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A legal battle is looming over plans to build Amazon’s multi-million-dollar African headquarters on land cherished by South Africa’s indigenous Khoi San people. Amazon is setting up its African HQ in Cape Town — a project with the promise of thousands of jobs in a country where unemployment is cripplingly high. City authorities last month approved the construction of a… Read More

South Africa started their campaign to win back-to-back Dubai World Rugby Sevens titles in fine style as they topped Group A on Friday. The reigning champions – who won in Dubai earlier this year – first beat Japan. An unusual tackle hug ends with try for Bitzbock’s JC Pretorius South African sevens then won against Great Britain 21-7 in their… Read More

Meet Simba, the lion from Russia who is getting used to his new home here in Tanzania. Before he was discovered by volunteers in March 2020, Simba had been kept in a basement, starved, had fractured bones, covered in sores and maggots and had his paws broken just to prevent him from escaping. Dr. Elisabeth Stegmaier, founder of Kilimanjaro Animal… Read More

Morocco’s FIFA Arab Cup campaign started off on a good note with a 4-0 win over Palestine earlier this week. The Atlas Lions face off against Jordan on Saturday with key absences in Ayoub Al Amloud and Karim El Barkaoui due to injury. Morocco head coach, Hussein Ammouta, confirmed on Friday that Ayoub Al Amloud and Karim El Barkaoui are… Read More

Happy never imagined she would lose her footing after a family crisis. But the Togolose woman did and would go on to suffer from depression for several months. “I was aggressive, I wasn’t myself. I wasn’t myself. At that moment I was hearing voices, I was seeing things I wasn’t saying, I was also smelling foul odors. ” she says.… Read More

Operators of South Africa’s tourism industry fear missing business this festive season. The latest travel ban imposed after the discovery of the Omicron variant will make it difficult for international tourists to visit the country if the rules are not changed. The Khaya Ndlovu Manor House, is one of many high-end lodges near the famed Kruger National Park. Restaurant and… Read More

Presidential candidates in Gambia ended their campaigns on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s elections. From the top of a truck, Gambian President Adama Barrow, who is running for a second term in office, greeted thousands of supporters following him through the streets of the capital of Banjul to McCarthy square where he gave his final speech. Barrow warned against complacency and… Read More

A Libyan court ruled Thursday that a son of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi can compete in upcoming presidential elections, overturning a decision by the country’s top electoral body to disqualify him. A court in the southern province of Sabha ruled in favor of Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, Libyan media outlets reported. For almost a week, the court had been… Read More

A new study has shown that global warming has played a minor role in the famine situation in Southern Madagascar, blaming poverty and natural climate variability. The southern part of the Indian Ocean Island has been hit by a drought unseen in decades, which has plunged more than a million people into acute malnutrition. In June, the World Food Programme… Read More

Gambia is holding a hotly contested presidential election this Saturday. It is the first such exercise since the departure of former ruler Yahya Jammeh in 2017. President Adama Barrow, who is seeking re-election, is facing competition from four other challengers, many being former allies of his. So what’s at stake? Honourable Fatoumata TambaJang served as President Adama Barrow’s deputy from… Read More