Much of the smuggled gold is bound for Dubai before it is legally re-exported to other countries, a Swiss NGO says.
Under Moroccan law, abortion is only allowed if a women’s health is in imminent danger, which has led to a thriving illicit online pills market to help women end their pregnancies.
Nigeria has made dozens of arrests of unlicensed miners since April for allegedly stealing the country’s lithium, a critical mineral used in batteries for electric vehicles, smartphones and power systems.
The decision was made after consultations ostensibly aimed at charting a way back to civilian rule for the West African nation beset by jihadist violence.
US President Joe Biden pulled out the stops as he hosted Kenyan counterpart William Ruto for a lavish state visit aimed at competing with Russia and China for influence in Africa.
Janet Yellen expected to restate American call for firms and financial institutions in China and elsewhere to ‘cease’ backing Moscow’s defence complex.
Muslim clerics say the marriage is a charitable act for orphans, but critics say it contravenes Nigeria’s commitment to protect children and women’s rights.
The constitutional court found Zuma’s 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court in 2021 disqualified him from standing in the May 29 election.
Coup bid in Kinshasa was led by self-exiled politician Christian Malanga, who was killed by security forces, a military spokesman said.
The state election body said Idriss had won outright with over 61 per cent of the vote, but main challenger Succes Masra also declared victory
A nighttime video shared on social media showed a plane with the logo of Senegal-based airline Transair standing in grass with a wing covered in fire-suppressing foam.
Three rescue teams were working on three different areas, to search for dozens of people, following the collapse of a five-storey building in the city of George, South Africa.
Rescue teams worked through the night searching for dozens of construction workers buried under the rubble of concrete after a multi-storey residential complex that was being built collapsed.
A report into a building fire that killed 76 people in South Africa last year concluded city authorities were aware of serious safety issues four years before the blaze.
Coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania have been buffeted by heavy rains and high winds from Tropical Cyclone Hidaya.
Asylum Aid launched a legal challenge against the UK government’s policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, which PM Rishi Sunak aims to launch within weeks.
The arrival of Russian personnel in the West African country came in the wake of a decision by Niger’s junta to expel US forces from the country.
Out with the Zimbabwe dollar, in with the ZiG. Zimbabwe on Tuesday started circulating a new currency to replace one that has been battered by depreciation and often outright rejection by the people.
The latest deaths bring the toll from heavy rains and flooding since last month to more than 100.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July.
Mali is ill-equipped to cope with heatwaves and frequently suffers from electricity cuts, making it difficult to rely on fans or air conditioners.