Russia’s defense ministry created a new military unit this summer called the Africa Corps. The unit announced a recruitment campaign targeting former Wagner mercenaries and Ukraine war veterans. It’s promising a “high” salaries, “competent” commanders, and an alternative to a “peaceful” life. A new Russian military formation with the same name as a Nazi unit is […]
A man running the length of Africa has completed the longest day of the challenge so far. Russell Cook, from Worthing, West Sussex, had originally planned to complete 360 marathons in 240 days. After complications with his visas, health scares, geopolitical issues and an armed robbery, the 26-year-old was forced to change his route, extending […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — More than 300 firefighters were battling a blaze on the slopes of a mountain near Cape Town in South Africa for a second day on Wednesday and residents were evacuated from at least one neighborhood overnight, emergency services said. Five firefighters were injured and two were taken to the […]
A robot that uses artificial intelligence technology to pump fuel into motorists’ cars was recently unveiled in China. Since then, videos have been circulating online showing how the automated petrol station works, but some have been shared out of context with claims that the footage was filmed in South Africa. This is false; the robot […]
FILE – Mineworkers at the entrance of a goldmine in Springs, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. More than 2,000 workers have remained underground Tuesday, Dec. 19 in two shafts at Implats’ Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine in the North West province of South Africa for a second day in a protest over pay […]
(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s home affairs minister signed planned changes to work permit regulations aimed at fixing a bureaucratic morass that’s frustrating the country’s biggest investors and exacerbating a skills crisis, people familiar with the situation said. Most Read from Bloomberg Now that the changes have been signed by Aaron Motsoaledi, they’ll be gazetted in […]
Former South African president Jacob Zuma says he will not vote for the African National Congress (ANC) and is creating a new political party. Mr Zuma was the country’s president between 2009 and 2018. He said it “would be a betrayal” to campaign for the ANC of current President Cyril Ramaphosa. Mr Zuma’s new party […]
At the beginning of his first term in office in 2019, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi vowed to make his country “the Germany of Africa”. He promised to grow the economy and create jobs for the people, in a country with massive resources but whose population was living in poverty. Mr Tshisekedi came into power in […]
Gautam Dongre’s two children in India and Pascazia Mazeze’s son in Tanzania live with an inherited blood disorder that turns blood cells into instruments of pain. Now that new gene therapies promise a cure for their sickle cell disease, Dongre says he’s “praying the treatment should come to us.” But experts say the one-time treatment […]
NIAMEY (Reuters) – A West African court on Friday ruled that the ousted president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, and his family were arbitrarily detained and called for his reinstatement. Bazoum was toppled during a military coup on July 26 and has since been in detention with his family. The coup was widely condemned and prompted […]