Countries Zamalek president jailed for insulting rival Cairo – An Egyptian appeals court has sentenced the president of Zamalek football club to a month in prison... Read more 11 Aug, 2022
Countries Marikana tragedy: South Africa finalising claims as anniversary looms Johannesburg – Outstanding claims of compensation from the massacre of 34 workers at a South African platinum mine a... Read more 11 Aug, 2022
Countries Ex-Tshisekedi supporter in DRC arrested for ‘slander’ Kinshasa – The former head of Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi’s party, who recently joined the opposition,... Read more 10 Aug, 2022
News Is there really a paradigm shift in US/Africa relations? Why the answer seems to be yes Gilbert M. Khadiagala, University of the Witwatersrand US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s whirlwind visit to three African countries... Read more 10 Aug, 2022
Arts and Leisure War, poverty, no internet: The trials of a Central African Republic rapper Bangui – Clad in a fluorescent jumpsuit and high-top sneakers, Cool Fawa grabs the microphone and fires up the... Read more 10 Aug, 2022
Countries Jihadist-hit Mali receives six more warplanes from Russia Bamako – Mali on Tuesday received five military jets and a combat helicopter from Russia, which has become a... Read more 10 Aug, 2022
Countries Farmgate scandal: SA police ‘foil citizen’s arrest of Cyril Ramaphosa during Women’s Day event in KZN’ Cape Town – South African state security agents reportedly prevented a citizen’s arrest of President Cyril Ramaphosa over the... Read more 10 Aug, 2022
Algeria Algerian influencers jailed over student scam, says media Algiers – Two Algerian social media influencers were sentenced on appeal on Tuesday to a year each in prison,... Read more 10 Aug, 2022
Countries Guinea dissolves FNDC opposition coalition Conakry – Guinea’s junta-appointed government has dissolved the country’s leading opposition movement, the National Front for the Defence of... Read more 10 Aug, 2022
Countries Hooker Dweba replaces injured Mbonambi for Springboks Johannesburg – Hooker Joseph Dweba has been drafted into the South Africa team to play New Zealand in the... Read more 10 Aug, 2022