5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (268+ words) Bangkok – A police officer shot dead his teacher wife at the kindergarten where she worked in Thailand on Wednesday but all the children are safe, officials said. The gunman returned home after the shooting in Chonburi province, southeast of Bangkok,…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (366+ words) Dakar – Senegal’s prime minister denounced the rise of “xenophobic” rhetoric in the west African nation on Tuesday, while also calling on foreigners to strictly adhere to residency regulations. Last month, NGOs including Amnesty International Senegal noted an uptick in xenophobic…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (854+ words) Abidjan – Across the pavements, residential areas and public spaces of African cities, the informal economy is booming under the noses of authorities, who are often powerless to stop it. Poverty, unemployment and bureaucratic red tape force tens of millions of…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (639+ words) Lilongwe – A new generation of mining projects targeting rare earth and critical minerals could transform Malawi’s economy — but experts warn of the Africa-wide challenges in turning resource wealth into broad-based prosperity. One of the world’s poorest countries, Malawi has long…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (473+ words) Kano – Vigilante groups in north-central Nigeria have launched raids against ethnic Fulani herders in recent weeks, possibly killing hundreds of people, accusing them of complicity in jihadist violence, sources told AFP Monday. Vigilantes from the Kambari and Bargawa ethnic groups…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (692+ words) Johannesburg – Whole chunks of a once-busy road in Johannesburg have collapsed because of damage caused by the illegal mining rampant across South Africa’s economic hub. Elsewhere along Wemmer Pan Road are cracks and sinkholes from underground blasting by irregular miners…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (515+ words) Lagos – Africa’s largest oil refinery, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, is considering restricting petrol supplies to major Nigerian marketers that continue importing fuel, escalating a dispute over the future of the country’s domestic fuel market. According to Business Insider Africa, the…...