Southern Africa

World champs South Africa withdraw from Rugby Championship

The world champions are withdrawing two weeks before kick-off, citing player welfare concerns and logistical difficulties after Covid-19 made it harder for international players to travel.

Dozens arrested in Namibia's anti-femicide protests

Police fire teargas, rubber bullets in capital Windhoek during third day of nationwide demonstrations against gender-based violence.

Several migrants drown, go missing while trying to reach Djibouti

The International Organization for Migration says some 2,000 migrants have arrived in Djibouti from Yemen in the past three weeks alone.

African Union: Virus has set back Africa’s development

The novel coronavirus has set back Africa’s development aspirations as resources meant for development are channeled to fight the pandemic, the African Union (AU) chairperson and South African leader told the United Nations Tuesday.

South African court allows sheep exports to Middle East

Court gives no reason for dismissing concerns raised by activists over cramped spaces and extreme heat that lead to some animals being "cooked alive" on voyages across the Equator during the summer months.

'Unofficial' world's oldest man dies in South Africa at 116

Born in 1904, Fredie Blom survived 1918 Spanish Flu, saw two world wars, and witnessed fall of apartheid.

Pandemic reveals existence of a 'green apartheid' in South Africa

Satellite imagery shows the inequality of access to green spaces blights almost every South African city.

Shaykh Seraj Hendricks: The passing of a South African Muslim icon

Shaykh Seraj was an internationally renowned Muslim scholar, from a century old tradition in a minority context, studying in the Muslim heartlands.

South African anti-apartheid stalwart Andrew Mlangeni dies at 95

Mlangeni spent 27 years in prison alongside Nelson Mandela, Dennis Goldberg, Walter Sisulu and other activists who were sentenced for planning to overthrow the apartheid government.

Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan agree to resume talks over Nile River dam

Egypt and Sudan view the dam as a threat to vital water supplies, while Ethiopia considers it essential for its electrification and development.

Black players allege 'racial divide' in South African cricket

Meanwhile, president of the SA Cricketers' Association writes letter in his personal capacity to country's sports minister seeking government intervention for what he says is the illegal appointment of eight white officials by CSA and its affiliates.

Deaths as gunmen attack South African church

Police arrested around 40 people and seized 40 firearms, including rifles, shotguns and handguns, related to the attack.