Africa

[ad_1] Mohamed GabobeAlcohol smuggler Guled Diriye is exhausted.He has just returned from his trip transporting contraband from the Ethiopian border.The 29-year-old slumps in his chair inside a colonial-style villa battered by years of fighting in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu - a city once known as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean.His sandals are covered in a potent orange dust – the residue from the desert.Mr Diriye’s dark eyes droop. The bags […]

[ad_1] Egypt has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) - an achievement hailed by the UN public health agency as "truly historic".“Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilization itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.Egyptian authorities launched their first efforts to stamp out the deadly mosquito-borne infectious disease nearly 100 years.Certification is granted when a country […]

[ad_1] In a tournament that has been dominated by low scores on bowler-friendly surfaces, it was New Zealand's batting intent from the beginning that was immediately eye-catching. When opener Georgia Plimmer skipped down the pitch to Marizanne Kapp's second ball - despite missing - the message was clear. They were not going to die wondering. Plimmer eventually fell for nine and Bates added 32, before Kerr and Devine were tasked […]

[ad_1] ReutersWater from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured that an artist was able to use it as paint to depict the environmental devastation caused by the illegal gold mining that has spread like wildfire in the resource-rich West African state.Mercury is increasingly being used to extract gold by miners digging on a massive scale in forests and farms, degrading land and polluting rivers to such […]

[ad_1] In the co-main event, Brazil's Cris Cyborg beat compatriot Larissa Pacheco by unanimous decision in a gruelling back-and-forth contest.In a fight where momentum changed multiple times, Cyborg, 39, was the more aggressive as she cemented her legacy as one of the best female MMA fighters in history.The bout was billed as a champion versus champion contest, with Cyborg the reigning Bellator featherweight title holder and Pacheco winning the 2023 […]

[ad_1] The lawyer for a prominent Mozambique opposition figure has been shot dead in the capital, Maputo, along with an official from the same party. Elvino Dias was the attorney for Venâncio Mondlane, who ran for president of Mozambique representing political party Podemos in an election 10 days ago.Dias died with fellow Podemos official Paulo Guambe when gunmen attacked their car."They were brutally assassinated [in a] cold-blooded murder," said local […]