Browsing: Africa

In a historic moment for Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, affectionately known by her initials NNN, has been elected as the country’s…

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo claimed a surprise Olympic 200m gold medal as Noah Lyles was denied a sprint double at Paris…

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has defended two boxers at the centre of criticism at the Paris Olympics,…

Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting have been cleared to compete at the Paris Olympics despite being disqualified from…

Rescue teams have so far retrieved the bodies of 229 people killed in two landslides in southern Ethiopia. The landslides…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame is on course to extend his 24-year rule by another five years in a landslide victory,…

Kenyan President William Ruto has withdrawn the 2024 Finance Bill that has caused massive protests in the east African country. …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe announced on Saturday that Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite business is now able to operate in the country of southern Africa thanks to a telecom regulator’s approval. High-speed, reasonably priced LEO (low-Earth orbit) internet infrastructure “is expected to be deployed throughout Zimbabwe and particularly in all the rural areas,” according to a statement released by Mnangagwa following the decision. According to him, IMC Communications will be Starlink’s only and exclusive local partner for service delivery. According to a 2021 World Bank estimate, just 34.8% of Zimbabweans had internet connection. The country’s internet service is dominated by three major mobile network operators. The Starlink approval…

Atsu was found dead on Saturday under his home in southern Turkey. He had been playing for the Hatayspor club.…

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has claimed that Africa won’t host a World Cup again soon after South Africa 13…