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A meeting meant to soothe tensions between the US and South Africa instead spiralled as President Donald Trump put his counterpart on the defensive with claims that white farmers in his nation were being killed and “persecuted”. On Wednesday, a week after the US granted asylum to nearly 60 Afrikaners – a move that rankled […]

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group, which has been engaged in a two-year war with Sudan’s army, has been entirely pushed out of Khartoum state, says the military. “Khartoum State is completely free of rebels”, the army said in a statement published by Sudan’s News Agency. The announcement comes nearly two months after the […]

A federal judge has warned that US President Donald Trump’s administration could be held in contempt of court for deporting a group of migrants to South Sudan. Judge Brian Murphy said the removals could violate his order last month barring the US government from sending migrants to third countries without being given “meaningful opportunity” to […]

South Africa’s president has faced tough challenges before – he was the chief negotiator for Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC) during talks to end white-minority rule in the early 1990s – but his forthcoming meeting in the White House will require all his charm. Cyril Ramaphosa wants to mend his nation’s fractured relationship with […]

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has warned activists from neighbouring Kenya that she will not allow them to “meddle” in her country’s affairs and cause “chaos”. Her comments came after prominent Kenyan lawyers and rights campaigners were deported, preventing them from attending the court case of an opposition leader charged with treason. “If they have […]

Fierce Nigerian political rivals Peter Obi and President Bola Tinubu were seen laughing and joking at Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass in Rome. Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress defeated Obi of the Labour Party in the heated and tightly contested 2023 presidential election – a victory Obi challenged at the Supreme Court without success. […]

This story contains details, including a video, that some people may find distressing. The most shocking thing for Jonathan, who had endured six gruelling months living and working underground in an abandoned South African gold mine, was the abuse he witnessed being meted out to children. Some are recruited for cheap labour, but others are […]

Leading Kenyan lawyer and the country’s former Justice Minister Martha Karua says she has been deported from Tanzania to prevent her from attending the court case of opposition leader Tundu Lissu. Two colleagues accompanying her were also reportedly detained and deported after flying in from neighbouring Kenya. Tanzanian authorities have not yet commented. Lissu, who […]

US singer Chris Brown has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent, says the Metropolitan Police. The force says the charge relates to an alleged assault, which reportedly took place at a nightclub in central London on 19 February 2023. The 36-year-old was arrested at a hotel in Manchester in the early hours of […]

The winner of the first ever Climate Fiction Prize has been announced as Nigerian author, Abi Daré. The University of Wolverhampton law graduate has been awarded the inaugural prize for her novel, And So I Roar, a sequel to her bestselling debut, The Girl with the Louding Voice. And So I Roar delves into the […]