywhere that they go to specifically to celebrate their paw babies and when I say paw, I mean p-a-w, paw babies