Cyril Ramaphosa arrives in Beijing for FOCAC 2024 summit
Early Monday morning, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Beijing to join the two-day 2024 Summit of the 9th…
161 Nigerian students fail UK border checks, denied entry
Between 2021 and 2023, 1,425 international students admitted to UK universities were denied entry at the country’s airports. Among those…
Ghana coaches stable after car crash
Three Ghana coaches, including former Premier League defender John Paintsil, are in a stable condition after a car crash. Head…
Collapse after collapse – why Lagos buildings keep crashing down
A building has collapsed in Nigeria’s megacity, Lagos, once every two weeks on average so far this year.Whereas the commercial…
Just two candidates approved to challenge Tunisia president
Tunisia’s electoral commission has approved just three candidates to run in next month’s presidential election ignoring a court ruling to…
Ten Nigerian protesters charged with treason
Ten people who took part in last month’s protests across Nigeria have been charged with treason and other serious offences…
Seven young Angolan orthopedists
Seven young Angolan orthopedists, engineers and product designers, aged between 18 and 22, presented this Monday, 12 August, during an…
South Africa’s platinum mining industry in terminal decline, Northam CEO says
South Africa’s platinum mining industry has entered a phase of irreversible decline as producers struggle with low prices and demand…
Libya’s oil production plunges 63% due to oilfield closures, NOC says
A yLibya’s National Oil Corporation said on Friday that recent oilfield closures have caused the loss of approximately 63% of…
Gabon marks year since ‘coup of liberation’ with celebrations, reform pledges
ear since a military coup in Gabon ended the Bongo dynasty’s 56-year rule, the country marked the anniversary in festive…
NBA – Stephen Curry extends contract with Golden State Warriors until 2027
Key architect of Team USA’s success in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games final against France, point guard Stephen Curry will…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels suspected of firing missiles at a container ship
Two missiles suspected to have been fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Gulf of…
DRC: One year after the Goma Massacre, relatives of victims call for “true justice”
Aline is still haunted by what she saw on August 30, 2023. On tha fateful day, Faida witnessed the killing…
Springboks upbeat on rematch against All Blacks on Saturday
South Africa looked ahead to facing New Zealand on Saturday in a repeat of last year’s Rugby World Cup final.…
Voter registration ends in Cameroon as polls near
The voter registration process for the 2024 elections in Cameroon has ended. According to an official announcement from the Director…
In Senegal’s thriving hip-hop scene, women are now taking the front seats
In a classroom at Senegal’s House of Urban Culture, tucked away in the narrow streets of Dakar’s Ouakam neighborhood, Aminata…
‘Black tax’ – why some young Africans want to stop sending money back home
“Sending money back home or to your extended family is such a common African practice that I absolutely hate,” said…
Residents of Sudan’s scarred central city pay a heavy price with no end in sight to fighting
A neighborhood near the center of Sudan’s conflict has been a near-constant battleground for more than a year. Omdurman, which…
Togo: Guin people mark new year with Sacred Stone ceremony
Thousands of people wearing white clothes: the Guin people. During the Epé-Ekpé festival, the Ekpé-sosso or literally the taking of…
Studying in China to operate Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway
Jamlik Mwangi Kariuki studies engineering at Beijing’ s Jiaotong University. He is among the thousands of Kenyans who’ve benefited from…