Children say they are paid as little as $1 a week for hazardous work as the government plans to investigate child labour cases The blistering sun beats mercilessly on the Mukwasine sugar plantations near Chiredzi, in south-east Zimbabwe. It is Sunday morning and the soothing sound of hymns reverberate from a …
DAKAR, Senegal — The Senegalese phone salesman didn’t expect “finger lickin’ good” to be so literal. But the grease! He needed three, four, five napkins. And the American portion size left his jaw aching. “Eating KFC exhausts me,” Momar Lissa Ndiaye said. He’d wondered why people were lining up around the block …
Zuma expected to return to court next week on corruption charges as court dismissed his application to halt case. Former South African President Jacob Zuma will face trial on corruption charges after a court on Friday dismissed his application for a permanent stay of prosecution. Zuma, who is accused of taking bribes from French …
National dialogue in trouble as separatists skip talks calling for international mediation to resolve crisis. Cameroon will start a “national dialogue” on Monday in a bid to end the separatist conflict in the country’s Anglophone provinces, but key rebel leaders have already refused to participate. Nearly 3,000 people have died and half …
A senior opposition official has been murdered in Rwanda, the latest in a series of killings and disappearances involving critics of Paul Kagame, the country’s president. Syridio Dusabumuremyi, who served as national co-ordinator for Rwanda’s most vocal opposition alliance, the United Democratic Forces, was found dead in his shop on …
MAPUTO, Mozambique — Young men and women wearing the words “Pope Francis” on their backs and “Catholic Youth” on their sleeves packed the bleachers of a stadium in Mozambique on Thursday and listened to Francis tell them, “You are important!” “You need to believe it,” Francis said to the raucous …
There is a growing divide between President Kenyatta and Deputy Ruto, highlighted by a recent corruption scandal. Nairobi, Kenya – In Kenya, a showdown could end the political alliance between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto. The divide between them grew after July 22, with the arrest of Cabinet Secretary to the National …
Wild dogs have returned to the famed Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. The first puppy litters were not far behind. Last summer, not long after releasing a pioneer pack of 14 African wild dogs into Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park as part of an ambitious wildlife restoration effort, Paola Bouley went …
MAKINDYE-LUKULI, Uganda (AP) — The darkening clouds are ominous for many in this urban neighborhood, promising rushing rainwaters stinking of human waste from overflowing septic tanks. As Africa faces a population boom unmatched anywhere in the world, millions of people are moving to fast-growing cities while decades-old public facilities crumble …
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The man accused of trying to seize control of Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region was shot dead on Monday, a senior government official said, and a number of other plotters have been arrested. The government accused General Asamnew Tsige of masterminding gun attacks on Saturday night that …
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s army chief of staff was shot while trying to thwart an attempted coup on Saturday in a federal state north of the capital Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. Speaking on state television late on Saturday, Abiy said General Seare Mekonnen was one of …
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Mauritanians on Saturday were going to the polls as the outgoing president’s preferred successor faced five opposition candidates in this West African nation threatened by Islamic extremism. One candidate of sub-Saharan African descent wants to improve race relations in a country where activists estimate tens of …