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Reviving this African game reserve meant catching and transporting hundreds of wild animals
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Fifty years ago, Banhine National Park in Mozambique was a wildlife haven, teeming with herds of giraffe,…
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Business
Somalia to increase Swahili teaching to boost East African ties
Somalia is to introduce Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa, to its national curriculum, the president has announced. English is…
Politics
Trump Insults Democrats by Comparing Them to an African Country
President Donald Trump came off unintelligibly Tuesday while comparing the Democratic Party to Somalia. Speaking at a joint press…
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Three West African countries to quit International Criminal Court
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an…
Culture
South African rapist loses bid to block Netflix film about his life
Convicted South African rapist Thabo Bester has lost a court bid to block Netflix from broadcasting a documentary about his life -…
Lifestyle
Burkina Faso scraps visa fees for African travellers
Burkina Faso has introduced visa-free entry for all African travellers, in an effort to facilitate the movement of people and goods into…
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South African court rules that men can take wife's surname
South Africa's highest court has ruled that husbands can take the surname of their wives, overturning a law that barred them from doing…
Business
African leaders push for climate investment at Ethiopia summit
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders met Monday in the Ethiopian capital for the second Africa Climate Summit, where they proposed…
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South African MP opens fire to fend off attack during attempted hijacking
A prominent South African MP fired shots to fend off a violent attack by a gang on him and two of his colleagues in Cape Town. Ian Cameron…
Business
India's Tata Motors returns to South African car market after six years
India’s Tata Motors returned to South Africa’s passenger vehicles market after a six-year absence, launching three ranges of SUVs and an…
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Archaeologists perplexed to find west African ancestry in early medieval England
DNA recovered from skeletons buried in a 7th-century cemetery on the south coast of England has revealed that the buried individuals had…
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South African court rules that Zambia can repatriate body of ex-president
A South African court has ruled that Zambia's government can repatriate the body of former President Edgar Lungu and give him a state…
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Former head of Central African football body jailed for war crimes
The former head of the Central African Republic (CAR) football federation, Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, has been found guilty of committing…
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Unrelated arrest photo shared in hoax about South African child support fraud
Viral posts shared in July 2025 falsely claim a woman was arrested in South Africa for receiving financial support from eight men for one…
Politics
Shooting at a Central African Republic gold mine run by Russia's Wagner leaves 11 dead
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A shooting at a mine controlled by the Russia-linked Wagner mercenary group in the Central African…
Politics
In African politics, the rampant belief in witchcraft fortifies some and vexes others
MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his hand when he met his political rival at a funeral, gesturing for a proper handshake. The…
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Conservationists release rehabilitated vultures back into the wild on South African mountain
MAGALIESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Five vultures that were rescued and rehabilitated by a conservation group have been released back into…
Politics
The African Union has not announced plans to impeach Kenya’s president
On June 7, 2025, Kenya marked 35 years since the landmark pro-democracy protests of 1990 that pushed for an end to a one-party state, but…
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Posts falsely claim UK issued warrant for South African opposition leader
The United Kingdom has twice refused visas to radical leftist South African politician Julius Malema in 2025. In June, social media posts…
Politics
Trump Asks African Leaders to Tell Him Who They Are
In an appearance on Fox Business on Wednesday, Trump’s agriculture chief, Brooke Rollins, revealed that the administration has no plan to…
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An African Union military aircraft crashes in Somalia's capital
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A small military aircraft serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at the…
Politics
Judge blocks Trump's attempt to shut down African Development Foundation
A federal judge shot down President Trump's attempt to curtail the U.S. African Development Foundation, ruling Tuesday that the move…
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Globeleq and African Rainbow Energy advance 612MWh BESS project
Globeleq and African Rainbow Energy have advanced the development of the 153 MW/612 megawatt hours (MWh) Red Sands battery energy storage…
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Which African countries are flourishing? Scientists have a new way of measuring well-being
What does it mean to live a good life? Psychologists and social scientists have been focusing on a new idea called flourishing – a sense…