Africa
Travel Guide: Marvellous Chobe in Botswana
Botswana is one of the few African countries that has a stable government, is rich in minerals, exquisite in natural beauty and has a...
Algeria swears in new president, protest movement debates response
ALGIERS - Algeria swore in Abdelmadjid Tebboune as president on Thursday as the Hirak protest movement debated its response to his offer of dialogue...
Rabada hails impact of “greats” Boucher and Kallis
PRETORIA - Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada says the new-look South African squad are learning fast from head coach Mark Boucher and batting consultant Jacques...
Guinea president announces constitutional referendum that could keep him in power
CONAKRY - Guinea President Alpha Conde said on Thursday that he would seek a public referendum on a new constitution, a move his...
Slain student caught in ‘web’ spun by Egyptian security services: Italian prosecutors
Giulio Regeni, an Italian student tortured and murdered in Cairo in 2016, was ensnared in a “spider’s web” spun by the Egyptian security services...
Tebboune Elected Algeria’s President
Former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected Algeria's new president, but demonstrators who toppled his predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika vowed that their movement would not...
South Africa’s Ramaphosa holds crunch talks on power crisis
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa holds an emergency cabinet meeting on Friday to try and resolve a power crisis that has...
Namibia rushes to drill boreholes as worst drought in a century bites
WINDHOEK- Namibia’s dam water levels have almost halved from already low levels as the worst drought in more than 100 years pushes the desert...
Flights resume at Libya’s Mitiga airport in Tripoli
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Mitiga, the only functioning airport in Libya’s capital Tripoli, resumed flight operations on Thursday after a nearly 3-1/2-month break, and is...
