Tue 9 Apr 2019: IGBO ORA, Nigeria – In a dusty school playground in southwest Nigeria, the rows of children lined up to return to their classrooms are dotted with the faces of identical twins. Sights like this can be seen everywhere in Igbo Ora, where a banner welcomes visitors to the “twins capital of […]
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Tue 9 Apr 2019: Heavy gunfire has been heard outside the army headquarters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum where thousands of protesters have been holding a sit-in for the third night in a row. They are calling for the resignation of President Omar al-Bashir. Witnesses reported seeing people running for cover after the shooting began. […]
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Mon 8 Apr 2019: The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has published its latest update which includes a selection of words from South Africa. South African English responds to the geographical, botanical, zoological, cultural, social or political landscapes around it. Naming or describing things or concepts help South Africans make sense of their shared living spaces and […]
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Mon 8 Apr 2019 Al-Watiyah is only airbase, forces loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar captured near Tripoli Fighter jets of UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) on Monday hit an airbase under the control of east-Libya based commander Khalifa Haftar, according to Libya’s Al Ahrar TV. Al-Watiyah, an airbase 130 kilometers (80 miles) southeast […]
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Mon 8 Apr 2019 Police say the man entered the park with a group intending to shoot and kill rhinos A rhino poacher is believed to have been attacked by an elephant and then eaten by a pride of lions during an incident in South Africa’s Kruger national park. Police brigadier Leonard Hlathi said police […]
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Fighting rages between UN-backed Tripoli government and self-styled Libyan National Army US forces were dramatically evacuated from the Libyan capital on Sunday as fighting raged in the city between militia allied to the UN-backed government of Tripoli and the self-styled Libyan National Army led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the leading military figure from the […]
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KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwandans gathered on Sunday to begin a solemn commemoration of the lives of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus murdered during the Rwandan genocide, a three-month-killing spree that began 25 years ago. The ceremony marks the beginning of a week of events to honor the dead. Rwandan President Paul Kagame is scheduled to […]
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Longstanding criminal justice failures and toxic populist rhetoric were some of the unresolved issues behind the latest round of xenophobic violence against refugees and migrants in South Africa. This is the view of executive director of Amnesty International South Africa Shenilla Mohamed after a follow-up meeting in Friday between three South African ministers and heads […]
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TRIPOLI – The United Nations is determined to hold Libya’s national conference on possible elections on time despite eastern forces’ advance on the capital Tripoli in an escalation of the conflict, a senior U.N. envoy said on Saturday. G7 foreign ministers warned eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar to halt his thrust on Tripoli, menacing […]
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World powers and the United Nations have condemned fresh fighting in Libya as rebel forces from the east of the country march on the capital. The G7 group of rich countries urged all parties “to immediately halt all military activity”. The UN Security council issued a similar call. Khalifa Haftar, leader of the self-styled Libyan […]
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