Israeli attack kills 3 more Lebanese soldiers as death toll passes 40 | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Israeli attack kills 3 more Lebanese soldiers as death toll passes 40 | Israel attacks Lebanon News

The number of Lebanese troops killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023 is reported to have reached 41 after latest attack kills three soldiers in southern Lebanon. Three Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an Israeli air strike on an army base in southern Lebanon’s town of Sarafand, while at…

Two saved from abandoned South Africa gold mine after court orders rescue | Mining News

Two saved from abandoned South Africa gold mine after court orders rescue | Mining News

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Rescue operations involving volunteers under way in Stilfontein amid reports that hundreds are still trapped underground. Two men have been pulled out from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa after a court ordered the police to lift a blockade and allow the rescue of hundreds of…

Senegal votes as President Faye eyes parliamentary majority to push reforms | Elections News

Senegal votes as President Faye eyes parliamentary majority to push reforms | Elections News

More than seven million people eligible to vote in the snap election, with jobs and rising prices on their minds. Polls have opened in Senegal’s parliamentary elections as President Bassirou Diomaye Faye aims for a resounding majority to see through the promises of ambitious reforms that swept him to power…

Zambia’s Kariba Dam crisis is one of inequality | Climate Crisis

Zambia’s Kariba Dam crisis is one of inequality | Climate Crisis

As discussions at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku over how to finance climate action remain gridlocked, Southern Africans are learning that some “renewable energy” might not be renewable after all in an age of climate age. This year, Zambia and Zimbabwe experienced a major drought that devastated…

Gabon votes in referendum on new constitution after military coup last year | Elections News

Gabon votes in referendum on new constitution after military coup last year | Elections News

Transitional leader urges voters to back draft charter, which proposes changes that include presidential term limits. Gabon is voting in a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution that would pave the way to democratic rule after the military deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba last year, ending 55 years…

Volunteers mobilise as South Africa says it will rescue trapped miners | Mining News

Volunteers mobilise as South Africa says it will rescue trapped miners | Mining News

Government initially closed a shaft to deprive undocumented miners it called ‘criminal’ of food, water and medicine. Dozens of local volunteers have stepped up to help rescue what could be thousands of miners feared trapped underground in an abandoned gold mine in the town of Stilfontein in South Africa. Local…

Four-time champions Ghana out of AFCON 2025 after 1-1 draw with Angola | Football News

Four-time champions Ghana out of AFCON 2025 after 1-1 draw with Angola | Football News

The Black Stars needed two wins in their last two qualifying games and are now left at bottom place in Group F. Ghana have failed to reach the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 2004 after drawing with Angola 1-1 in their qualifying match. The Black Stars…

Somaliland eyes recognition as it goes to polls | Elections News

Somaliland eyes recognition as it goes to polls | Elections News

Voting begins in Somaliland amid regional tensions and hopes for international recognition after 30 years of self-rule. Voting is under way in presidential elections in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland. More than 1 million people are expected to cast votes on Wednesday at more than 2,000 polling stations. Eyeing a…

Opposition secures landslide victory in Mauritius election | Elections News

Opposition secures landslide victory in Mauritius election | Elections News

Former prime minister Navin Ramgoolam has won a third term in the Indian Ocean nation, official results show. Opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam has won a landslide victory in Mauritius’s parliamentary vote, the election commission said. The Office of the Electoral Commissioner said on Tuesday that Rangoolam and his Alliance of…