5+ hour, 24+ min ago  (327+ words) South Africa's second-largest party, the Democratic Alliance, elected Cape Town's mayor Sunday to lead it into the 2029 national polls, stepping up a drive to take votes away from the faltering ANC. The election of Geordin Hill-Lewis, 39, as DA leader marks…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (736+ words) Britain indicated Saturday it would shelve plans to hand back the Chagos Islands " which hosts a strategic US-UK military base " after US President Donald Trump strongly criticised the deal. A former top government official said the government had been effectively…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (505+ words) Britain is shelving its plan to hand back the Chagos Islands " which hosts the strategic Diego Garcia US-UK military base " according to a government spokesperson Saturday, following strong opposition from US President Donald Trump. "We have always said we would…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (730+ words) On Algeria's sparkling Mediterranean coast, the city of Annaba is teeming with excitement as the one-time home of Saint Augustine readies for the country's first visit by a Catholic pontiff. For the city's small Christian community, Pope Leo XIV's visit…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (874+ words) A Cambodian refugee long-settled in the United States, ex-convict Pheap Rom, remains bewildered at how he wound up behind bars in the African nation of Eswatini for months after being swept up in Donald Trump's deportation blitz. When Rom and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (571+ words) In the global conversation around sustainable energy, much of the focus has remained on production capacity, innovation in fuel technology, and environmental policy. Yet behind every successful biofuel operation lies a less visible but equally critical component " the supply chain....

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (672+ words) The United States put pressure on France to disinvite the South African president to the G7 summit in the French town of Evian in June, the South Africsan presidency told AFP Thursday. It marks the latest episode after months of fractured…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (826+ words) A month after banning raw lithium exports, Zimbabwe is tightening its regulations and ramping up its crackdown on mineral smuggling in a major shake-up that is winning local praise even as it stirs concerns. The February 26 ban covered exports of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (727+ words) Long queues of cars and motorcycles have built up at petrol stations in DR Congo's sprawling capital Kinshasa over fears of shortages and price hikes after Iran's blockade of a crucial shipping conduit. In retaliation for US and Israeli strikes…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (890+ words) Ibrahima Mar first lost his livelihood then lost his son when the fish off Senegal's coast began to disappear, rupturing a way of life that had sustained his family for generations. Industrial and illegal fishing, among other factors, have contributed…...