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At least 29 students killed in stampede in Central African Republic, sources say

26 Jun 2025

BANGUI (Reuters) -At least 29 students were killed when an electrical explosion triggered panic and a stampede at a high school in Central African Republic’s capital on Wednesday, two hospital sources said. The disaster happened as over 5,000 students from six other schools were taking their final exams at the examination centre located in Barthelemy …

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Sixteen deaths recorded in Kenya protests, most killed by police, Amnesty Kenya says

26 Jun 2025

By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) -Sixteen people died during nationwide anti-government protests in Kenya on Wednesday, most of them killed by police, the head of Amnesty Kenya said, a year after deadly demonstrations against a tax bill culminated in the storming of parliament. Thousands of Kenyans took to the streets to commemorate last year’s demonstrations, …

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Cricket-South Africa to test new players against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo

26 Jun 2025

By Nick Said (Reuters) -South Africa tasted long-awaited success with victory in the World Test Championship final against Australia earlier this month, but there will be several new faces for the first test against Zimbabwe that starts in Bulawayo on Saturday.   Captain Temba Bavuma has not recovered from a hamstring injury sustained in the …

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Ukraine turns to Africa in its struggle against Russia

25 Jun 2025

By Jessica Donati and Olena Harmash NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) -On Africa’s dry western tip, Mauritania has become an unlikely staging post for Ukraine’s increasingly global struggle with its adversary Russia. Kyiv’s new embassy in the country’s capital Nouakchott – among eight it has opened in Africa since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine – has overseen food …

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Egypt’s EGAS awards 6 blocks in Mediterranean, Nile delta, N. Sinai to international companies

25 Jun 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt’s EGAS has awarded four blocks in the Mediterranean, one in the Nile delta, and one in North Sinai to international companies, according to a petroleum ministry statement on Wednesday. Companies will invest $ 245 million to drill at least 13 new exploratory wells during the exploration period. A consortium of Chevron Egypt and  …

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With Kipyegon, Nike hopes to break a record – and win back women runners

25 Jun 2025

By Nicholas P. Brown and Helen Reid NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Nike is betting its endeavor to help Kenyan athlete Faith Kipyegon run a mile in under four minutes will recapture the attention of women consumers who have been looking elsewhere for running shoes and clothes.  Industry experts and women runners say it will take more …

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Eritrea seeks to end mandate of UN expert investigating abuses, document shows

25 Jun 2025

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Eritrea is trying to cancel the mandate of a U.N. expert investigating alleged abuses, a document sent to the U.N. Human Rights Council showed, in a rare move that Western diplomats fear may set a precedent for states looking to escape scrutiny. The Special Rapporteur, a position currently held by …

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Funding crisis stalls UN probe into possible war crimes in Congo

24 Jun 2025

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -A U.N.-mandated commission investigating suspected human rights violations and war crimes in Democratic Republic of Congo cannot proceed due to a funding crisis in the U.N. human rights office (OHCHR), according to a letter seen by Reuters. The OHCHR is facing a major cash crunch caused by some countries …

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Over 40 people, including children, killed in Sudan hospital attack, says WHO chief

24 Jun 2025

GENEVA (Reuters) -Over 40 people, including children and health care workers, were killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan at the weekend, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Saturday’s attack on the Al Mujlad Hospital took place in West Kordofan, near the front line between the Sudanese army and …

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