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The election is seen as the biggest test yet to the ruling ANC’s 30 years in power
First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift 
JOHANNESBURG — Early results from South Africa’s election suggest the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party could lose its majority for the first time in 30 years.With results in from 13% of polling stations at 10 a.m. local time, support for the ANC stood at 42.5%.The official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), had 26% of the vote, while the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) – a splinter party of the ANC – had 8.4%, data from the country’s electoral commission showed.The respected research group CSIR modeled the ANC winning less than 45% of the national poll as of mid-morning on Thursday.Officials of the Independent Electoral Commission have stressed that the official tally could take several days and some larger voting wards could take more time to be...
May 30, 2024

First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift 

ANC supporters wait for President Cyril Ramaphosa to arrive during an election rally on May 19, 2024, in Isipingo, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
South Africans go to the polls in election seen as biggest test yet to ANC’s 30 years in power
JOHANNESBURG — Millions of South Africans are voting in what is expected to be the most pivotal general election since the end of apartheid.For months, polls have shown the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party could lose its majority for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to power in 1994.While polling can be challenging in South Africa, most analysts believe that the ANC faces its stiffest challenge yet with a population deeply frustrated by the country’s direction. If support for the ANC drops below 50% for the first time, the party will be forced to enter into a coalition government.Voters will have 31 political parties to choose from in the national elections.The process is facilitated by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).ANC leader and South African...
May 29, 2024

South Africans go to the polls in election seen as biggest test yet to ANC’s 30 years in power

Jacob Zuma is the former leader of the governing party and has broken away to lead a new party
South Africa's top court bars Zuma from being lawmaker
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's highest court has barred former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in next week's general election.The Constitutional Court ruled that his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court disqualified him.Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing to testify at an inquiry investigating corruption during his presidency which ended in 2018.He has been campaigning under the banner of the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party after falling out with the governing African National Congress (ANC).MK Secretary General Sihle Ngubane said the party was disappointed with the ruling, but it would not affect its campaign."He is still the leader of the party. It [the judgment] doesn't affect our campaign at all," he said.Zuma's face...
May 20, 2024

South Africa's top court bars Zuma from being lawmaker

A US and Nigerien flag at Niger Air Base 201 in Agadez on April 16, 2018
US reaches agreement with Niger to withdraw military forces by September 15
NIAIMEY — The US has reached an agreement with Niger to withdraw its military forces from the African nation by September 15, according to the US Defense Department and the Nigerien Ministry of National Defense.The newly agreed deadline gives the US four months to drawdown fewer than 1,000 troops who remain in the country, as well as their equipment, which includes MQ-9 Reaper drones and other assets.But even as the deadline looms, US officials see potential for a relationship with Niger. “They want to maintain a relationship with us,” a senior defense official said, “and that relationship is certainly informed by where we’ve been with them.”Niger’s military government announced in March that it had ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian...
May 20, 2024

US reaches agreement with Niger to withdraw military forces by September 15

People wait to receive treatment at a hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, in May 2023
At least 56 people dead in Sudan’s North Darfur state, Doctors Without Borders says
KHARTOUM — At least 56 people died in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, between last Friday and Wednesday, as “deadly fighting escalates,” Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said in a statement.At the city’s South Hospital, 454 casualties have arrived since last Friday, of whom 56 “have succumbed to their injuries,” according to the humanitarian organization. MSF added that “the wounded and death toll are likely far higher, since the fighting continues to be so intense that many people cannot reach the hospital.”“North Darfur had been a relatively safe haven compared to other parts of Darfur,” MSF added. “Now, there are snipers in the streets, heavy shelling is taking place, and nowhere in the city is safe at all.”Violence in North Darfur has...
May 16, 2024

At least 56 people dead in Sudan’s North Darfur state, Doctors Without Borders says

At least 17 people have been taken to hospital with injuries
Worshippers locked in Nigeria mosque and set on fire
KANO — At least 11 worshippers have been killed and dozens others injured after a man attacked a mosque in Nigeria's northern Kano state, police say.A man allegedly sprayed the mosque with petrol and locked its doors before setting it on fire, trapping about 40 worshippers, they said.The attack was triggered by a family dispute over the sharing of inheritance.Police say they have arrested a 38-year-old suspect.The incident happened when people were attending morning prayers on Wednesday in Gezawa area of Kano state.Residents said flames engulfed the mosque after the attack with worshippers heard wailing as they struggled to open the locked doors.After hearing the explosion, neighbors rushed to help those trapped inside, local media reported.Rescue teams including bomb experts from...
May 16, 2024

Worshippers locked in Nigeria mosque and set on fire

The plane is owned by the private company Transair, from whom Air Senegal chartered the flight
Boeing 737 skids off runway in Senegal
DAKAR — A Boeing 737-300 aircraft has skidded off a runway in Senegal, injuring at least 10 people, four of them seriously.The incident occurred as Air Senegal flight HC 301 was taking off for the Malian capital Bamako in the early hours of Thursday, Dakar's Blaise Diagne airport said in a statement.The pilot was slightly injured, but most of the 78 passengers on board were not hurt in the incident.Operations were halted at the airport for a few hours but have now resumed.Emergency services at the airport were mobilized to evacuate passengers, the airport's statement said.An inquiry is under way to determine the causes of the incident, which took place at around 0100 GMT.Boeing has not commented on the incident, nor has Transair, the private company from which Air Senegal...
May 09, 2024

Boeing 737 skids off runway in Senegal

Emergency workers were taking it in turns to work the site, removing concrete blocks and debris by hand
South Africa: Rescuers contact 11 survivors in collapsed building
JOHANNESBURG — Rescuers in South Africa say they have heard from 11 more survivors in the ruins of an apartment building that collapsed in the coastal city of George on Monday.At least five people are confirmed dead and more than 50 are missing after the under-construction five-story building collapsed for as-yet undetermined reasons."We are in contact with 11 people, four of them are trapped in a basement," Colin Deiner, chief director for disaster management, said.The cause is under investigation. Video footage taken nearby showed a huge cloud of dust as the building fell.At the scene on Tuesday morning, emergency workers were taking it in turns to work the small site, removing concrete blocks and debris by hand.Every so often the team leader raised his fist, calling for...
May 07, 2024

South Africa: Rescuers contact 11 survivors in collapsed building

Heavy lifting equipment and sniffer dogs have been brought in to assist rescue efforts
South Africa building collapse leaves dozens trapped
JOHANNESBURG — Rescuers in South Africa were searching for survivors after a five-story apartment block under construction collapsed on Monday, killing five people and leaving at least 50 trapped.Officials in the city of George, Western Cape province, say 26 people have been pulled from the wreckage and taken to hospital but there were dozens more workers were on the site when the building collapsed.The cause is under investigation. Video footage taken nearby showed a huge cloud of dust as the building fell.At the scene on Tuesday morning, emergency workers were taking it in turns to work the small site, removing concrete blocks and debris by hand.Every so often the team leader raised his fist, calling for silence. Everyone stopped and looked on in the hope that someone had been found....
May 07, 2024

South Africa building collapse leaves dozens trapped

Candidate posters, including that of Succès Masra (C) and Mahamat Déby (R) can be seen in the capital
Chad presidential vote set to end military rule
N'DJAMENA — Chad is set to become the first of Africa's current junta-led states to move to democratic rule with Monday's presidential vote.It will end a three-year transition imposed after the sudden death of long-serving leader Idriss Deby Itno while fighting rebels.But as his son, and successor, Gen Mahamat Déby is one of the favorites to win, there is some scepticism about whether this will bring about change.Prime Minister Succès Masra is among his nine challengers and is seen as his biggest rival.Ten other politicians who had been hoping to run, including two prominent figures, Nassour Ibrahim Neguy Koursami and Rakhis Ahmat Saleh, were excluded by the constitutional council because of “irregularities”. For example, Koursami was accused of forgery.But some have...
May 06, 2024

Chad presidential vote set to end military rule

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