Thu 16 May 2019: Kenya’s Olympic 800 metres bronze medallist Margaret Nyairera Wambui can feel her career slipping away from her, with no idea when, or if, she will be able to compete internationally again.The 24-year-old is one of several star female athletes affected by an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ruling this month […]
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Wed 15 May 2019: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that he would use a new five-year term to speed up economic reforms and fix ailing state power firm Eskom, a week after his African National Congress party was re-elected with a reduced majority. Analysts have said reforms like cutting red tape and […]
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Wed 15 May 2019: NIAMEY Gunmen killed at least 17 Nigerien troops in an ambush near the Malian border, where several jihadist groups are active, and another 11 soldiers are missing, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. The attack on Tuesday occurred near the town of Tongo Tongo, where fighters from an Islamic State affiliate […]
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Wed 15 May 2019: Sudanese army rulers and protest leaders Wednesday agreed on a three-year transition period for transferring power to a full civilian administration, even as negotiations over a new sovereign ruling body remain unfinished. The protest movement is demanding a civilian-led transition following 30 years of iron-fisted rule by now deposed president Omar […]
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Mon 13 May 2019: Sudan’s public prosecutor has charged ousted President Omar al-Bashir with incitement and involvement in the killing of protesters. The charges stem from an inquiry into the death of a medic killed during protests that led to the end of his rule last month. Mr Bashir’s fate is unclear. He was reportedly […]
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Mon 13 May 2019: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa leads ruling African National Congress to victory but a drop in its share of the vote underlines the challenge he faces restoring confidence in his party South Africa’s ruling ANC geared on Saturday for its sixth straight term in power in the post-apartheid era but its worst ever […]
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Sun 12 May 2019: In Ghana, the desire of relatives to effectively carry out the deceased’s last journey turned into a real failure – the hired dancers dropped the coffin, and the deceased fell to the ground, reports GhanaWeb . The incident was filmed. In recent years, in West Africa, the custom of inviting dance […]
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Sat 11 May 2019 With vote counting at 99.82% complete, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has taken most of the votes cast outside of South Africa. The party obtained 74.45% of votes cast abroad in South Africa’s sixth National and Provincial Elections, administered by the Electoral Commission (IEC). The African National Congress (ANC) took the second […]
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Sat 11 May 2019: Counting and capturing of votes are almost complete after South Africa’s sixth general elections. Here’s a snapshot of the results. On 8 May 2019, South Africans headed to the polls for the country’s sixth democratic elections. Despite the highest number of voters ever registered, the turnout plummeted to its lowest ever. There […]
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Fri 10 May 2019 Two French soldiers were killed in a night-time rescue of four foreign hostages including two French citizens from the clutches of a militant group described as “terrorists” by the military.President Emmanuel Macron’s office said a US woman and a South Korean woman were also freed in the covert operation. All four hostages were safe, the French presidency […]
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