13+ hour, 34+ min ago  (531+ words) West Africa's Al-Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility on Thursday for an attack on the airport and military airbase in Niger's capital that the government said killed 11 members of the security forces, highlighting persistent insecurity in the Sahel region. Thursday's attack in…...

13+ hour, 43+ min ago  (544+ words) Sports reporter, in Atlanta, Georgia Away from the pitches of the 2026 Fifa World Cup, African football legends George Weah and Mercy Akide came out of retirement to play in a match of their own to tackle hate speech and racism…...

18+ hour, 26+ min ago  (221+ words) Zambia said on Thursday it had agreed with the US agency Millennium Challenge Corporation to expand the use of a $491m (about R8. 05bn) agriculture grant programme to support key critical minerals infrastructure. The "farm-to-market" grant, signed in 2024, was originally aimed at boosting…...

18+ hour, 3+ min ago  (689+ words) Daniel Northover left his home in Liverpool this month, which marks the 10th anniversary of Britain's Brexit referendum, to move in with his 80-year-old mother in Turre, a town of 4, 500 people in Andalusia in southern Spain. After his stepfather died last…...

21+ hour, 5+ min ago  (499+ words) The newly released book, Bulbs of the Fynbos, provides an innovative guide which appeals to wildflower lovers, nature enthusiasts, hikers, students and gardeners. Authors of this fynbos bulb book, John Manning and Dee Snijman, are two leading botanists and the…...

16+ hour, 50+ min ago  (215+ words) Australia has detected its first suspected mainland case of H5 N1 bird flu in a remote part of the country's southwest, authorities said on Friday. A migratory sea bird known as a brown skua, found in Western Australia's Cape Le Grand National…...

20+ hour, 59+ min ago  (453+ words) The 2026 Fifa World Cup under way in North America is delivering a contrasting spectacle, with captivating matches, while off-field incidents keep creeping up. Since the showpiece kicked off with an encounter SA would love to forget when Bafana Bafana went…...

22+ hour, 33+ min ago  (540+ words) The ANC retained control of Buffalo City Metro's wards 1 and 10 in Wednesday's by-elections, fending off challenges from several parties and handing the SACP a setback in its first major electoral test against its alliance partner ahead of November's local government…...

18+ hour, 5+ min ago  (276+ words) Europe's refugee and asylum seeker population stabilised in 2025 after more than a decade of growth as asylum applications fell for a second consecutive year, according to a report by the Centre for the Research and Analysis of Migration at the…...

22+ hour, 33+ min ago  (583+ words) The Eastern Cape ANC is set to lodge an urgent appeal in the wake of an interim court judgment on Thursday which, for now, effectively nullifies its recent appointment of an interim provincial leadership. While the party's provincial spokesperson, Yanga…...