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Zimbabwe has begun moving more than 2,500 wild animals from a southern reserve to one in the country’s north to rescue them from drought, as the ravages of climate change replace poaching as the biggest threat to wildlife. About 400 elephants, 2,000 impalas, 70 giraffes, 50 buffaloes, 50 wildebeest, 50 zebras, 50 elands, 10 lions, and a pack of 10… Read More

The new U.S. ambassador John Godfrey arrived in Khartoum on Wednesday. He arrives after a 25-year absence of a US envoy in Sudan due to diplomatic differences between the two countries. “Ambassador John Godfrey arrived in Khartoum today to be the first US ambassador to Sudan in nearly 25 years,” the embassy said in a written statement. The statement further… Read More

An oil tanker briefly became stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal on Wednesday night, officials announced, raising fears that last year’s major blockage of the global maritime route could be repeated. The Affinity V “ran aground in the Suez Canal at 19:15″ (17:15 GMT)”, a security source told AFP, adding that maritime traffic had been restored after “a short period”. The… Read More

In Sudan, a pro-democracy doctors union announced the death of a protester on Wednesday during demonstrations in the capital, Khartoum. So far, 117 people have been killed as a result of the repression of anti-coup demonstrations that regularly denounce the 25 October 2021 putsch led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhane. “We have been protesting since Burhan’s coup last October… Read More

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, sentenced to 13 years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, has asked the courts to consider his application for parole, his lawyer said Wednesday. The former athlete, who is an amputee below the knees, served more than half his sentence in July, making him eligible for early release. The procedure in… Read More

Madagascar’s Defence Minister Richard Rakotonirina has paid a visit to the injured at a hospital after 19 people died and 21 were injured during clashes at a police station in the country’s southeast. Hundreds of protesters armed with blades and machetes attempted to force their way into the building in Ikongo south east of the country where four suspects were… Read More

One person has died after a three-story building under construction in north-western Nigeria collapsed, the emergency services said Wednesday. The victim died at the hospital where six others pulled from the rubble were treated and released, Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency said. The building crumbled on Monday in Kano, northern Nigeria’s commercial hub, and rescue operations have ended, Nura Abdullahi,… Read More

Last updated: 8 hours ago Malaysia celebrates its 65th Indepence Day on Wednesday in the capital of Kuala Lumpur, with over 20,000 people taking part in parades that involved flag-waving uniformed personnel and military vehicles. The Southeast Asian nation, known then as Malaya, was freed from British colonial rule in 1957 before taking on the name Malaysia in 1963 when… Read More

Last updated: 3 hours ago Half a million Nigerians have been affected by floods caused by heavy rains since the start of the year, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. Twenty-three of Africa’s most populous country’s 36 states are affected by seasonal flooding, with northeastern states particularly hard-hit this year. Buhari’s office said emergency services were providing aid and he… Read More

As Kenya’s Supreme Court prepares to rule on the country’s contested presidential election, two families in Kisumu, whose children were victims of the 2017 post-election violence, said they’re still waiting for justice. They call on residents and politicians to maintain peace after opposition leader Raila Odinga rejected the election outcome and filed a petition at the top court alleging fraud… Read More