CAIRO, EGYPT – Dozens of Sudanese are protesting in an eastern city demanding the disbanding of Sudan’s former ruling party that underpinned President Omar al-Bashir’s three decades in power.The protest Sunday in the city of Wad Madani, the provincial …
GENEVA – United Nations and private agencies are scaling up life-saving humanitarian operations in response to severe flooding across large parts of the Horn of Africa. Massive flooding following months of unusually heavy rainfall is wreaking havoc in…
South Africans white and black celebrated wildly on Saturday and expressed hopes that the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup win, inspired by black captain Siya Kolisi, would bring the nation together.The significance of Kolisi lifting the trophy after a 32-1…
A British citizen who in 1971 oversaw the completion of Seychelles’ International Airport has realised his dream of revisiting the islands after 48 years away.Norman Rose, 91, spent three days on Mahe with his daughter Jennie Powling in a visit he cont…
PRETORIA/TOKYO, South Africans have been celebrating after their rugby team beat England 32-12 in the world cup final in Japan.The victory under Siya Kolisi, the team’s first black captain, was another symbolic moment for the Springboks.In 1995, former…