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South Africa brace for Azteca test against Mexico
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (464+ words) South Africa coach Hugo Broos says his players will have to block out an intense atmosphere in the Estadio Azteca South Africa coach Hugo Broos has challenged his players to block out an expected wall of sound on Thursday when…...
Lobito Corridor: Africa's mega-project facing delivery test
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1261+ words) The Lobito Corridor is meant to move minerals vital to the energy transition The backbone of the Lobito Corridor is the historic Benguela railway Lobito port allows year-round shipping The Lobito Corridor mega-project linking three African countries is shifting from…...
Taiwan leader says island has 'right to engage with the world"
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (911+ words) Taiwan President Lai Ching-te (R) made his postponed trip to African ally Eswatini and back on the king's aircraft Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Tuesday the democratic island has the "right to engage with the world", after he returned from a…...
Taiwan will not 'bow its head': FM hits out at China during visit to Eswatini
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (728+ words) Taiwan's Foreign Minister'Lin'Chia-lung said that his country would not 'bow its head' to China 'weaponising' flight information Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung on a visit to Eswatini slammed China's recent move to pressure several African countries into revoking overflight permits…...
Taiwan leader postpones Eswatini trip after overflight permits revoked
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1067+ words) President Lai Ching-te was due to visit Eswatini from April 22 to 26 Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has postponed an official trip to Eswatini, the democratic island's only diplomatic ally in Africa, after several countries revoked overflight permits following "intense pressure" from…...
Pope Leo visits Angola's diamond-rich northeast
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (855+ words) Pope Leo XIV's trip to Angola is the third stop in a four-nation tour of Africa Pope Leo XIV heads to Angola's remote and diamond-rich northeast on Monday in the latest stop on an Africa tour during which he has…...
Thousands gather for Pope Leo's first mass in Angola
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1060+ words) The pope is on an 11-day tour of Africa Hundreds of Catholics turned out to meet Pope Leo after he arrived in Angola on Saturday Thousands gathered for Pope Leo's mass in the Angolan town of Kilamba Tens of thousands…...
Women's History Month: Local Instructor Empowering Women with Free Self Defense Classes
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (669+ words) We close out our women's history month segments'sponsored by the Community Foundation for South Central New York, with the story of a local jiu-jitsu'instructor who helps'women learn to defend themselves'with confidence. Christina Gould is a Jiu-Jitsu brown belt, soon-to-be black…...
Sacred leaf offers hope for Vanuatu's threatened forests
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1284+ words) The feather-shaped namele leaf is being enlisted to protect some of the country's most important forests The feather-shaped namele leaf is so central to Vanuatu it features on the national flag, and now it is being enlisted to protect some…...
'Plundered': Senegal fishers feel sting of illegal, industrial vessels
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1311+ words) Fisherman Ibrahima Mar, who lives in a fishing village in the Dakar suburb of Rufisque, says the lack of fish off Senegal's coast is causing people to lose hope A shortage of fish affects both food security and Senegal's national…...