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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

Heavy lifting equipment and sniffer dogs have been brought in to assist rescue efforts
South Africa building collapse leaves dozens trapped
JOHANNESBURG — Rescuers in South Africa were searching for survivors after a five-story apartment block under construction collapsed on Monday, killing five people and leaving at least 50 trapped.Officials in the city of George, Western Cape province, say 26 people have been pulled from the wreckage and taken to hospital but there were dozens more workers were on the site when the building collapsed.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 silence. Everyone stopped and looked on in the hope that someone had been found....
May 07, 2024

South Africa building collapse leaves dozens trapped

Candidate posters, including that of Succès Masra (C) and Mahamat Déby (R) can be seen in the capital
Chad presidential vote set to end military rule
N'DJAMENA — Chad is set to become the first of Africa's current junta-led states to move to democratic rule with Monday's presidential vote.It will end a three-year transition imposed after the sudden death of long-serving leader Idriss Deby Itno while fighting rebels.But as his son, and successor, Gen Mahamat Déby is one of the favorites to win, there is some scepticism about whether this will bring about change.Prime Minister Succès Masra is among his nine challengers and is seen as his biggest rival.Ten other politicians who had been hoping to run, including two prominent figures, Nassour Ibrahim Neguy Koursami and Rakhis Ahmat Saleh, were excluded by the constitutional council because of “irregularities”. For example, Koursami was accused of forgery.But some have...
May 06, 2024

Chad presidential vote set to end military rule

Liberia's civil war forced thousands of people to flee
Liberia's President Joseph Boakai to set up first war crimes court
MONROVIA — Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to establish the country's first war crimes court, more than 20 years after the end of two civil wars that killed 250,000 people.Boakai said Liberia had "endured downpours of agony".The 1989-2003 conflicts saw atrocities including mass killings, rape and the forced recruitment of child soldiers.Critics in Liberia have opposed the creation of the court, saying it risks reopening old wounds.But Boakai said the court would "help ferret the causes and effects of the violence" and bring about "justice and healing".Adama K Dempster, one of the lead campaigners for the establishment of a war crimes court told the BBC that although some people criticised Boakai for making an...
May 03, 2024

Liberia's President Joseph Boakai to set up first war crimes court

Supporters of the coup have taken to the streets with anti-US messages
Russians sent to Niger airbase occupied by US troops
NIAMEY — Russian troops have been deployed to an airbase in Niger where American soldiers are located, US officials say.The move comes after Niger's military rulers ordered the US to withdraw troops who had been countering Islamic insurgents in the region.Russian forces were present at the base in Niger's capital Niamey, but were not mingling with American troops, US officials told the Reuters news agency.Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the Russians posed no "risk" to US forces."The Russians are in a separate compound and don't have access to US forces or access to our equipment," Austin told journalists in Honolulu, Hawaii."I'm always focused on the safety and protection of our troops... But right now, I don't see a significant issue here...
May 03, 2024

Russians sent to Niger airbase occupied by US troops

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