The mix of people milling around Windhoek’s Zoo Park reflect the hopes and disappointments of Namibians who head to the polls Wednesday in a test for the party that brought independence 34 years ago but has left many feeling let down.Employees on their lunch break and young homeless people share spots on the grass of …
Car mechanic Adebola Omotosho has to drive eight kilometres across Nigeria’s bustling commercial hub Lagos to fill his tank with compressed natural gas.He is among the few Nigerians who were early adopters of the alternative fuel, which can still be hard to come by.Nevertheless, Omotosho believes the financial and environmental benefits outweigh the inconvenience of …
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Nations gathered in Busan, South Korea have a week to agree the world’s first treaty to curb plastic pollution, a gargantuan challenge given the major divisions that remain.Here is a look at the key sticking points:Consensus or majorityDivisions between nations are so deep that they have not yet agreed on how any decision will be …
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Conflicts, violence and disasters across Africa have dramatically driven up the number of displaced people on the continent over the past 15 years, international monitors said Tuesday.By the end of last year, Africa counted 35 million people living displaced within their own countries, according to a report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).That is nearly …
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Prolific Liverpool scorer Mohamed Salah led the way with a brace in a dramatic victory at Southampton as six Africans scored in the Premier League at the weekend.Ghanaians Thomas Partey and Jordan Ayew, Senegalese Ismaila Sarr and Nicolas Jackson and Nigerian Alex Iwobi also netted. Salah inspired a 3-2 comeback victory to raise his league tally …
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Mohamed Salah says he is disappointed by Liverpool’s failure to offer him a new contract and believes he is “more out than in” as he nears the end of his existing deal.The 32-year-old, who has scored 12 goals in all competitions this season, is out of contract at the end of the 2024/25 campaign.The Egypt …
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Southern Africa’s sparsely populated desert nation of Namibia holds presidential and legislative elections Wednesday. Here are five things to know about the uranium-rich country:- First 20th-century genocide -Around 20 years after Germany colonised the territory, its forces carried out what many historians consider the first genocide of the 20th century.German imperial troops killed around 70,000 men, …
On a sunny afternoon in Cape Town’s seaside village of Simon’s Town, three young chacma baboons cause a commotion, clambering on roofs, jumping between buildings and swinging on the gutters. Enchanted tourists stop to photograph the troop crossing the road. Locals are less impressed: it’s a daily scene in the charming village nestled between the Atlantic Ocean …
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Namibia’s ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) — which has been in power since independence — fears the same fate as other liberation-era parties crushed in elections across the region when the country goes to the polls Wednesday.In the last six months, South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) lost its parliamentary majority, the Botswana …
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South Africa back-rower Pieter-Steph du Toit was named best men’s player in the 15-a-side game while France’s Antoine Dupont took the Sevens award at the World Rugby Awards in Monaco on Sunday.It it the second time Du Toit, 32, has picked up the accolade following his success in 2019.He came out ahead of two of his …
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