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Police patrol at a South African mine shaft where an estimated 4,000 illegal miners are trapped. Photo: AP

Africa

South African government won’t help thousands of illegal miners in closed mine

Police closed off the entrances for moving supplies underground, cutting off miners’ supplies to force them to resurface for arrest.

Putin promises Africa ‘total support’ in anti-West pitch

Mauritius votes in close-fought election race

Africa

Egyptians exhume the dead as historic cemetery razed

Egypt’s government says the plan is necessary to build new housing as Cairo grapples with congestion and a growing population.

The Egyptian government says the destruction of cemeteries in Cairo is necessary to build new roads and bridges that they hope will improve traffic in the congested, densely-populated capital, home to around 22 million people. Photo: AFP
The Egyptian government says the destruction of cemeteries in Cairo is necessary to build new roads and bridges that they hope will improve traffic in the congested, densely-populated capital, home to around 22 million people. Photo: AFP

Food & Drink

Prized white honey producer starts from scratch after war in Ethiopia

Tigray in Ethiopia is famous for its creamy white honey, but civil war destroyed half its beehives. Its beekeepers are still recovering.

Africa

US writes off over US$1 billion of Somalia debt

The announcement is the result of a deal between the two countries signed by Somalia’s finance minister and the US ambassador to Mogadishu.

Africa

Botswana president concedes election defeat, ending ruling party’s 58 years in power

Shock election drubbing ends Botswana Democratic Party’s grip on power in the diamond-rich southern African nation.

Supporters of the main opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change cheer at a counting centre in Gaborone, Botswana. Photo: AFP

Africa

Sudan sees sexual violence on ‘staggering’ scale amid civil war: UN

Children are not spared the abuse, while women and girls are being abducted for sexual slavery.

Civilians who fled war-torn Sudan arrive at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees transit centre in Renk. Photo: Reuters
Civilians who fled war-torn Sudan arrive at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees transit centre in Renk. Photo: Reuters

Europe

30-year prison sentence sought for ex-doctor in Rwandan genocide trial

Eugene Rwamucyo is latest person accused of taking part in 1994 massacre of the African country’s Tutsi population to face justice in France.

Africa

Boko Haram attack on Chadian troops near Nigerian border leaves 40 dead

The attack, which took place near Ngouboua in the Lake Chad region, targeted a garrison housing around 200 soldiers.

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Africa

Paramilitary rampage kills more than 120 in east-central Sudan

UN and doctors groups say the Rapid Support Forces ran riot in a multi-day attack in the province of Gezira, from October 20 to 25.

Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces in 2019. Photo: AP

Africa

Sudan paramilitary attack kills 50, activists say

The attack comes after a defection by a commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to Sudan’s regular army.

A Sudanese national flag attached to a machine gun of Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) soldiers. Photo: Reuters
A Sudanese national flag attached to a machine gun of Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) soldiers. Photo: Reuters

Africa

Swiss tourist at Algeria cafe killed in knife attack in front of her children

The attacker’s motive was not known, but Swiss broadcaster said he had shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ and ‘Long live Palestine’ during the attack.

Africa

Russia investigates claimed shoot-down of cargo plane in Sudan

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces claimed the downed Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft had been aiding its enemy, the Sudanese military.

Africa

Kenya’s impeached deputy president blasts ‘vicious’ boss

‘If anything happens to me or my family, President William Ruto must be held to account,’ said Rigathi Gachagua, claiming past attempts on his life.

Kenyan security officers stand guard at the parliament building during an impeachment motion against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on October 8. Photo: EPA-EFE

Middle East

‘Everything is lost’ says father, as Senegal repatriates citizens escaping Lebanon

As Israel pounds Lebanon in a broadening offensive against Hezbollah, Senegal joins other nations in calling it ‘a genocide’.

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Hussein Hachem hugs his wife Hala after she arrives on a repatriation flight in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday. Their son, 14, was killed in an Israeli strike on Lebanon. Photo: Reuters
Hussein Hachem hugs his wife Hala after she arrives on a repatriation flight in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday. Their son, 14, was killed in an Israeli strike on Lebanon. Photo: Reuters

Africa

Kenya’s deputy president ousted in historic impeachment

Rigathi Gachagua impeached on five of 11 charges, a first under Kenya’s revised 2010 constitution.

Africa

Nigeria petrol tanker explosion kills more than 140 people

Deadly tanker accidents are common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, where traffic regulations are not strictly enforced.

United States & Canada

Biden to visit Germany to make up for trip cancelled due to hurricane

US President Joe Biden to make his first bilateral visit to Germany in his four-year term of office.

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US President Joe Biden is expected to visit Germany and Angola this week. Photo: Reuters

Africa

Sudan rescuers say air strike killed 23 in Khartoum market

Fierce fighting has raged since Friday around Khartoum, much of which is controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

This file photo from April 20, 2023, shows an aerial view of Khartoum International Airport amid ongoing battles between the forces of two rival generals. Photo: AFP
This file photo from April 20, 2023, shows an aerial view of Khartoum International Airport amid ongoing battles between the forces of two rival generals. Photo: AFP

Africa

Tito Mboweni, South Africa’s first Black central bank chief, dies at 65

South African leaders hailed Mboweni for his contributions to economic policy and his focus on fiscal discipline.

Africa

Tunisia’s Saied wins re-election, entrenching his power in Arab spring’s birthplace

Kai’s Saied won Sunday’s vote by a landslide – but low turnout reflected widespread discontent in the cradle of the Arab spring pro-democracy uprisings.

Africa

Tunisia votes with opposition behind bars, Saied set for re-election

Though the birthplace of the Arab Spring, the election is seen as a closing chapter in the Tunisia’s experiment with democracy.

Tunisian President and candidate for re-election Kais Saied, center, and his wife Ichraf Chebil Saïed, leave a polling station after casting their votes, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Sunday. Photo: AP
Open Questions series

Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

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This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why

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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate

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Arthur Kroeber: why China decoupling is unlikely, and talk of reform incomplete

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Illustration: Henry Wong

South China Sea flare-up risk ‘much higher’: Taiwan’s former unofficial US envoy

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez Garcia

Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez Garcia

Arthur Kroeber: why China decoupling is unlikely, and talk of reform incomplete

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Illustration: Henry Wong

South China Sea flare-up risk ‘much higher’: Taiwan’s former unofficial US envoy

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