News24 | Coup-led Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso establish Sahel alliance for mutual defence
Burkina Faso soldiers (File) PHOTO: Issouf Sanogo/AFP Three coup-led Sahel countries have sworn to aid one another in case of attack. Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso created the Alliance of…
News24 | How the ’emirate’ of Gabon squandered its oil wealth under 55 years of Bongo rule
The Bongo family lived in wealth while much of Gabon remained in squalor. Gabon is fabulously wealthy, thanks to oil and manganese. But roads are too poor to use, planes…
News24 | Emmerson Mnangagwa catapults his son into Zimbabwe’s cabinet – as deputy finance minister
Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2017. (Getty) Kudakwashe Mnangagwa is 35, and in Zimbabwe’s legislature thanks to a youth quota. He is now also the deputy minister of finance. His father Emmerson…
News24 | Hundreds feared dead after Storm Daniel sweeps over Libya
A government official claims 2 000 people died in the Libyan city of Derna due to Storm Daniel. The Red Crescent puts the figure closer to 250. Some residents woke…
News24 | EXPLAINER: Why the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is so controversial it could be bombed
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is, as of this weekend, full. The dam has direct implications on the flow of the Nile River, which is also shared by Sudan and…
Duchess of Sussex to cheer for Nigeria at Invictus Games, husband reveals
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News24 | UPDATE | Death toll in Morocco earthquake rises to 820
The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco has risen to 820. The number of injured now stood at 679, including 205 in serious condition. A local official…
Online gig work is growing rapidly, but workers lack job protections, a World Bank report says
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As Africa Climate Summit promotes solar, off-grid power ramps up below the Sahara
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