Africa’s biggest oil refinery begins production in Nigeria with the aim of reducing need for imports
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Three-time champions Nigeria held by Equatorial Guinea in AFCON opener
Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Nigeria were held to a 1-1 draw by Equatorial Guinea in their Africa Cup of Nations Group A opening encounter in Abidjan. Three-time AFCON champions Nigeria threatened early, but it was […]
News24 | Hundreds dead, parts of Kinshasa flooded as Congo River basin sees generational flooding
A flooded street in the Kinsuka region, north of Kinshasa, on 10 January 2024. (Photo by Justin Makangara/Anadolu via Getty Images) At least 300 people have now died in flooding of the Congo river. Several parts of Kinshasa are flooded. The water level is just shy o fa 1961 record. The Congo River has risen to […]
Nearly 3,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents released, but some questions remain unanswered
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails For nearly two decades, journalists, police detectives, FBI agents, lawyers and amateur sleuths have pried into the depraved world of Jeffrey Epstein. Yet even after the release of […]
News24 | DRC election commission cancels 82 candidates over fraud in December polls
Election campaign posters in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Alexis Huguet/AFP The Congolese election commission said it had cancelled votes cast for 82 out of 101 000 candidates in legislative and local polls held in December for their involvement in alleged fraud and other issues that disrupted the general election. South Africans need to […]
News24 | Kenya says first ‘visa-free’ tourists arrive in the country
Under the new system, travellers apply online for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) and pay a $30 (R560) “processing” fee. Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images Kenya has officially welcomed tourists under its new visa-free entry system. Visa requirements are now waived for all travellers to Kenya, regardless of nationality. This despite the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority warning […]
News24 | Mistaken identity? No talks with Israel on taking in Gaza refugees, DRC says
Palestinians gather gathered to receive flour rations outside a warehouse of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed/AFP The Democratic Republic of the Congo says it has had no talks with Israel over housing Palestinian refugees. Thinly sourced reports suggested such talks […]
News24 | Shot in the arm for African vaccine makers will be a ‘game changer’
FOTO Getty Images / Gallo Images Recent approval by the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) of a $1.8 billion African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator (AVMA), a financing instrument that will support sustainable vaccine manufacturing in Africa has been hailed as a game changer for the continent. “The targeted US$1 billion from Gavi to African manufacturers is a game […]
Stigma against gay men could worsen Congo’s biggest mpox outbreak, scientists warn
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make it worse. In November, the World […]