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Reigning champions Australia face South Africa in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s from Wednesday amid a chorus of criticism over the competition’s format.Wisden, cricket’s ‘bible’, was scathing in its assessment, with editor Lawrence Booth writing in this year’s edition that the WTC is a “shambles masquerading as a showpiece”.Former England captain Michael Atherton …

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South Africa is determined to repatriate the remains of its people taken abroad during the colonial era and those who died in exile as anti-apartheid activists, the culture minister said Monday.The government was in contact with foreign institutions over the return of remains of indigenous people, including from the KhoiSan group who are regarded as …

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Susan Wangari has lost count of the morgues, hospitals and police stations she has visited in search of her son, who went missing at the height of Kenya’s mass protests last June.She last saw Emmanuel Mukuria, 24, on the morning of June 25, 2024, the day that thousands of Kenyan youths thronged the streets of …

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South Africa’s coal-dependent economy could lose billions in export revenue and thousands of jobs as more countries and companies seek carbon-free imports, the Net Zero Tracker watchdog said Monday.Africa’s most industrialised nation is one of the largest polluters in the world and generates about 80 percent of its electricity through coal.This makes it “uniquely vulnerable” …

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Kenya is marking a year since massive protests broke out over tax rises and corruption in mid-June 2024.  The protests peaked on June 25 when thousands stormed parliament where lawmakers were debating the budget. President William Ruto, having initially called the demonstrators “criminals”, backtracked and cancelled the finance bill on June 26.The protests continued into July …

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The Russian paramilitary group Wagner has left Mali and its units there have been taken over by the Moscow-run Africa Corps, diplomatic and security sources told AFP on Sunday.”Officially, Wagner is no longer present in Mali. But the Africa Corps is stepping up,” one diplomatic source in the Sahel region said. A Telegram account affiliated with …

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South Africa batsman Aiden Markram insists there will be no mental scarring from his side’s previous failures when they face holders Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s.The Proteas have suffered several agonising near-misses in major tournaments, including last year’s T20 World Cup final in Barbados.They needed just 30 more runs to win, …

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Barely feeling the tranquiliser shot, the panic-stricken female rhinoceros ran to take shelter in a wooded area, eluding the low-flying helicopter trying to prevent her escape. The rhino was supposed to be transferred to another park in Kenya on Saturday, but outsmarted the humans. A few minutes later, rangers in 4×4 vehicles searched through thickets too dense …

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A small charity on the Kenyan coast has become vital to the region’s majestic turtle population, saving thousands from poachers, fishermen’s nets and ever-worsening plastic pollution. On the beach of the seaside town of Watamu, it takes four men to heave the huge Loggerhead sea turtle into the back of a car. She has just been saved …

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In a show of strength, police officers in Togo deployed in large numbers across the capital Lome on Friday, putting an end to a rare demonstration against the government.President Faure Gnassingbe has led Togo since 2005, succeeding his father who ruled for nearly four decades.Young people and civil society activists had called for Friday’s protests …

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