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Xi Jinping flies to BRICS summit in South Africa/in /by
Chinese President Xi Jinping left Monday for South Africa, where he is to pay a state visit and attend the BRICS summit, official media said.
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, first African to win silver at World Athletics Championship/in /by
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo made history on Sunday by becoming the first African to win a men’s 100 m medal at the World Athletics Championships, in Budapest. The 20-year-old silver medalist clocked 9.88 seconds in the race, setting a new national record.
Over 2 million children in Niger need humanitarian aid/in /by
More than two million children are "in need of humanitarian aid" in Niger, a country destabilized by a recent coup and undermined by jihadist violence, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday. , in a statement sent to AFP.
Hundreds of young Maasai in Kenya undergo right of passage to adulthood/in /by
Hundreds of Maasai youths in Kenya underwent the right of passage where they transition from young warriors to adulthood.
Nelson Chamisa, the ‘young’ pastor aiming for Zimbabwe poll upset/in /by
An experienced politician with decades of activism under his belt, Zimbabwe's 45-year-old opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is still known to many as "mukomana" or "the young man".
In Niger, a jihadist threat difficult to measure/in /by
Several deadly attacks have struck Niger since the 26 July coup that toppled elected president Mohamed Bazoum, but analysts warn against hasty interpretation of the scant data available.
Gabon: Opposition cries foul over rule change to vote ahead elections/in /by
Last month, however, Gabon's electoral commission announced that any vote for a local deputy would automatically be a vote for that deputy's presidential candidate. The move was denounced by critics as favouring the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), since Ondo Ossa is not backed by any single
Somalia bans TikTok and Telegram to curb “terrorist” propaganda/in /by
The Somali government on Sunday ordered a ban on TikTok, Telegram and an online betting site, claiming that these platforms were being used by "terrorists" for propaganda purposes.
Zimbabwe: Speculation grows about a ‘Mnangagwa third term’ ahead vote for second one/in /by
"You have someone who has been a political understudy of Robert Mugabe so all the negative things you can talk about Zimbabwean politics, Mnagangwa has grown up with that system and so now that he is in power and he has the military behind him, he is going to use those bad, same tactics to hold onto
Zimbabweans pray for peaceful elections/in /by
Numerous Zimbabweans prayed on Sunday for peace during the upcoming elections on Wednesday. A ballot announced as tense following months of opposition repression and fears of fraud.