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It’s a stormy morning, and a line of trucks is rumbling towards a Cape Town bridge. Suddenly awake, a group of homeless people leap to their feet and hastily assemble their few belongings, tattered tents flapping in the wind. A “clean-up operation” is underway. Such scenes are all too familiar in a city that prides itself on its natural beauty… Read More

Last updated: 46 minutes ago A SpaceX rocket carried four astronauts toward orbit Wednesday night, including the 600th person to reach space in 60 years. The launch, which had been delayed nearly two weeks, puts the one German and three U.S. astronauts at the International Space Station to begin a six-month stay. The launch comes just two days after SpaceX… Read More

Paris St Germain midfielder Aminata Diallo has been arrested in connection with an alleged attack on one of her team-mates. French daily L’Equipe reported on Wednesday that fellow midfielder Kheira Hamraoui was attacked in the street by two masked men on Thursday, November 4. A PSG statement on Wednesday read: “Paris St Germain can confirm that Aminata Diallo was taken… Read More

A homemade bomb thrown through the roof of a university lecture hall wounded 11 students on Wednesday, the vice-chancellor said, in an English-speaking region of Cameroon in the grip of a bloody separatist conflict. University of Buea vice-chancellor Horace Ngomo Manga that “the device fell to the ground and exploded”. One boy and 10 girls were wounded, he told state… Read More

Moroccan side Raja Casablanca has agreed a deal with Marc Wilmots to be their manager, Morrocan media reported Wednesday. The Belgian has not managed a team since leaving as coach of the Iranian national team in December of 2019. Wilmots has also coached Belgium and Ivory Coast. But he’s only managed two clubs in his career, Germany’s Schalke 04 in… Read More

In Cape Vert a sustainable ecotourism project is helping to preserve the so-called “green monkey”. A Frenchman who worked for more than 25 years in humanitatrian aid has embraced the protection of this species creating a sanctuary in the island of Santiago. “My dream was to see the monkeys loose, in a reserve, happy, with all the security they need.… Read More

A few dozen Ethiopians, mostly from Tigray held a demonstration Wednesday calling for more external action on the conflict in their country. The protest was staged outside the embassies of the United States and the European Union in the South African capital Pretoria. The demonstrators who were clad in T-shirts bearing the flag of Tigray and waved US flags, also… Read More

Benin on Wednesday welcomed back nearly 30 royal treasures looted from the West African state during France’s colonial rule more than 130 years ago. Benin’s President Patrice Talon and the country’s culture minister travelled on Tuesday to Paris to bring home the 26 artefacts, part of France’s President Emmanuel Macron’s bid to restore African heritage. The plane carrying the royal… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Hundreds of Hindus worshipped in the heavily polluted Yamuna river on Wednesday to celebrate the ancient festival of Chhath Puja in New Delhi. A vast stretch of the river is covered with white toxic foam, caused partly by pollutants discharged from industries ringing India’s capital. Despite this, devotees stood knee-deep in its frothy, toxic waters,… Read More

The waters of the Gulf of Guinea, rich in hydrocarbons and fisheries resources, are increasingly exposed to piracy, said security officials from the region meeting Monday in Pointe-Noire, southern Congo. “This area is one of the key zones for international trade (…) rich in hydrocarbons representing a quarter of the world’s reserves” said Congolese Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso, who… Read More