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Dakar, Senegal – A total of 1,046 people who survived attempted boat crossings on the Atlantic migration route disembarked in a vulnerable condition during the last week of August at three West African cities: Nouadhibou in Mauritania, and Rosso and Dakar in Senegal. The survivors were onboard seven boats in distress that had departed from The…
Despite injuries to Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Andile Simelane, South Africa were easily the better side on the field as they won the tri-series final in Windhoek.
When mutinous soldiers seized a strategic military base in Niger’s capital last Saturday, the country’s ruling junta turned to a foreign partner it has increasingly relied on since coming to power: Russia.
Historian Dr Elise Mitchell re-examines the early history of smallpox inoculation on both ends of the Atlantic slave trade.
Egypt – Police leaders from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region gathered in Cairo for high-level discussions focused on strengthening international police cooperation and coordinating responses to the region’s most pressing security challenges
OCHA reports that humanitarian and health partners are scaling up the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, deploying more than 2,500 volunteers and civil protection personnel over the coming months. Partners are adding 35 mobile teams and 286 community-based teams across Ituri, North Kivu, and Tshopo, while extending operations to Haut-Uélé and…
A host of key players have been locked in to return as Australia announced their squad for this month’s ODI series against Zimbabwe and South Africa.
A senior delegation from S&P Global Energy will join African Mining Week 2026 in Cape Town from October 14–16, bringing market data, pricing expertise and commercial insights to conversations about the continent’s growing role in global mineral supply. The gathering arrives as demand for lithium, graphite, cobalt, copper, rare earth elements and other strategic materials…
The initiative brings together companies and officials in search of new business and export opportunities in strategic markets across the continent
