The race quota law aimed at increasing the employment of black people in South Africa has enraged some businesses and opposition parties who say the legislation could see qualified workers lose their jobs. The government has rebuffed the criticism, saying the bill is not going to result in job losses and only seeks to promote […]

Nicaragua has concluded negotiations on a free trade deal with China, which is due to be signed in August and come into force early next year, Nicaraguan officials said Monday. “We thank God for the good news that we have achieved the substantial conclusion of the negotiations,” Laureano Ortega Murillo, presidential adviser on trade and investment, […]

Russia said Monday that drone attacks in central Moscow and annexed Crimea could warrant a harsh response, after Ukraine claimed an attack on the capital. ALSO READ: African Union regrets Russia’s suspension of grain cargo deal “We regard what happened as yet another use of terrorist methods and intimidation of the civilian population by the military […]

French luxury brand LVMH announced on Monday it will be a “premium sponsor” of the 2024 Paris Olympics. ALSO READ: Oprah Winfrey in South Africa talks about the impact of trauma LVMH becomes the sixth top-tier domestic sponsor, allowing the Olympics organisers to practically reach their sponsorship target of €1.24 billion. DIARISE | When will Banyana Banyana next be […]

Trevor Francis, Britain’s first £1 million footballer, has died at the age of 69 from a heart attack, a family spokesperson said on Monday. The forward’s blockbuster move to Nottingham Forest from Birmingham took place in February 1979 and he scored the winning goal in the European Cup final just months later. ALSO READ | Kaizer […]

A new law aimed at increasing the employment of black people in South Africa has enraged businesses and liberals who say the legislation could see qualified workers lose their jobs. ALSO READ | The 16 Caribbean countries South African passport holders can visit visa-free South Africa’s leading opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), is to take to the […]

In Kenya’s rural northeast, roadside bombs and beheadings that killed two dozen people last month appear to be part of a troubling escalation of violence by Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists, analysts say. ALSO READ: Civilian plane crash in war-torn Sudan leaves nine dead A regional economic powerhouse and a popular tourist draw, Kenya has not suffered a […]

A distraught Congolese soldier shot dead at least 13 civilians, most of them children, in a village in the northeast of the conflict-plagued country, military and local sources said Sunday 23 July 2023. The naval serviceman couldn’t bear the fact that his child had been buried in his absence the day before he arrived in […]

At least 80,000 people have been displaced in three months of inter-communal violence in a north-central Nigerian state, a local official said, as the army reinforced security to end the clashes. ALSO READ: Civilian plane crash in war-torn Sudan leaves nine dead Since May, Plateau State has seen a surge of attacks among mostly Muslim […]

At least 33 people died and 21 others were injured when a building collapsed in Cameroon’s business hub Douala, a senior fire officer and the regional governor told AFP on Monday. ALSO READ: WATCH: Building collapse claims 16 lives in Cameroon [VIDEO] The four-storey block of flats collapsed onto another residential building in the north of the […]

Kenya’s opposition Saturday 22 July 2023 called a fresh anti-government rally next week to protest rising prices and taxes after three previous demonstrations largely failed to mobilise supporters. Last week saw a trio of protests against the administration of President William Ruto, taking the total of such marches to eight since March. But while a […]

Nine people, including four soldiers, were killed Sunday evening when a civilian plane crashed in Sudan due to “technical” reasons, the army said, as the war in the east African country entered its 100th day. The fighting has left millions trapped in their homes and some without water, particularly in the suburbs of the capital […]

Climate activists disrupted the British Open on Friday, setting off a smoke flare and throwing orange powder onto the Royal Liverpool course. The Just Stop Oil group said three people were involved in the demonstration at the 17th hole during the second day of the tournament at Hoylake. ALSO READ: Explained: Louis Oosthuizen may never play the Masters again British golf’s landmark tournament […]

Kenyans largely ignored a call by the opposition to boost anti-government protests on Thursday 20 July 2023, although isolated clashes flared in the capital between police and stone-throwing demonstrators. Police fired tear gas and live rounds at protesters in Nairobi’s Kibera slum, an opposition stronghold, AFP journalists saw, but no violence was reported elsewhere in contrast to […]

Liberia’s election commission published Thursday 20 July 2023 a preliminary list of candidates for October’s legislative election, with women accounting for only 15 per cent of nominees despite efforts for a 30 per cent quota. Only 159 of the 1,030 people nominated to the West African country’s Senate and House of Representatives are women, the […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Kyiv’s counteroffensive, launched to push Russian troops back in the south and east of Ukraine, was failing despite military and financial support from Western countries. ALSO READ: BREAKING: Vladimir Putin will NOT attend BRICS Summit in SA “In any case, there are no results yet” of the counteroffensive, he […]

Tony Bennett, the last in a generation of classic American crooners whose ceaselessly cheery spirit bridged generations to make him a hitmaker across seven decades, died on Friday in New York. He was 96. Raised in an era when big bands defined US pop music, Bennett achieved an improbable second act when he started winning over young […]

Egyptian researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer walked out of prison Thursday 20 July 2023, relatives said, a day after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned them in the wake of an international outcry. Zaki was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday for “spreading false news”, prompting some participants to walk out of […]

Algeria on Thursday 20 July 2023 denounced Israel’s backing of Morocco’s “claimed sovereignty” over the disputed Western Sahara region as a “flagrant violation” of international law. The Western Sahara conflict pits Morocco against Sahrawi separatists of the Algiers-backed Polisario Front. The dispute dates back to 1975, when colonial ruler Spain withdrew from the territory, sparking […]

A Malawian court on Thursday 20 July 2023 convicted a Chinese national accused of racism and exploiting children in relation to a series of online videos and ordered him to leave the country. ALSO READ: Chinese nationals arrested in Crackdown on crypto mining HE WAS GIVEN A WEEK TO LEAVE MALAWI A judge in the African […]

Netflix’s first original African animated series premiered on Thursday in a debut its creator said she hoped would pave the way for more productions from the continent. ALSO READ: ‘Supa Team 4’: Tailer for Netflix’s first African animation Series Set in a futuristic version of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, “Supa Team 4” tells the story of four […]

Twenty-two countries from around the globe have applied to join the BRICS bloc and more have shown interest, South Africa said Thursday, ahead of the five-nation group’s summit next month. ALSO READ: BREAKING: Vladimir Putin will NOT attend BRICS Summit in SA BRICS, a loosely-defined group which sees itself as a counterweight to Western economic domination, derives its […]

Nigeria’s military has sent reinforcements to calm tensions in a troubled northern central state, where local officials say at least 300 people have been killed in three months of inter-communal violence. ALSO READ: Blasphemy leaves one muslim dead in northern Nigeria Plateau State has been struggling since May with a surge in clashes and raids between […]

At least 13 Senegalese migrants from the same town died when their boat sank off the coast of Morocco late last week, the town’s mayor told AFP on Thursday 20 July 2023. The news comes amid heightened attention on the Atlantic migration route — from the coast of West Africa to the Spanish Canary Islands — after […]

The Nasdaq tumbled on Thursday on selloffs in Netflix and Tesla following mixed earnings, even as the Dow rose for the ninth straight session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 35,225.18, up 0.5 percent, extending a rally. WATCH | Clifton 4th Beach LIVE webcam: Sunny but cold! The broad-based S&P 500 fell 0.7 percent to 4,534.87, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite […]