6+ hour, 18+ min ago   (961+ words) Parakou — The “Made in Benin” tags on Fatoumata Dosso’s fabrics represent an ambition much bigger than her fashion business: keeping more of the value of Africa’s largest cotton producer at home. The founder of DAF Collection said that the tag…...

7+ hour, 54+ min ago   (698+ words) Cairo — Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen overnight claimed new attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia, as Yemen’s Saudi-backed government described the rebels’ swift advance along the Red Sea coast as a “painful” development in a new front in the Iran war. The…...

8+ hour, 5+ min ago   (533+ words) Ugandan King Oyo Nyimba, long the world’s youngest monarch, was buried on Saturday among the tombs of his royal forebears as his Tooro kingdom looked to put a bitter succession battle behind it. Oyo’s appointed successor, the news anchor Edward…...

9+ hour, 9+ min ago   (898+ words) By Sheikh Saaliq and Aijaz Hussain New Delhi — The Brics group of emerging economies at the weekend expressed concern over rising tensions in the Middle East and condemned the use of sanctions not authorised by the UN, as the leaders…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (888+ words) Iran-aligned Houthi militants seized control of Yemen’s port city of Mocha on Thursday, military sources said, posing a further threat to global energy supplies hours after US President Donald Trump said he expected the war to end after US mid-term…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1062+ words) In the 25 years since al Qaeda militants hijacked passenger jets and flew them into New York’s World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, the group founded by Osama bin Laden has spawned affiliates and inspired attacks around the world. While…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (326+ words) Frankfurt — The European Central Bank (ECB) raised interest rates on Thursday to cool inflation that is being fed by high oil prices from the Iran war. The decision was supported by a stronger-than-expected economy, which suggests businesses can weather the…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (492+ words) Hospitality group Southern Sun says the heightened anti-immigrant sentiment in South Africa in the first half of the year hurt transient travel, with travellers from the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) being cautious to travel. However, the group on Wednesday…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (267+ words) The UN nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation board of governors has passed a resolution reporting Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years for breaching its nonproliferation obligations, diplomats said on Wednesday. The resolution follows up on a…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (489+ words) South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) president Barry Hendricks has been suspended with immediate effect, the umbrella body told members in a circular on Wednesday. The Sascoc board took the action at a special meeting held on Monday…...