Africa

South Africa need seven wickets to win opening test

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa need seven wickets on the last day to secure victory in the first test and go ahead in the two-match series as Bangladesh struggled on a rain-curtailed fourth day at Senwes Park on Sunday. Morne Morkel snagged two wickets in the first over of Bangladesh’s second innings and […]

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Anti-government chants ring out on anniversary of Ethiopian festival deaths

By Aaron Maasho BISHOFTU, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Hundreds of people chanting anti-government slogans marched in the central Ethiopian town of Bishoftu on Sunday at a religious festival where a stampede triggered by a police move to quell protests killed dozens of people last year.     The incident during the annual Irreecha festival in Bishoftu, […]

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At least eight dead amid Cameroon Anglophone protests

BUEA/BAMENDA, Cameroon (Reuters) – Soldiers shot dead at least eight people and wounded others in Cameroon’s restless English-speaking regions on Sunday during protests by activists calling for its independence from the majority Francophone nation, an official and witnesses said. The demonstrations – timed to take place on the anniversary of Anglophone Cameroon’s independence from Britain […]

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Health experts zero in on camels to fight deadly MERS virus

By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The fight against the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which has killed at least 722 people over the past five years, is honing in on its target: camels. MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV), a member of a virus family ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, appears […]

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Mahrez, Slimani dropped by Algeria after World Cup exit

ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria have dropped African Footballer of the Year Riyad Mahrez and his Leicester City team mate Islam Slimani from the squad for next weekend’s World Cup qualifier against Cameroon. The pair are major victims of a clear out of the squad announced on Sunday after Algeria suffered home and away defeats against […]

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Ivory Coast sets cocoa farmer price at 700 CFA/kg for 2017/18 main crop

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, set its guaranteed price for farmers at 700 CFA francs ($1.27) per kilogram for the 2017/18 main crop season, the Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) marketing board said on Sunday. Lambert Kouassi Konan, the chairman of CCC’s board, announced the price at a ceremony marking […]

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Cameroon police, army move to block Anglophone protests

BUEA/BAMENDA, Cameroon (Reuters) – Cameroon deployed heavily armed police and soldiers across the central African nation’s restless English-speaking regions on Sunday to block protests called by activists including groups demanding independence, witnesses said. The demonstrations – timed to take place on the anniversary of Anglophone Cameroon’s independence from Britain – came as a months-old movement […]

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Egypt to finish unloading held Romanian wheat cargo by Tuesday – official source

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will finish unloading a 63,000-tonne cargo of Romanian wheat held by the country for containing poppy seeds by Tuesday, an official source close to the matter said on Sunday. Forty-three thousand tonnes have already been unloaded, said the source, adding none of the cargo had been transferred for sieving yet. Minister […]

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Tunisia rescues 140 migrants off its coast

TUNIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian navy rescued 98 Tunisians fleeing to Europe when their boat started to sink off Kerkenah on the southeast coast late on Saturday, the national guard said. Separately, the army said it had arrested 43 illegal migrants rescued from four boats off Zarzis, also on the southeast coast. Tunisia has been […]

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Egypt to finish unloading held Romanian wheat cargo by Tuesday – official

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will finish unloading a 63,000-tonne cargo of Romanian wheat held by the country for containing poppy seeds by Tuesday, an agriculture ministry official said on Sunday. Forty-three thousand tonnes have already been unloaded, said Agriculture Ministry spokesman Hamid Abdel Dayem, adding none of the cargo had been transferred for sieving yet. […]

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South Africa in charge against Bangladesh

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, Sept 30 (Reuters) – South Africa lost both openers but were still 230 runs ahead of Bangladesh at the close on the third day of the first test when bad light stopped play on Saturday. The home side will resume the fourth day on 54 for two after dismissing Bangladesh for 320 […]

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Retallick to miss final test after family tragedy

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick will miss the final Rugby Championship clash against South Africa next week after his wife Niki suffered a pregnancy loss, the team said on Sunday. Retallick was one of six players who did not travel to Buenos Aires for the clash with Argentina, which they won […]

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