Africa

[ad_1] Veteran South African gospel artist Solomon Molokoane, popularly known as Solly Moholo, has died at the age of 65, his management has announced.The award-winning music icon had been in hospital for several weeks after falling ill while on a music tour in Botswana last month.He rose to fame in the early 2000s and became a household name in South African traditional gospel music.His management said he would be fondly […]

[ad_1] BBC / Kennedy GondweKariba Dam was built in a gorge between Zambia and Zimbabwe holding back the Zambezi River to create a man-made lake Despite having the mighty Zambezi River and the massive hydro-powered Kariba Dam, Zambia is currently grappling with the worst electricity blackouts in living memory.The crisis is so severe that cities and towns across the country are sometimes without electricity for three consecutive days, with people […]

[ad_1] One of the worst famines in decades could be under way in Sudan, a country in the middle of a civil war, aid workers warn.Starvation in war-stricken Sudan "is almost everywhere", the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.The BBC visited a hospital ward in Omdurman, just across the River Nile from the capital Khartoum.Filmed by: Hassan LaliEdited by: Jenna Abaakouk [ad_2] Source link