Ramaphosa account of ‘Farmgate’ cash backed up by businessman
Hazim Mustafa says he paid $580,000 for cattle at South African president’s ranch in 2019 A Sudanese businessman has confirmed that he made the payment...
Month : December 2022
Nigeria frees student arrested after tweet about first lady Aisha Buhari
Aminu Adamu’s detention had sparked widespread outrage before Aisha Buhari withdrew complaint Nigeria has freed a student charged with “criminal defamation” over a tweet he...
South Africa: ANC says it will block efforts to impeach Cyril Ramaphosa
Ruling party’s decision is a relief for the country’s president after doubts about his political future South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has said...
DRC estimates 300 villagers killed in massacre by rebels
Raid on village of Kishishe in Democratic Republic of Congo blamed on M23 insurgents About 300 people died in an attack on villagers blamed on...
Cop15 security operation will be biggest for 20 years, Montreal police say
Protests against oil and mining have been planned, as thousands of delegates arrive for UN biodiversity summit Police in Montreal are bracing for their biggest...
Lula faces stiff challenge to fulfil vow to reverse Amazon deforestation in Brazil
President’s predecessor Bolsonaro unleashed record destruction and emboldened loggers, land grabbers and illegal miners Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s narrow victory over President Jair Bolsonaro...
Canadian man charged with murdering four Indigenous women
Two of the women killed around the same time as Rebecca Contois are also Indigenous, and the third is believed to be A Canadian man...
Canada and China prepare to open Cop15 biodiversity summit despite rifts
Ministers and experts say disputes between co-hosts unlikely to disrupt efforts to reach deal on protecting natural world More than 10,000 scientists, government officials and...
‘We’ve lost a year’: political turmoil delays UK-Sahara energy link
Exclusive: Dave Lewis, chair of the startup hoping to provide 8% of Britain’s energy, talks about net zero frustrations An £18bn project to connect Britain...
Senegal or England to win? Parents v children in London’s west African community
In Deptford, south-east London, support for Senegal is high among the older generation, while their offspring opt for the country of their birth in the...
