Nigeria fails to approve Shell asset sale to Renaissance
Nigeria has failed to approve the sale of Shell’s (SHEL.L), opens new tab entire onshore and shallow-water oil and gas…
Senior Tanzanian opposition party official abducted and seriously injured, party says
Unidentified people abducted, beat and seriously injured a senior Tanzanian opposition party official before dumping her in a forest, her…
Prosus expects e-commerce profit to jump in 2025, more IPOs in India
Dutch technology investor Prosus NV (PRX.AS), opens new tab expects adjusted profit at its e-commerce business to surge to $400…
Mbemba’s comeback: a symbolic gesture or a tactical move?
For the first time since his suspension in mid-July, Chancel Mbemba the Congolese defender has been brought back into the…
Global South experts see BRICS expansion as positive
Global South experts believe the recent expansion of the BRICS bloc of developing economies is a good thing. “Any expansion…
Putin says BRICS countries will drive economic growth in coming years
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin said the BRICS group will generate most of the global economic growth in the coming years…
WHO chief in Kigali as Rwanda moves closer to “stopping Marburg outbreak”
An outbreak of the Marburg virus is being contained in Rwanda, authorities say. The health minister cited Sunday the absence…
Seven-story block collapses in northern Nairobi, tenants of adjacent buildings evacuated
Residents of a seven-storey apartment building in the Kenyan capital escaped the worst. Shocking footage showed the apartment block, in…
Mozambique opposition lawyer shot dead
The lawyer for a prominent Mozambique opposition figure has been shot dead in the capital, Maputo, along with an official…
Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort
Egypt has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) – an achievement hailed by the UN public health…
Zambian president sacks top judges who ruled in favour of his rival
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has now sacked three top judges he previously suspended over alleged judicial misconduct, drawing further accusations…
Risking death to smuggle alcohol past Somali bandits and Islamist fighters
Alcohol smuggler Guled Diriye is exhausted. He has just returned from his trip transporting contraband from the Ethiopian border. The…
63 years later: the enigma of UN Chief Hammarskjöld’s death
A significant mystery in United Nations history remains unresolved: the 1961 plane crash that took the life of Secretary-General Dag…
Tunisia sentences prominent opponent Noureddine Bhiri to 10 years in prison
Tunisian court sentenced on Friday the prominent official in Ennahda opposition party Noureddine Bhiri to 10 years in prison, on…
IMF approves $341 million for Ethiopia’s first loan program review
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved the first review of Ethiopia’s $3.4 billion lending programme, the fund…
Gunmen kill two Mozambique opposition figures ahead of election protests
Gunmen killed a Mozambique opposition lawyer and a party official after firing multiple rounds at a car in which they…
Madrid coach says Mbappé ‘not affected’ by reports of investigation in Sweden
Kylian Mbappé is not affected by the media turmoil around a potential rape allegation, his coach Carlo Ancelotti said. The…
Meloni’s discontent with court’s ruling on migrant outsourcing
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticized judges on Friday for ruling against the right-wing government’s initiative to hold 12 migrants…
UN urges ceasefire in the wake of killing of Hamas leader
Will the warring parties in the Middle East agree to a ceasefire in the wake of the killing of Hamas’…
South Africa asks Taiwan to move de facto embassy out of Pretoria
South Africa has asked Taiwan to move its de facto embassy out of its administrative capital, Pretoria. It has given…