Africa

At least 60 people have died following the collapse of a dam in eastern Sudan, amid torrential rains, according to report. “Many people are still missing after the collapse of the Arbat dam, which contains a reservoir that is one of the main freshwater resources for the city of Port …

Three workers perished after a building they were working on collapsed in Asempa Down, a suburb of Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East municipality of Ghana’s Central Region. “A carpenter and two other workers were trapped under the debris from the collapse,” a survivor reported. The collapse occurred as the …

In Uganda, two new infections with the mpox virus have been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases in the East African country to four, according to the Ministry of Health. The two new patients were infected with the clade 1b strain of the virus, Health Ministry Director General of …

A 2,492-carat diamond has been discovered in a mine in Botswana, announced the Canadian mining company behind the find. This precious stone, detected in the Karowe mine in northeastern Botswana, Africa’s leading diamond producer, is “one of the largest rough diamonds ever discovered”, Lucara points out in a press release …

At least 13 farmers have been killed during an attack in north-central Nigeria by armed men, accoording to reports. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the killings that took place on Wednesday in the state of Niger. “The farmers were killed for providing information to intelligence agencies about the movements …

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is set to stand in the next presidential election in 2026, at the age of 93, founder of the Foreign Press Association Africa, Kennedy Wandera disclosed. Biya, who is Africa’s longest serving president, is currently 91 years old. He will contest in the 2026 Presidential Election …

Sudan is facing a cholera epidemic that has so far claimed 27 lives out of a total of 556 confirmed cases, Sudanese Health Minister Haitham Ibrahim announced. The states of Kassala and Gedaref are particularly hard hit, said the minister. Before the war, the UN had already warned of the …

Cristiano Ronaldo’s former team-mate has announced the return of Togolese star Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayoor after years of retirement. To round off his brilliant career in the best possible way, Adebayor is organizing a jubilee from October 25 to 27, 2024, to which he has invited some of the biggest names …

Thai authorities said they have detected a case of mpox in a European who arrived from Africa last week and are awaiting test results to determine the strain, a disease control official said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Thai authorities were treating the case as if it were the Clade 1 …

In a tender celebration of the perseverance of true love, a 95-year-old man and a 90-year-old woman finally said I do on Sunday, August 18, at a picturesque white wedding in Kenya. The Kenyan couple, who first locked eyes six decades ago, beamed with joy as they exchanged vows at …