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Britain’s Prince William on Wednesday honoured projects seeking novel solutions to the challenges facing the world’s nature and climate at the awarding of his Earthshot Prize in South Africa.Each of the five projects, which include one converting heat from industrial plants into electricity, received one million pounds ($1.3 million) at the prize’s fourth awards ceremony, held …

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Andre Esterhuizen has insisted there is no danger of world champions South Africa falling victim to complacency during their three-Test tour of Britain this month.The Springboks have won the last two World Cups and backed up their 2023 triumph with five wins out of six against New Zealand, Australia and Argentina in this year’s southern …

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Mozambique’s capital was tense Wednesday on the eve of a “freedom” march called by the opposition leader following weeks of protests against election results that have left at least 18 people dead.Shops and banks in central Maputo closed early and the streets were emptier than usual, while police and military vehicles were stationed at various …

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France’s highest court on Wednesday ordered a re-trial of Papa Massata Diack, the son of the disgraced former head of global athletics Lamine Diack.Diack, whose father headed the IAAF — now called World Athletics — from 1999 to 2015, was one of six men convicted in France in 2020 for hushing up 23 Russian doping …

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Senegal’s former president Macky Sall has accused the new administration of seven months of “catastrophic” inaction, in a letter published Wednesday, less than two weeks before elections.Sall’s candidate to take over from him after 12 years in power lost to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in the first round of a March presidential ballot.Faye appointed Ousmane …

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Mozambique’s capital was tense Wednesday ahead of a “freedom” march called by the opposition leader following weeks of protests against election results that have left at least 18 people dead.Shops and banks in Maputo closed early and the streets were emptier than usual, while police and military vehicles were stationed at various points, AFP reporters …

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The United States and Somalia reached an agreement on Tuesday for Washington to cancel more than $1 billion debt owed by the troubled Horn of Africa nation.The announcement came a day after the parliament in Somalia, which is heavily dependent on international aid, approved a $1.36 billion national budget for 2025.Somalia is one of the …

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Mozambique’s defence minister on Tuesday threatened to send in the military to halt weeks of deadly post-electoral protests he said were aimed at overthrowing the government.Rights groups said security forces killed around two dozen people in protests since an October 9 vote won by the ruling Frelimo party.The opposition rejected the results and led several …

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South African police on Tuesday detained 269 illegal miners as they left a disused gold mine after security forces cut off their food and water supplies, adding to 565 rounded up at the weekend.The new arrests take to 834 the number of clandestine miners arrested at Stilfontein, about 140 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, …

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Mozambique’s defence minister threatened Tuesday to send in the military to halt weeks of deadly post-electoral protests he said were aimed at overthrowing the government.Rights groups said security forces killed at least 18 people in protests since an October 9 vote won by the ruling Frelimo party.The opposition rejected the results and led several waves …

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