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Many young people sacrificed their lives to fight the racist system of apartheid
Ghosts of apartheid haunt South Africa as compensation anger brews
CAPE TOWN — It was late at night on 10 December 1987 when prison officers had woken Mzolisi Dyasi in his cell in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.He remembers the bumpy drive to a hospital morgue where he was asked to identify the bodies of his pregnant girlfriend, his cousin and a fellow anti-apartheid fighter.In response, he had dropped to one knee, raised his fist in the air, and attempted to shout "amandla!" ("power" in Zulu), in an act of defiance.But the word caught in his throat as he was "totally broken", Dyasi tells the BBC, recalling the sight of his loved ones under the cold, bright lights.Four decades on, Dyasi sleeps with the lights on to ward off memories of the physical and mental torture he suffered during his four years in prison.He...
March 19, 2025

Ghosts of apartheid haunt South Africa as compensation anger brews

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan says the system is trying silence her after she made sexual harassment allegations
Nigerian Senate is run like a cult,  says suspended MP 
ABUJA — A Nigerian senator who alleged she was sexually harassed by one of the country's top politicians has told the BBC the Senate operates like a "cult".A fortnight ago, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended for six months after submitting a petition saying she had been harassed by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, which he denies.His office also rejected the cult comparison — the latest twist in a row that has gripped Nigeria, raising questions about gender equality in the socially conservative nation.Akpoti-Uduaghan said she was being punished for speaking out against the system and that she now feared for her and her two-year-old's safety as her security detail had been stripped."The Nigerian Senate operates like a cult. The Senate president runs the...
March 19, 2025

Nigerian Senate is run like a cult,  says suspended MP 

South Africa's Ebrahim Rasool is an experienced politician and had been serving his second stint as ambassador in the US
The expelled envoy at the heart of the latest US-South Africa row
JOHANNESBURG — As a veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle and himself a victim of the inequities of that racist system of government, Ebrahim Rasool was always unlikely to mince his words when it came to assessing the new US administration.But in a message to family and friends, South Africa's top envoy in Washington sounded almost relaxed about the diplomatic ructions that he had caused.Soon after it was announced at the weekend that he was going to be expelled from the US, Ambassador Rasool wrote that he and his family were "all packed up and looking forward to returning to South Africa" and said he was leaving the US with "no regrets".On Friday, his prepared remarks on the new government in the US were delivered in a thoughtful, measured manner – with no...
March 18, 2025

The expelled envoy at the heart of the latest US-South Africa row

The Sanae IV research station in Antarctica where the alleged assault occurred
Scientists at Antarctic base rocked by alleged assault
JOHANNESBURG — A group of scientists due to work together for months at a remote Antarctic research station has been rocked after a member of the team was accused of assault.About 10 researchers typically stay at the South African-run base, which sits about 170km (about 105 miles) from the edge of the ice shelf and is difficult to reach.But a spokesperson for the South African government told the BBC "there was an assault" at the station, following earlier allegations of inappropriate behavior from inside the camp.In a further message seen by the BBC, the South African environment ministry said it was responding to the concerns with "utmost urgency".South Africa's Sunday Times, which was first to report the story, said members of the team had pleaded to be...
March 18, 2025

Scientists at Antarctic base rocked by alleged assault

Mekelle, a key city in northern Ethiopia, is still reeling from the two-year conflict
Rival forces seize mayor's office in key Ethiopian town amid fears of new conflict
MEKELLE — A dissident faction of the main political party in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray has seized control of key offices and a radio station in the regional capital, Mekelle, amid growing fears of a fresh conflict.It follows a deepening power struggle within the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which has raised concerns of a return to civil war.One Mekelle resident told the BBC that people were withdrawing money from their bank accounts, fearing the security situation could deteriorate.On Tuesday, the same faction took control of Adigrat, Tigray's second-largest city.Getachew Reda, president of Tigray's interim administration, has accused the rival group, led by Debretsion Gebremichael, of attempting to forcefully remove him from office.Getachew became...
March 14, 2025

Rival forces seize mayor's office in key Ethiopian town amid fears of new conflict

Pedestrians standing on a bridge look at a bus that overturned on a highway in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 11 March, 2025
At least 16 dead after bus crashes on motorway in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — At least 16 people were killed when a bus crashed on a motorway near Johannesburg’s international airport in South Africa on Tuesday, the country’s transport ministry has said.Ministry spokesperson Collen Msibi confirmed that 12 passengers died at the scene and four others died later from their injuries in hospital.The cause of the accident is yet to be determined, officials said.The bus, which was transporting people from the township of Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, crashed near O.R.Tambo International Airport, they added.“On arrival we found patients lying across the road,” said William Ntladi, an emergency management spokesperson for the Ekurhuleni municipality.Ntladi added that 11 passengers were critically injured, while another 24 suffered moderate to...
March 12, 2025

At least 16 dead after bus crashes on motorway in South Africa

Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan, 26 September 2024
Turkish defense firm accused of violating sanctions with Sudan weapons supplies
WASHINGTON — One of Turkey’s largest defense companies has been linked to Sudan's nearly two-year-old war after a report showed a series of arms shipments to the Horn of Africa nation in what could be a clear violation of EU and US-led sanctions on Darfur.In a report published by the Washington Post, Baykar, a leading defense exporter and supplier of drones, was accused of sending a cache of weapons and ammunition to the Sudanese army between August and November last year.According to the Washington Post, the first weapons, part of a $120 million (€110.7m) contract between Baykar and the Sudanese military’s procurement agency, known as Defense Industries System (DIS), landed by plane in August at Port Sudan, a Red Sea city on Sudan's eastern coastline, while messages the...
March 10, 2025

Turkish defense firm accused of violating sanctions with Sudan weapons supplies

The police prevented the protesters from reaching the Jesus Winner Ministry church
President's church donation sparks Kenyan clashes
NAIROBI — Police in Kenya have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who tried to occupy a church that was recently given a substantial donation by President William Ruto.The gift to the Jesus Winner Ministry in the Roysambu suburb of Nairobi of 20m shillings ($155,000; £120,000) drew criticism from some young Kenyans struggling with the high cost of living.Ruto has defended his donation and has offered a similar gift to another church in Eldoret.Last year, both Kenya's Catholic and Anglican leaders rejected donations, arguing that there was a need to protect the church from being used for political purposes.Several people have been arrested during the clashes, which saw protesters try to get into the church and light fires and use rocks to block nearby roads.But the church service...
March 10, 2025

President's church donation sparks Kenyan clashes

Abu Shouk is home to hundreds and thousands who were forced to flee their homes
Many feared dead in Sudan after shelling hits crowded market
KHARTOUM — Dozens of people in the Sudanese state of North Darfur are feared dead following heavy shelling on a camp for displaced people.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a crowded market at Abu Shouk, a camp on the outskirts of the city of el-Fasher, for roughly two hours on Tuesday evening, a local official told the BBC.The camp is home to over half a million displaced people and the assault on its market is the second in three days.El-Fasher is the last major town in Darfur under army control and has been under siege by the RSF for almost a year.Tuesday's attack on Abu Shouk took place at the busiest time of day. The camp's population are mostly Muslims, who are observing the holy month of Ramadan, and many were out shopping at the market, preparing to...
March 06, 2025

Many feared dead in Sudan after shelling hits crowded market

Jordan Bita says he kept away from main roads, trekking through bush, to avoid the advancing rebels
Men risk drowning to flee conscription by Congolese rebels
RUGOMBO, Burundi — Jòrdan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.The 25-year-old clung on to a black bin bag with some possessions as he used the strong currents to navigate his way across the Rusizi river, which forms the border between DR Congo and Burundi.This was the last stage in a desperate journey to escape to safety in Burundi as the conflict in eastern DR Congo escalates, with M23 rebels capturing the cities of Goma and Bukavu in the last five weeks."I managed to flee safely... because I was crossing through the forest and moving along the bushes instead of the main road," he told the BBC after climbing up the bank on the Burundian side and wiping the water...
March 05, 2025

Men risk drowning to flee conscription by Congolese rebels

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