France’s parliament on Monday approved returning to Ivory Coast a “talking drum” that colonial troops took from the Ebrie tribe in 1916, in the latest boost to the repatriation of colonial spoils. The Djidji Ayokwe drum is a communication tool more than three metres (10 feet) long and weighing 430 kilogrammes (almost 950 pounds) that was …
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday condemned US President Donald Trump’s threat of higher tariffs on BRICS nations, saying efforts to “punish” the bloc were disappointing. Trump accused the 11-nation grouping — which also includes Brazil, Russia, India and China — of “anti-Americanism” and vowed to impose an extra 10 percent tariff on them after …
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Wiaan Mulder, who stopped short on Monday of attempting to break the record for the highest score in Test history, had an inauspicious start to his Test career.Mulder made 367 not out for South Africa in the second Test against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club before deciding –- in his first match as captain –- to …
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Wiaan Mulder set an individual South Africa Test batting best and came close to the world record before calling a halt to his team’s innings on the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on Monday.Mulder was unbeaten on 367 when he declared during the lunch interval with South …
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In the Sahel, a region plagued by jihadist violence, there are roads people steer clear of and others they travel on with their heart in their mouth.Such was the case for Moussa, when in March he had to take his mother’s body to another village for burial, forcing him onto National route 15 in central …
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As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy pharaoh’s golden mask in his hands.Years later, the Egyptian conservator found himself gently brushing centuries-old dust off one of Tut’s gilded ceremonial shrines — a piece he had only seen in textbooks.”I studied archaeology because …
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An armed gang attacked the headquarters of the Kenyan Human Rights Commission on Sunday as it hosted a press conference calling for an end to state violence, an AFP journalist saw.The attack came on the eve of “Saba Saba Day” when Kenyans mark pro-democracy protests from the 1990s, and renewed unrest is expected on Monday.The …
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A senior opposition official in Burundi on Saturday criticised the African Union for describing the country’s election as “credible” despite widespread claims of irregularities and intimidation during the vote.The Peace and Security Council of the African Union said on X that it had reviewed elections for the past six months and “congratulated Burundi, Comoros and …
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Saudi Arabia, Russia and six other key members of the OPEC+ alliance will discuss crude production on Saturday, with analysts expecting the latest in a series of output hikes for August.The wider OPEC+ group — comprising the 12-nation Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies — began output cuts in 2022 in …
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Equatorial Guinea launched a case against France at the top United Nations court on Friday, the latest salvo in a long-running legal battle over a swanky Paris mansion confiscated by French authorities.The west African nation asked the International Court of Justice to issue emergency orders against France over a building seized after the conviction of …
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