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Eswatini receives third batch of migrants deported by the US
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (202+ words) Eswatini receives third batch of migrants deported by the US'The Sun Chronicle FILE - Eswatini's King Mswati III speaks during a news conference after talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. FILE -Matsapha…...
Death toll rises to 31 after Tropical Cyclone Gezani hits Madagascar and crushes houses
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (222+ words) Tropical Cyclone Gezani hits Madagascar and kills at least 20The Sun Chronicle This EUMETSAT satellite video grab released on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, shows Cyclone Gezani making landfall on east coast of Madagascar. People survey the damage done by cyclone Gezina in Toamasina,…...
England road trip was jolly good time for Collins
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (149+ words) Norton's Taylor Collins recently traveled to England with the United States Youth Futsal National Team to play four international friendly matches. Norton's Taylor Collins played for the United States Youth Futsal National Team in an international tour of four friendly…...
Uganda's president leads in tense election marred by internet shutdown and voting interference
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (192+ words) A supporter of leading opposition candidate Bobi Wine cheers while watching election officials count ballots, after polls closed at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. A political representative speaks as he works to observe and verify the counting…...
Climate change worsened rains and floods which killed dozens in southern Africa, study shows
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (198+ words) Flood waters cover the Chibuto-Chaimite road in Gaza province, Mozambique, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. This image made from video shows the scene after flooding in Tete Province, Mozambique, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. People walk through floodwaters in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, on Friday,…...
Sri Lanka unveils a rare purple star sapphire claimed to be the biggest of its kind
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (203+ words) Sri Lanka unveils a rare purple star sapphire claimed to be the biggest of its kind'The Sun Chronicle Gemologist Ashan Amarasinghe holds what is said to be the world's largest purple star sapphire at a ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka,…...
More than 100 dead in torrential rains and floods across southern Africa
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (99+ words) This image made from video shows the scene after flooding in Tete Province, Mozambique, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Children wade through floodwaters in a neighborhood in Maputo, Mozambique, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. A woman stands outside a flooded house in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga Province,…...
Lions roar and Eagles fly: All the 24 teams' nicknames at the Africa Cup of Nations
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (233+ words) Lions roar and Eagles fly: All the 24 teams' nicknames at the Africa Cup of Nations'The Sun Chronicle An Egypt supporter at the Africa Cup of Nations group B soccer match between Angola and Egypt in Agadir, Morocco, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. A…...
Host Morocco and South Africa join Egypt in Africa Cup knockout stage as Salah gets a rest
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (175+ words) Morocco's Ayoub El Kaabi celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the Africa Cup of Nations group A soccer match between Zambia and Morocco in Rabat, Morocco, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. Morocco's Achraf Hakimi comes on during the second half of…...
Nigeria's president postpones G20 trip, vowing to step up efforts to rescue abducted schoolgirls
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (235+ words) Amina Hassan, wife of the vice principal of the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, where gunmen on Monday attacked the school dormitory, abducted schoolgirls and killed her husband, stands in front of the room where he was killed, in Kebbi,…...