
TechCabal, Africa’s leading technology publication, has announced the return of its flagship event, Moonshot, the continent's most anticipated technology conference.
TechCabal, Africa’s leading technology publication, has announced the return of its flagship event, Moonshot, the continent's most anticipated technology conference.
One person was killed and two others wounded in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday during a demonstration against the M23 rebel group, local officials said. Police officers shot at demonstrators, killing one and wounding two, according to Justin Bin Serushago, a spokesman for a local civil-society group.
For years, students in a South African township have seen their parents struggle to use trains for daily commutes, the railways frequently hobbled by power outages and cable thefts. "Our parents... no longer use trains (because of) cable theft... and load shedding," said Ronnie Masindi, 18, referring to rolling blackouts caused by failures at old and poorly maintained coal-powered plants.
Guinea's ruling military junta on Thursday accused the president of the West African regional bloc ECOWAS of "lies" over his call for sanctions on Conakry if it seeks a three-year transition back to civilian rule. - Regional instability and coups - The West Africa bloc has been struggling with a string of military coups in the region in the past two years.
While Brazil will jet off to Qatar in November dreaming of winning a sixth World Cup, Ghana hope the addition of reinforcements from the diaspora can re-establish the Black Stars as one of Africa's top sides. So, it's not about just this one World Cup in Qatar."
A Senegalese appeal court on Wednesday confirmed a prison sentence handed down to the mayor of Dakar, convicted of killing a man during a wave of political violence. In a politically-charged case that played out against a backdrop of tensions between the opposition and government, the court upheld the six-month prison term and 18-month suspended sentence.
The leader of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party was questioned through the night by counter-terrorism police over alleged complicity in the departure of jihadist militants for Syria and Iraq, his lawyer said Wednesday.
France-born English Premier League forward Bryan Mbeumo hopes switching national team loyalty to Cameroon can win him a place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Tunisia Consistently poor World Cup performers Tunisia will face Africa Cup of Nations surprise packets the Comoros and star-studded Brazil in France.
His Toyota Matrix has driven the equivalent of four times around the world and it would never pass an inspection in Europe. Adebiyi's Matrix Toyota went into circulation in 2004 in Canada, before it was shipped by sea 15 years later to Benin, where it was purchased by a first owner, who then sold it to him.
A video of township kids throwing buckets of water at delivery man had some laughing but many fuming. People made it clear that this nonsense needs to stop.
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