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Eswatini activists protest US deportation deal at embassy in South Africa
PRETORIA (AP) — A group of about 100 pro-democracy activists from Eswatini protested Friday at the U.S Embassy in…
Top police official testifies on criminal syndicate infiltration in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A top police official who claimed that South Africa’s police and justice system has been…
2 men sentenced to prison in Zambia for plotting to kill the president with witchcraft
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A judge in Zambia on Monday sentenced two men to two-year terms in prison with hard labor…
At least 193 passengers killed in two boat accidents in northwestern Congo
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two separate boat accidents this week in northwestern Congo killed at least 193 people dead…
As fighting escalates, kidnappings of aid workers surge in South Sudan
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The number of aid workers kidnapped in South Sudan has more than doubled this year, according…
Africa’s solar energy potential makes for a bright future for renewable…
UPINGTON, South Africa (AP) — Deep in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, south of the Kalahari Desert, a…
Land mines and tuberculosis are no match for Tanzanian ‘hero rats’ sniffing out…
MOROGORO, Tanzania (AP) — A man lies unmoving, slumped in the rubble of a simulated earthquake, as an unlikely…
Sudan appeals for aid after landslide kills more than 1,000 people in single…
A landslide that wiped out an entire village in Sudan's Darfur region has killed an estimated 1,000 people, a rebel…
Nigeria bans exports of raw shea nuts used for cosmetic products to help grow its…
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's government has banned the export of raw shea nuts, an essential raw material in…
Australia beats South Africa by 276 runs for record ODI victory in dead rubber
MACKAY, Australia (AP) — Australia’s top three batters bossed an understrength South Africa pace bowling attack…
