Africa

[ad_1] Yves KaduliYves Kaduli, a Congolese doctor, says he fled his country after being kidnapped and torturedFor the growing number of African asylum seekers and economic migrants in the US, the upcoming presidential election could reshape their entire future.“We deserve safety,” says Dr Yves Kaduli, a 38-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo who lives in the US. "I have a dream that I will defend those that […]

[ad_1] BBCNyakuma and her husband Sunday, who live in a village in South Sudan, struggle to find food due to droughtThe area of land surface affected by extreme drought has trebled since the 1980s, a new report into the effects of climate change has revealed.Forty-eight per cent of the Earth’s land surface had at least one month of extreme drought last year, according to analysis by the Lancet Countdown on […]

[ad_1] AFPThousands of Sahrawi people are living in refugee camps in AlgeriaFrance's President Emmanuel Macron has told Morocco's parliament that he believes Western Sahara should be under Moroccan sovereignty, and has pledged to invest French money there.Western Sahara is a territory on the north-western coast of Africa that has been the subject of a decades-long dispute.It was once a Spanish colony, and is now mostly controlled by Morocco and partly […]

[ad_1] Motsepe's team say they started their tenure on the back foot financially, inheriting a deficit of between $40-50m (£30.8-38.5m).The administration was further burdened by having to pay a $50m (£38.5m) settlement fee to French media company Lagardere after Ahmad's regime cancelled the biggest broadcast deal in African football history in 2019.Last week, Caf announced its deficit had fallen to just under $10m (£7.7m) in the 2022-23 financial year - […]

[ad_1] Nigerian MP Alex Ikwechegh has apologised after a video went viral of him slapping and verbally abusing a taxi driver who had come to deliver food to his house.“I sincerely apologise for my words and actions during this incident… As a public servant, I understand the weight of my role and how my words can impact others,” said the politician who was questioned by police over the incident on […]

[ad_1] Three people who are accused of making fake marriage documents to help foreign nationals become South African citizens have been arrested, police say.When officers raided a building in Durban on Monday they seized application forms, copies of IDs and other evidence - which they said one of the suspects was caught trying to destroy.Police believe many of the IDs were stolen from local women without their knowledge, then used […]