News24 | Worst drought in four decades cuts Zimbabwean maize crop by 72%
Southern Africa is battling a drought brought on by El Niño and it’s hitting crop production. (Westend61/Getty Images). Maize output in Zimbabwe will drop by almost three-quarters this year as…
News24 | Chad vote counting begins after tense first Sahel presidential poll since coups
Scrutineers hold ballots during the counting of the vote for Chad’s presidential electio,n at a polling station in N’Djamena on 6 May 2024. (Issouf SANOGO / AFP) Chad’s capital was…
News24 | Botswana official slams ‘fugitive’ former president Ian Khama’s attempt to extend proxy chieftaincy
From president to “fugitive from justice” – Ian Khama has approached Botswana’s courts in a bid to remove his uncle as the acting regent of the Bagammangwato tribe and appoint…
Chad holds presidential election after years of military rule
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News24 | Three Westair Aviation employees killed in aircraft crash in Namibia
Three people were killed in an aircraft crash in Namibia on Friday. Codruta Istrati/Getty Images Three Westair Aviation employees were killed when one of the company’s light aircraft crashed in…
New Orleans’ own PJ Morton returns home to Jazz Fest with new music
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More money is going to African climate startups, but a huge funding gap remains
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News24 | Zim dad sues airline for R3m after son barred from boarding plane, dashing his tennis pro dream
A Zimbabwean father is demanding more than R3 million in damages from Ethiopian Airlines. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images) A Zimbabwean teen was blocked from boarding a flight at OR Tambo International…
News24 | KitKat programme: African farmers earn more, but not nearly enough for a living income
(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nestle is expanding a programme that boosts the income of poor African farmers supplying cocoa for its KitKat bars, but which still leaves…