‘Blood for money’: The patients forced to turn to racketeers in Nigeria | Features

‘Blood for money’: The patients forced to turn to racketeers in Nigeria | Features

Ibadan, Nigeria – A wave of red corrugated roofs welcomes visitors to the city of Ibadan in southwest Nigeria. Inside the 200-year-old city’s centre, incessant traffic winds through narrow, unpaved roads and past crowded open-air markets. At the edge of the city, Opeyemi Dasola’s home, a square fortress of cement,…

Eleven miners trapped after collapse of Zimbabwe mine | News

Eleven miners trapped after collapse of Zimbabwe mine | News

Mine accidents are not uncommon in Zimbabwe where disused mines often attract young unemployed men. Eleven subsistence mine workers are trapped in an underground shaft after a ground collapse at Zimbabwe’s Redwing Mine, 270 km (167.77 miles) west of the capital Harare, authorities said on Friday. The incident took place…

Why is President Ruto in a row with Kenya’s judiciary? A simple guide | Tax News

Why is President Ruto in a row with Kenya’s judiciary? A simple guide | Tax News

Nairobi, Kenya – In the past week, Kenyan President William Ruto has been locked in a row with the judiciary, threatening to disobey court orders restricting his flagship policies and accusing judges of corruption. Speaking at a public function on Tuesday, Ruto said some unnamed judges are working with the…

Senegal top court rejects opposition leader Sonko’s appeal in libel case | Politics News

Senegal top court rejects opposition leader Sonko’s appeal in libel case | Politics News

Ruling could jeopardise popular politician’s chances of running in February’s presidential elections. Senegal’s Supreme Court has ruled against opposition politician Ousmane Sonko’s appeal in his defamation conviction, a decision that puts his chances of running in presidential elections at risk. “The sentence and fines have been confirmed. Sonko lost on…

India record shortest ever Test win to level series in South Africa | Cricket News

India record shortest ever Test win to level series in South Africa | Cricket News

Indian captain says pitches in his country are unfairly criticised after the match in Cape Town ends in record time. India’s cricket captain Rohit Sharma has lashed out at critics of Indian pitches after his side recorded the quickest ever win in a Test match by beating South Africa by…

Ambiguous Ethiopia port deal fuels uncertainty over Somaliland statehood | Features

Ambiguous Ethiopia port deal fuels uncertainty over Somaliland statehood | Features

On Monday, an agreement signed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Muse Bihi Abdi of the breakaway republic of Somaliland preceded a shocking announcement that has already set the tone for interstate relations in the Horn of Africa this year. The memorandum of…

Mohamed Salah’s AFCON 2023 quest reignites club vs country debate | Football News

Mohamed Salah’s AFCON 2023 quest reignites club vs country debate | Football News

A few minutes after joining the elite 150-goal club for Liverpool and helping his team climb to the top of a closely contested Premier League table, Mohamed Salah laid bare his ambition to “win this competition”. The player of the match in Monday’s 4-2 win over Fulham had already shifted…

Israel promises to fight South Africa genocide accusation at ICJ | Israel War on Gaza News

Israel promises to fight South Africa genocide accusation at ICJ | Israel War on Gaza News

South Africa launched case against Israel, saying the magnitude of death and destruction in Gaza meets the threshold of the 1948 Genocide Convention. Israel will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to contest South Africa’s accusation that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in its…

Somalia calls emergency cabinet meeting on Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal | Politics News

Somalia calls emergency cabinet meeting on Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal | Politics News

Somalia to discuss pact allowing landlocked Ethiopia to use Red Sea port of Berbera, state news agency reports. Somalia’s cabinet has called an emergency meeting to discuss a port deal between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland. The Somalian cabinet will convene on Tuesday to discuss the plan after the…