5+ hour, 49+ min ago  (383+ words) JOHANNESBURG, April 12 (Reuters) " South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA) elected Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis as its leader on Sunday, as the ruling coalition's second-biggest party sought to capitalise on discontent to expand "its power base in local polls this year....

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (304+ words) JOHANNESBURG, April 10 (Reuters) " A court in Eswatini has ruled that the first five migrants the Trump administration sent to the African kingdom have a "right to a lawyer, after they were denied "legal representation on their transfer from the U. S. to…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (84+ words) VATICAN CITY, April 9 (Reuters) " Pope Leo leaves on Monday for a visit to four countries in Africa, in an ambitious tour to urge world leaders to address the needs of the continent. Here is a history "of papal visits to…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (710+ words) VATICAN CITY, April 9 (Reuters) " Pope Leo leaves on Monday for a visit to four countries in Africa, in an ambitious tour to urge global leaders to address the needs of the continent where more than a fifth of the world's…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (377+ words) LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) " Nigel Farage's Reform UK said on Tuesday it was proposing to deny visas to people from countries seeking amends for transatlantic slavery, a move swiftly condemned "by the Caribbean reparations commission as a "legacy of toxic racism....

2+ week, 15+ hour ago  (151+ words) MEXICO CITY, March 28 (Reuters) " A man died in Mexico City's newly renovated "Estadio Banorte on Saturday "after falling from a box seat area shortly before the stadium's reopening match, security officials said. The "accident "occurred just as "the venue, known…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (112+ words) BEIJING, March 25 - China is willing "to "deepen cooperation with Cameroon in infrastructure, energy "and "agriculture, "Commerce Minister Wang "Wentao told his Cameroonian counterpart in "the central African'nation's "capital on "Tuesday. The two "met. .. BEIJING, March 25 " China is willing "to "deepen…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (479+ words) NAIROBI, March 23 " The Nature Conservancy, a U. S. -headquartered global environment group, is in talks with three African nations to seal debt swaps worth a combined $500 million to secure cash for preservation of key ecosystems, its head of Africa told "Reuters. Debt-for-nature…...

4+ week, 1+ hour ago  (797+ words) By David Lewis and Tim Cocks LONDON/JOHANNESBURG, March 15 (Reuters) " Kenya's foreign minister is visiting Russia this week under pressure back home to convince Moscow to stop recruiting Kenyans into its military, but Nairobi " like other governments in Africa " is…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (121+ words) March 14 (Reuters) " A total of 62 people including eight children "have died since "heavy rains and flooding hit Kenya's capital Nairobi and other areas late "last "week, police "said on Saturday. The "capital was the worst hit with 33 deaths, the force…...