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Editor 17 January 2025 No Comment

Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said

Editor 17 January 2025 No Comment

Hundreds protest as Mozambique inaugurates a new president

By Associated Press MAPUTO: Hundreds of supporters of Mozambique’s opposition protested Wednesday as the country inaugurated a new president following

Editor 13 January 2025 No Comment

Congo says several towns recaptured from rebels but fighting intensifies in its east

By Associated Press GOMA: Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces

Editor 11 January 2025 No Comment

US to return $52.8 million in seized assets linked to Nigeria’s former oil minister

By Associated Press The United States announced Friday that it would be returning $52.88 million in seized assets to Nigeria

Editor 4 January 2025 No Comment

Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington to receive the highest US civilian honour

By Associated Press WASHINGTON: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington will be awarded the nation’s highest

Editor 4 January 2025 No Comment

German leader speaks on apparent rift with world’s richest man Elon Musk

By Associated Press BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he’s staying “cool” against critical personal comments made by Elon Musk but

Editor 1 January 2025 No Comment

Ivory Coast asks French troops to leave, the latest African country to do so

By Associated Press ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decades-long military

Editor 31 December 2024 No Comment

23 Congolese soldiers face the death penalty or prison for alleged desertion or other crimes

By Associated Press KINSHASA: At least 23 Congolese soldiers are facing the death penalty or 10 to 20 years in

Editor 31 December 2024 No Comment

At least 66 people die after a truck plunges into a river in southern Ethiopia

By Associated Press ADDIS ABABA: At least 66 people have died after a truck plunged into a river in southern

Editor 29 December 2024 No Comment

Putin apologizes for ‘tragic incident’ but stops short of saying Azerbaijani plane was shot down

By Associated Press MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a