Authorities said Monday they were working to restore reliable water supplies to South Africa’s main city Johannesburg after nearly two weeks of disruption that has become a major issue ahead of local elections. Taps have been dry for at least 10 days in parts of the city, the mayor acknowledged, responding to public frustration that has sparked several protests ahead… Read More

King Charles III called the transatlantic slave trade “a monstrous injustice” Tuesday, opening a Commonwealth summit in which UK leader Andy Burnham is holding talks about apologising for Britain’s role in slavery. The monarch told the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda that slavery “still casts a shadow over these islands and other members” of the 56-nation… Read More

The kitchen on the La Motte Wine Estate in South Africa’s Western Cape wine growing region is in full swing. It’s perfectly located to make Mosbolletjie – a bread that traces its roots to the French Huguenots who settled in the Cape in the 1600’s. It is a traditional South African loaf made from flour, fermented grape juice and aniseed… Read More

Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel has died at the age of 30, a day after suffering a cardiac arrest following an on-field collision. The incident took place during a Spanish second-division match on Monday as he was challenging for the ball near midfield during stoppage time. Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono struck De Miguel in the chest with his knee as… Read More

A South African court on Monday found two people guilty over a break-in at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farmhouse, a cash-heist that nearly cost him his job. The scandal centres on the 2020 theft of $580,000 in foreign currency allegedly hidden in furniture at Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala game farm in the northern province of Limpopo. The president has faced scrutiny over… Read More

International NGOs have urged Malian authorities for transparency on the whereabouts of prominent lawyer and politician Mountaga Tall, six months after his abduction. On the night of May 3, armed and masked men abducted Mountaga Tall from his home in Bamako. His son Cheick Mamadou Tall went missing two weeks later and never returned. Six months on, their fates remain… Read More

The family of a 26-year-old man killed in a racist attack near Paris is seeking justice. Investigations are ongoing in France after a man killed one person and wounded seven people, including a child, in a racist shooting on October 23. Prosecutors said Thursday that the 39-year-old suspect, identified as Kevin T., admitted to “targeting individuals who appeared to be… Read More

Thousands of displaced Ethiopians were expected to be registered in the Kenyan border city of Moyale on Monday, after they fled tensions between the leaders of Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regions. The people have received temporary international protection status from UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency. They were waiting to be processed at Al-huda primary school. Fighting in southern Ethiopia… Read More