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Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa, 58, was appointed ambassador to France in 2023
South Africa’s ambassador to France found dead at Paris hotel
PARIS — South Africa’s ambassador to France had “expressed his intention to end his life” in a message to his wife the night before he was found dead in the courtyard of a high-rise hotel, Paris’ public prosecutor said Tuesday.Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa’s wife had reported him missing on Monday, having last seen him shortly before 4:30 p.m. as “he was scheduled to attend a cocktail party,” prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.“(She) then received a message from him shortly after 9:30 p.m., in which he apologized and expressed his intention to end his life,” Beccuau added.The 58-year-old envoy had booked a room on the 22nd floor of the Hyatt hotel about 10 days before, Beccuau wrote, and had checked in at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.At 11:30 a.m. on...
October 01, 2025

South Africa’s ambassador to France found dead at Paris hotel

Joan Wambui's family relies on the money she earns from working at Shona EPZ
Thousands of workers in limbo as US-Africa trade deal set to expire
NAIROBI — At Shona EPZ, a garment factory in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, the tension is inescapable.The industrious thrum of the heavy-duty sewing machines, along with the workers' chatter, normally fills the plant with a reassuring rhythm. But today every sound is tinged with uncertainty as the future of the firm is uncertain because of the possible end of a key piece of US trade law.The African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), embedding in legislation a landmark trade agreement that has for 25 years given some African goods duty-free access to the US market, expires on Tuesday.However, this policy is at odds with the Trump administration's record of imposing tariffs.Envoys from various African countries have gone to the US to try to negotiate an extension, but it is not...
September 30, 2025

Thousands of workers in limbo as US-Africa trade deal set to expire

President John Mahama said Ghana had accepted the deal to take West African deportees from the US
Six West Africans deported from US sent to Togo despite legal fight
ACCRA — At least six of the 11 West Africans deported to Ghana as part of the US crackdown on immigration have been transferred to Togo, their lawyers have said.The group was in the process of suing Ghana's government to prevent their further deportation, amid concerns over their safety."We can confirm that six were sent to Togo, the others have been sent to countries which I can't disclose at this point," lead lawyer Oliver Barker-Vormawor told the BBC.Only three of those sent to Togo are Togolese. The nationalities of the others has not been disclosed.Neither Togo nor Ghana has commented.The deportees' lawyers have subsequently withdrawn their case against the Ghana government, as it has been overtaken by events. However, they are still pursuing a separate case...
September 24, 2025

Six West Africans deported from US sent to Togo despite legal fight

Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (C) of Botswana and teammates Lee Bhekempilo Eppie (L), Letsile Tebogo (R) and Bayapo Ndori, all dressed in blue and black jerseys echoing the colours of their national flag,  celebrate after winning the Men's 4x400m Relay final at the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo
Botswana declares public holiday after 'historic' athletics gold medal
GABORONE – Botswana has declared a public holiday to celebrate the country's victory in the men's 4x400 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, the first African nation to win the event. President Duma Boko hailed the gold medal as a "historic African win", in an online address praising the team for their performance.He announced Monday, 29 September, as a holiday to celebrate the achievement – a day ahead of the country's independence day.On Sunday, Botswana's team of Lee Bhekempilo Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori and Busang Collen Kebinatshipi edged out the US, the winners of the last 10 world titles, in a rain-drenched race. South Africa took third position."I'll be sure to tell everyone, Botswana's natural diamonds are not...
September 22, 2025

Botswana declares public holiday after 'historic' athletics gold medal

Windows have been broken in a glass high-rise surrounded by other buildings
At least 10 dead in Lagos high-rise office building fire
LAGOS – At least 10 people have died and 25 others injured after a fire broke out in a high-rise building in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital.Videos on social media on Tuesday showed occupants of the seven-storey Afriland Towers jumping out of the third and fourth floors when the fire started.The victims were commercial workers who were trapped inside the building, which is host to most commercial companies and organisations in the city.Most of the survivors suffered burns and fracture injuries while trying to escape, while others had respiratory distress from smoke inhalation.Authorities say the occupants became disoriented due to rapid smoke spread and lack of clear evacuation guidance, and desperate occupants broke windows to jump, leading to severe trauma.Chukwuemeka Eze, a...
September 19, 2025

At least 10 dead in Lagos high-rise office building fire

Until recently militants in Mali had been more active in the north and center
Fuel tankers set ablaze as militants enforce blockade of key Senegal-Mali trade route
BAMAKO – Mali's military government has sought to calm anger over a blockade by militants on major highways where lorry drivers have been facing ambushes and arson attacks.In a rare acknowledgement of the seriousness of the situation affecting the landlocked country, Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga has said measures are under way to improve security on the routes.The blockade – a potentially serious escalation of Mali's Islamist insurgency – is particularly affecting the supply of fuel, which could cripple the country.The Sahel region of West Africa is known as the epicentre of global terrorism, accounting for more than 50% of all terrorism-related deaths.Several analysts say the aim of the al-Qaeda-linked militants is to impose a blockade of the capital, Bamako.The blockade...
September 17, 2025

Fuel tankers set ablaze as militants enforce blockade of key Senegal-Mali trade route

South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar
South Sudan’s vice president charged with treason and murder
JUBA — South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity for his alleged involvement in attacks by an ethnic militia against federal forces in March, Reuters reported on Thursday citing the country's justice minister. Hours after the minister’s announcement, President Salva Kiir suspended Machar from his post, a decree read on state radio said, without giving more details. The charges against Machar and his suspension escalate a feud between the country’s two main political camps – the other led by Kiir – which faced off in a 2013-2018 civil war in which an estimated 400,000 people died. Kiir also suspended Petroleum Minister Puot Kang Chol, who was charged alongside Machar, the decree said. Machar...
September 12, 2025

South Sudan’s vice president charged with treason and murder

President John Mahama said Ghana was approached by the US to accept deportees
Ghana agrees to accept West Africans deported from US
ACCRA – Ghana has become the latest country to accept people deported from the US as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.President John Mahama said nationals from various West African countries would now be taken in following a bilateral agreement with the US. He said 14 had already arrived.He cited the regional bloc Ecowas's free movement protocol that allows citizens of member states to enter and reside in other West African countries without a visa for up to 90 days.Last month, the US deported seven migrants to Rwanda while in July, five were sent to Eswatini and eight others to South Sudan.The 14 people already deported to Ghana include "several" Nigerians and a Gambian, the president said. He did not specify the total number of...
September 11, 2025

Ghana agrees to accept West Africans deported from US

South African law only allowed women to take the surnames of their husbands
South African court rules that men can take wife's surname
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's highest court has ruled that husbands can take the surname of their wives, overturning a law that barred them from doing so.In a victory for two couples who brought the case, the Constitutional Court ruled that the law amounted to gender-based discrimination.Henry van der Merwe was denied the right to take the surname of his wife Jana Jordaan, while Andreas Nicolas Bornman could not hyphenate his surname to include Donnelly, the surname of his wife, Jess Donnelly-Bornman, the public broadcaster, SABC, reports.Parliament will now have to amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act, along with its regulations, for the ruling to take effect.The two couples had argued that the law was archaic and patriarchal, and violated equality rights enshrined in the...
September 11, 2025

South African court rules that men can take wife's surname

Boats are a common means of transport in Nigeria (file photo)
Dozens die after boat hits tree stump in Nigerian river
ABUJA – At least 32 people have died in Nigeria's northern Niger state after a boat sank in a river, an official has said.The boat was reportedly overloaded, carrying about 100 passengers including women and children, capsized when it struck a submerged tree stump on the River Niger in the Borgu area on Tuesday morning.They were on their way to a nearby village to pay their respects to the family of someone who had recently died.Abdullahi Baba Ara, the spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) in the state, told BBC Hausa on Thursday that more than 50 other people had been rescued, with eight still missing.Search operations are continuing.Ara said the government had set up a team of "water marshals" to stop boat operators from overloading their vessels...
September 04, 2025

Dozens die after boat hits tree stump in Nigerian river

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