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Last updated: 13 hours ago With a significant turnout, polling stations across nine provinces closed after 14 hours of voting. While officials prepare for tallying, final results aren’t imminent. The independent electoral commission plans to announce outcomes by Sunday. The African National Congress faces a challenge to its three-decade rule, with a new generation discontented amid widespread poverty. Despite winning… Read More

All eyes are set on South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission. Partial results in the national assembly election put the long-ruling African National Congress party ahead Thursday (May. 30). However, with around 34% of votes counted by Thursday 6 PM UTC, it was still only an early picture after Wednesday’s vote. This is the first time the ruling ANC has faced… Read More

Morocco’s Ayoub El Kaabi gifted his Greek club Olympiacos a historic win in Athens. On Wednesday (May 29), the Greek side celebrated becoming the first team from their country to win a European trophy. El Kaabi scored a goal four minutes before the end of extra time inflicting a second straight Europa Conference League final defeat on Fiorentina. El Kaabi… Read More

The tech industry has descended on Marrakech. Around 1,500 exhibitors, companies, entrepreneurs, innovators and startups from over 130 countries are attending the second GITEX Africa tech show. Morocco’s ABA Technology is presenting a spraying drone. The aircraft could help farmers in a country grappling with a sixth year of drought. “Faced with climatic challenges such as drought and thanks to… Read More

Last updated: 2 hours ago Shop owner Tayseer Manasrah reported losses of $3 million. Confrontations led to the army firing what appeared to be incendiary bombs, according to eyewitnesses. Ramallah Governor Laila Ghannam expressed outrage, as firefighters struggled to contain the inferno. Violence in the West Bank has escalated during the Gaza conflict, with Israeli raids resulting in over 500… Read More

The Israeli military said Wednesday it had taken control of a strategic corridor along Gaza’s border with Egypt to cut off smuggling tunnels, as it attempts to destroy the Hamas militant group in a war which is in its eighth month. Seizing the Philadelphia Corridor could complicate Israel’s relations with Egypt , which has complained about Israel’s advance toward its… Read More

Very early counts in South Africa’s national election put the long-ruling African National Congress at just over 42% of the vote, raising the possibility that it might lose its majority for the first time since it swept to power under Nelson Mandela at the end of apartheid in 1994. With only just over 16% of votes counted and declared, it… Read More

Counting began after South Africans voted Wednesday in an election seen as their country’s most important since apartheid ended 30 years ago. The election was held on one day and polls closed after 14 hours of voting at more than 23,000 stations across South Africa’s nine provinces. Officials were gearing up for counting but the final results are not expected… Read More

Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated calls for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and promised more humanitarian aid for people in Gaza as he opened a summit with leaders of Arab states Thursday in Beijing. The summit attended by heads of state from Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Tunisia among others was set to focus on China’s… Read More

Professor Rose Leke, an esteemed immunologist, shares insights into her recent L’Oréal-UNESCO international award for women in science and discusses significant advancements in the field. Reflecting on technological strides, Professor Leke emphasizes the pivotal role of mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. She lauds the establishment of BioNTech’s manufacturing facility in Kigali, Rwanda, which marks a critical step towards Africa’s… Read More