Africa – Page 38 – Prologue Journal

Nigerian Court Rejects Challenges to Contested Presidential Election

New York Times The tribunal confirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu, who has faced growing discontent amid unpopular economic policies and lingering allegations of irregularities in the election. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/world/africa/nigeria-decision-presidential-election.html

Music Videos Promote Niger’s Military After a Coup

New York Times Music videos praising the military have proliferated since generals seized power, highlighting the army’s longstanding importance in Niger and popular dissatisfaction with civilian rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/world/africa/niger-coup-music-videos.html

Survivor of South Africa Fire Describes a Harrowing Escape

New York Times Tom Mandala, a Malawi native, jumped from the fifth floor as a blaze raged in a Johannesburg residential building. Many other residents were also from Malawi. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/africa/johannesburg-fire.html

Identifying Victims in South African Fire Is a Grim Struggle

New York Times Families on Friday were trying to identify relatives caught in the blaze, a day after it consumed a sprawling settlement in one of the deadliest residential fires in South African history. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/africa/south-africa-fire-victims.html

What to Know About the Deadly Johannesburg Fire

New York Times The blaze, one of the worst residential ones in South Africa’s history, occurred in a building that officials and locals say had become an overcrowded death trap for the hundreds who lived there. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/africa/johannesburg-fire-what-to-know.html

Identifying Victims in South African Fire is a Grim Struggle

Gabon’s Leader, Ali Bongo Ondimba, Was More Admired Abroad Than at Home

New York Times Hailed as a climate visionary, Gabon’s president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, was once welcomed to Buckingham Palace but was blindsided by this week’s coup. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/world/africa/ali-bongo-ondimba-gabon-coup.html

Fire in Johannesburg, South Africa, Kills 74

New York Times Johannesburg, with a severe shortage of affordable housing, has hundreds of illegally occupied derelict buildings that officials and housing advocates say have become firetraps. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/world/africa/johannesburg-fire-derelict-building.html

Why the Johannesburg Apartment Building Was a Firetrap

New York Times A visit and imagery of the five-story building show that it had a litany of major safety issues that made it vulnerable to a deadly fire. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/world/africa/johannesburg-fire-vulnerabilities.html

Johannesburg Building Fire Photos: Scenes From a Deadly Blaze

New York Times The blaze struck an abandoned building that had become a crowded squatter camp. The authorities were investigating the cause. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/world/africa/johannesburg-fire-photos.html