While many people her age are still not certain about their career paths, 25-year-old Sinenhlanhla Passcara Mthembu has already established her law firm. Read.
While many people her age are still not certain about their career paths, 25-year-old Sinenhlanhla Passcara Mthembu has already established her law firm. Read.
Morocco called Tuesday for a return to regional roundtable talks on a peace deal over the Western Sahara, a format rejected by neighbouring Algeria which says it masks the nature of the conflict.
Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five were seriously injured Tuesday when their vehicle struck a bomb in northern Mali, the UN mission said. MINUSMA -- the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali -- is one of the UN's biggest peacekeeping operations, and one of its most dangerous.
An Ethiopian rebel group on Tuesday denied accusations it was responsible for a massacre of civilians in the restive far west of the country, and pointed the finger of blame instead at government-allied militias.
The main French military base in Niger has become a hub of frantic activity for troops and equipment leaving neighbouring Mali. After nine years fighting jihadists in Mali, France is pulling its troops out of the country after falling out with its military junta, and reducing its presence in the wider Sahel region.
French anti-jihadist forces in the Sahel will switch operating mode after they leave Mali, acting more "in support" of local forces rather than substituting for them, their commander says. "Sometimes we acted in the place" of the local armed forces in mounting operations against the jihadists, he said.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he met Sudan's coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Nairobi on Tuesday and that both committed to "dialogue" to resolve any differences. Sudan's ruling sovereign council said only that there had been a "closed-door meeting" between Burhan and Abiy.
The United Nations on Tuesday made an urgent appeal for funds to help the Central African Republic face a mounting food crisis. "The Central African Republic is facing unprecedented humanitarian needs and a deteriorating food security situation," WFP spokesman Tomson Phiri told reporters in Geneva.
Sudanese protesters held firm on barricades Tuesday, saying they were deeply sceptical of promises by coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan a day earlier that the army would make way for civilian rule.
Recalled fly-half Handre Pollard will captain a South Africa team showing 14 changes to the starting line-up for the second Test against Wales in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Wales coach Wayne Pivac will announce his team on Thursday for the second Test with the tourists seeking a first win in South Africa after 11 defeats since first visiting in the republic 58 years ago.
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