Russian and US troops stand on the brink of a major military confrontation, after being forced to share the same barracks in an African country. American special force units have been based in Niger for some eleven years, carrying out counter-terrorism operations
Over 500 baby sea turtles, mainly endangered loggerheads, have been rescued in Cape Town after a rare storm. The Turtle Conservation Center is rehabilitating around 400 turtles, while sending the rest to two other aquariums to spread the load. The baby turtles
An internationally backed court in the Central African Republic issued an international arrest warrant Tuesday for the country’s exiled former President François Bozizé for human rights abuses from 2009 to 2013, a spokesperson said. The Special Criminal Court was set up in
Rishi Sunak quietly secured a major breakthrough in his battle against illegal immigration this week, after the UK finally deported its first-ever asylum seeker to Rwanda. This evening The Sun has reported that the first ever flight set off on Monday evening,
South African police are investigating alleged signature forgery by Jacob Zuma’s MK Party for national election registration. The MK Party faces legal challenges regarding its eligibility for the May 29 elections. A former party official claimed there was an elaborate scheme to
The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem. Fishermen off the coast of Para found the boat adrift
Botswana’s foreign minister said his country had been approached by the U.K. to take some of what he called their “unwanted immigrants” but declined the request. Lemogang Kwape’s comments in a telephone interview with South African television channel Newzroom Afrika on Tuesday
Brazilian police investigating the grim discovery of a boat full of corpses say the dead were likely African migrants from Mali and Mauritania. Fishermen off Brazil’s northern coastal state of Pará found the boat adrift Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil’s Federal
Allegations that three African runners deliberately slowed down to allow Chinese athlete He Jie win the Beijing half-marathon are being investigated by the event’s organisers. Footage from the race shows He running behind three other athletes before they appear to let him
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Aerobotics is utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) in helping fruit and nut farmers improve crop yields. Although the Cape Town-based company only started nine years ago, it is already operating in 18 countries, with the U.S. being their largest