Southern Africa

In South Africa, a research group is trying to make the rhino's horn radioactive with nuclear technology. This project aims to make ivory trading much more difficult. The project was initiated by the University of the Witwatersrand in collaboration with an American university, an Australian organization and the Russian Federal…

Coton Sport secured their ticket to the semi-finals of the Confederation Cup this Sunday 23 May after their 2-1 defeat on ASC Jaraaf's lawn in the second stage of the quarter finals. The Cameroonian club, winner 1-0 in the first stage, benefits from the away goal. He will meet JS Kabylie. The second semifinal will throw Pyramids FC against Raja Casablanca.…

The Ethiopian government has licensed a consortium led by Kenya's Safaricom, which also includes Britain's Vodafone and South Africa's Vodacom. This opening of the telecom market is a beneficial operation for Ethiopia in financial terms, for employment and investment. The Safaricom consortium will spend $ 850 million on its…

On Saturday, May 22, President Cyril Ramaphosa traveled to the north of the country, to Tafelkop, in the Limpopo region, to give 30 black farmers ownership of state land. A very political ceremony before the local elections, planned for the end of the year. The issue of land distribution continues to burn in the country and the promised reforms are taking place very slowly.…

Racism has a history and medical literature tells like no other about prejudice, explains historian Delphine Peiretti-Courtis, in a book published by La Découverte. During the nineteenth century in Europe and throughout the 19th century, the debate raged between polygenists and monogenists, in other words between those who…

The plain scarcity of antiquated vaccines in Africa, the CFA franc dispute, the terrorist risk in Ghana, the navy transition in Chad. On these present matters, the top of state in Ghana provides an unique interview to RFI and France. Nana Akufo-Addo urges Africans to wake as much as Covid-19. If there's a "vaccine apartheid",…

In South Africa, whereas males are already legally allowed to have a number of wives, a debate has begun over polyandry or the proven fact that a girl has a number of husbands. A style of marriage that continues to be very uncommon on this planet. The federal government has revealed a doc inspecting the varied factors in a doable reform of South Africa's marriage legislation. And among the many choices…

In reference to the World Day towards Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, on Could 17, two Africans testify about their lives, poles aside: one, a gay in Senegal, have to be hidden to keep away from imprisonment, whereas the opposite, a lesbian in South Africa , asserts itself in daylight. Habibou, 25, is a younger Dakarois…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma is resulting from seem in court docket on Monday, Could 17, within the Supreme Courtroom of Pietermaritzburg in his province of KwaZulu-Natal. Zuma is being sued in a corruption case with the French military-industrial Thalès. as reported from Johannesburg, Romain MusicInformation…

The primary stage of the quarterfinals of the CAF Champions League was held on 14-15 Could 2021. Kaizer Chiefs South Africans made a powerful impression by crushing Simba's Tanzanians to a closing rating of 4-0. Esperance de Tunis misplaced to Chabab Belouizdad (2-0), whereas the title holders, Egypt's Al Ahly, dominated Mamelodi Sundowns with the identical factors.…