Africa
At least 42 people were killed in a bus crash in a mountainous region of northern South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement on Monday. The crash took place on the N1 highway near Makhado in the Limpopo province, the statement said. Many of the travellers were citizens of Zimbabwe and Malawi who ...
Youth protesters in Madagascar on Wednesday rejected an offer to join President Andry Rajoelina's "national dialogue" with various groups, accusing his government of repression after weeks of demonstrations in the ...
Stellantis intends to expand its product line-up at a planned manufacturing plant in South Africa, moving beyond pick-up trucks as shifting market dynamics prompt a strategy rethink, the company's ...
Security forces fired teargas to disperse hundreds of young protesters in Madagascar's capital who took to the streets again on Tuesday despite the president's decision to partly yield ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo will lift its ban on cobalt exports from October 16 and manage global supply by imposing annual export quotas, the country’s strategic minerals ...
The Elizka Relief Foundation has sounded the alarm before the UN Human Rights Council over what it described as grave violations committed against children in the Tindouf camps, ...
An international youth-led workshop held in Geneva has shed light on serious human rights violations in the Tindouf camps, drawing renewed attention to the plight of children and ...
Borrowing costs for governments and businesses in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya have risen in the last five years due to policy weaknesses, unfavourable market conditions and inflation, ...
Several NGOs sounded the alarm on Friday at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, highlighting the persistence of slavery practices in the Tindouf camps, run by the polisario armed group. During the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, jurist Lucia Ferreyra Perea exposed the ongoing ...
The International Development Agency revealed, during the intervention of its representative at the general debate session of the 60th United Nations Human Rights Council held today, Wednesday, in ...
