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Nigerian actor Junior Pope
Nigerian star's drowning forces Nollywood to look at safety
LAGOS — The last video that Nigerian actor Junior Pope made for his more than two million Instagram followers eerily foreshadowed his death.“You see the risks, people, we take to entertain you,” the 42-year-old shouts above the noise of a small motor boat as it speeds along the River Niger.He laughs -- it is not clear if it is out of joy or nervousness -- and tells the driver to slow down.“I am begging the captain, that I’m the only child and I have three boys,” the actor -- whose real name was John Paul Odonwodo -- booms as he notices with alarm some water coming into the boat.The next day the Nollywood star was dead. He drowned in the same river, after a boat he was traveling in collided with a fishing canoe.Four others, including film crew members, were also killed.The death...
June 10, 2024

Nigerian star's drowning forces Nollywood to look at safety

Cyril Ramaphosa
South Africa president faces up to poor poll result
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted his African National Congress (ANC) party has suffered a challenging election result, after the party lost its majority for the first time since apartheid ended 30 years ago.The ANC, once led by Nelson Mandela, won 159 seats in the 400-seat parliament in Wednesday's election, down from 230 in the previous assembly.Ramaphosa still described the results as a victory for democracy, calling on rival parties to find common ground - apparently preparing for coalition talks.The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party has said it is open to coalition talks with Ramaphosa, but it opposes a number of his government's key priorities.With all the votes counted, the ANC finished on 40% - down from 58% at the previous...
June 03, 2024

South Africa president faces up to poor poll result

The election is seen as the biggest test yet to the ruling ANC’s 30 years in power
First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift 
JOHANNESBURG — Early results from South Africa’s election suggest the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party could lose its majority for the first time in 30 years.With results in from 13% of polling stations at 10 a.m. local time, support for the ANC stood at 42.5%.The official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), had 26% of the vote, while the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) – a splinter party of the ANC – had 8.4%, data from the country’s electoral commission showed.The respected research group CSIR modeled the ANC winning less than 45% of the national poll as of mid-morning on Thursday.Officials of the Independent Electoral Commission have stressed that the official tally could take several days and some larger voting wards could take more time to be...
May 30, 2024

First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift 

ANC supporters wait for President Cyril Ramaphosa to arrive during an election rally on May 19, 2024, in Isipingo, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
South Africans go to the polls in election seen as biggest test yet to ANC’s 30 years in power
JOHANNESBURG — Millions of South Africans are voting in what is expected to be the most pivotal general election since the end of apartheid.For months, polls have shown the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party could lose its majority for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to power in 1994.While polling can be challenging in South Africa, most analysts believe that the ANC faces its stiffest challenge yet with a population deeply frustrated by the country’s direction. If support for the ANC drops below 50% for the first time, the party will be forced to enter into a coalition government.Voters will have 31 political parties to choose from in the national elections.The process is facilitated by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).ANC leader and South African...
May 29, 2024

South Africans go to the polls in election seen as biggest test yet to ANC’s 30 years in power

Jacob Zuma is the former leader of the governing party and has broken away to lead a new party
South Africa's top court bars Zuma from being lawmaker
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's highest court has barred former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in next week's general election.The Constitutional Court ruled that his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court disqualified him.Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing to testify at an inquiry investigating corruption during his presidency which ended in 2018.He has been campaigning under the banner of the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party after falling out with the governing African National Congress (ANC).MK Secretary General Sihle Ngubane said the party was disappointed with the ruling, but it would not affect its campaign."He is still the leader of the party. It [the judgment] doesn't affect our campaign at all," he said.Zuma's face...
May 20, 2024

South Africa's top court bars Zuma from being lawmaker

A US and Nigerien flag at Niger Air Base 201 in Agadez on April 16, 2018
US reaches agreement with Niger to withdraw military forces by September 15
NIAIMEY — The US has reached an agreement with Niger to withdraw its military forces from the African nation by September 15, according to the US Defense Department and the Nigerien Ministry of National Defense.The newly agreed deadline gives the US four months to drawdown fewer than 1,000 troops who remain in the country, as well as their equipment, which includes MQ-9 Reaper drones and other assets.But even as the deadline looms, US officials see potential for a relationship with Niger. “They want to maintain a relationship with us,” a senior defense official said, “and that relationship is certainly informed by where we’ve been with them.”Niger’s military government announced in March that it had ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian...
May 20, 2024

US reaches agreement with Niger to withdraw military forces by September 15

People wait to receive treatment at a hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, in May 2023
At least 56 people dead in Sudan’s North Darfur state, Doctors Without Borders says
KHARTOUM — At least 56 people died in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, between last Friday and Wednesday, as “deadly fighting escalates,” Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said in a statement.At the city’s South Hospital, 454 casualties have arrived since last Friday, of whom 56 “have succumbed to their injuries,” according to the humanitarian organization. MSF added that “the wounded and death toll are likely far higher, since the fighting continues to be so intense that many people cannot reach the hospital.”“North Darfur had been a relatively safe haven compared to other parts of Darfur,” MSF added. “Now, there are snipers in the streets, heavy shelling is taking place, and nowhere in the city is safe at all.”Violence in North Darfur has...
May 16, 2024

At least 56 people dead in Sudan’s North Darfur state, Doctors Without Borders says

At least 17 people have been taken to hospital with injuries
Worshippers locked in Nigeria mosque and set on fire
KANO — At least 11 worshippers have been killed and dozens others injured after a man attacked a mosque in Nigeria's northern Kano state, police say.A man allegedly sprayed the mosque with petrol and locked its doors before setting it on fire, trapping about 40 worshippers, they said.The attack was triggered by a family dispute over the sharing of inheritance.Police say they have arrested a 38-year-old suspect.The incident happened when people were attending morning prayers on Wednesday in Gezawa area of Kano state.Residents said flames engulfed the mosque after the attack with worshippers heard wailing as they struggled to open the locked doors.After hearing the explosion, neighbors rushed to help those trapped inside, local media reported.Rescue teams including bomb experts from...
May 16, 2024

Worshippers locked in Nigeria mosque and set on fire

The plane is owned by the private company Transair, from whom Air Senegal chartered the flight
Boeing 737 skids off runway in Senegal
DAKAR — A Boeing 737-300 aircraft has skidded off a runway in Senegal, injuring at least 10 people, four of them seriously.The incident occurred as Air Senegal flight HC 301 was taking off for the Malian capital Bamako in the early hours of Thursday, Dakar's Blaise Diagne airport said in a statement.The pilot was slightly injured, but most of the 78 passengers on board were not hurt in the incident.Operations were halted at the airport for a few hours but have now resumed.Emergency services at the airport were mobilized to evacuate passengers, the airport's statement said.An inquiry is under way to determine the causes of the incident, which took place at around 0100 GMT.Boeing has not commented on the incident, nor has Transair, the private company from which Air Senegal...
May 09, 2024

Boeing 737 skids off runway in Senegal

Emergency workers were taking it in turns to work the site, removing concrete blocks and debris by hand
South Africa: Rescuers contact 11 survivors in collapsed building
JOHANNESBURG — Rescuers in South Africa say they have heard from 11 more survivors in the ruins of an apartment building that collapsed in the coastal city of George on Monday.At least five people are confirmed dead and more than 50 are missing after the under-construction five-story building collapsed for as-yet undetermined reasons."We are in contact with 11 people, four of them are trapped in a basement," Colin Deiner, chief director for disaster management, said.The cause is under investigation. Video footage taken nearby showed a huge cloud of dust as the building fell.At the scene on Tuesday morning, emergency workers were taking it in turns to work the small site, removing concrete blocks and debris by hand.Every so often the team leader raised his fist, calling for...
May 07, 2024

South Africa: Rescuers contact 11 survivors in collapsed building

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