2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (385+ words) Police in South Africa yesterday said that they had arrested anti-Western activist Kemi Seba, who is wanted in Benin for "inciting rebellion" after he supported a foiled coup in December last year. Seba, whose real name is Stellio Gilles Robert…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (1063+ words) A South African clothing start-up is taking on the global athleisure market, going from a college dorm room to partnerships with sports giants such as the NBA and Manchester City in just seven years. It all started when brothers Daneel…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago  (421+ words) Workers are hammering, cranes are swinging and seats are being bolted into place " but the clock is ticking. Mexico City's famous Azteca stadium, reborn as Estadio Banorte, is in a frantic race to be ready for its grand reopening on…...

4+ week, 19+ hour ago  (317+ words) Ugandan wildlife authorities have reintroduced rhinos into a remote protected area where they were once poached into extinction, an event seen by conservationists as a milestone in efforts to support the recovery of a species threatened by poaching. On Tuesday,…...

4+ week, 19+ hour ago  (746+ words) As a boom in online gambling across Africa gathers pace, governments are hiking taxes to contain addiction risks and fill depleted state coffers. In by far the biggest market of South Africa, the industry is pushing back. Once a niche…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (573+ words) Cape Town's plans to build a wall to prevent attacks on the airport highway have divided South Africa's tourist hotspot, with critics calling it an apartheid throwback to hide poverty. The nearly 9km wall would separate part of the road that…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (645+ words) Zimbabwe's ban on raw lithium exports is forcing Chinese miners to rethink their strategy, speeding up plans to process the metal locally instead of shipping it to China's vast rechargeable battery industry. The country is Africa's largest lithium producer and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (758+ words) Brian Bennett on Thursday finished what captain Sikandar Raza started as Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to head into the Men's T20 World Cup Super Eights unbeaten. Zimbabwe topped Group B which included former champions Sri Lanka and Australia....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (544+ words) France head coach Fabien Galthie on Thursday lauded his team's attacking performance after their dazzling 36-14 victory over Ireland in their Six Nations opener. A brace of tries from Louis Bielley-Biarrey and one from mercurial flyhalf Matthieu Jalibert helped France storm…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (363+ words) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday arrived in Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping (), hoping to restore long fraught relations. It is the first visit to China by a British prime minister since 2018 and follows a string of…...