Betha

Congolese split over Burundi troops in troubled east

Bukavu – The deployment of Burundian troops to help quell rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east... Read more

19 Aug, 2022

Countries

Boy, 9, who was critically injured after his dad crashed a sports car into shop fronts, has been discharged from hospital

Cape Town – A nine-year-old boy who was critically injured and hospitalised after his father apparently lost control of... Read more

19 Aug, 2022

Countries

Kenya’s election commission in eye of vote storm

Nairobi – Feuding officials, questionable calculations and accusations of intimidation and violence – Kenya’s election body is once again... Read more

19 Aug, 2022

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso lashes ‘ethnic cleansing’ calls on social media

Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s government on Thursday lashed calls on social media to attack the country’s Fulani minority, describing... Read more

19 Aug, 2022

Countries

Hadraawi, ‘Shakespeare of Somalia’, dies aged 79

Mogadishu – Award-winning Somali poet Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, better-known by his pen name Hadraawi, died Thursday aged 79, prompting... Read more

19 Aug, 2022

Countries

‘He’s well, unharmed and in very good spirits’ – Kidnapped Shanawaaz Asghar ‘reunited with his family’

Cape Town – Six-year-old Shanawaaz Asghar, who was allegedly kidnapped on Wednesday this week, has reportedly been reunited with... Read more

19 Aug, 2022

Countries

Senegal’s Sonko says will run in 2024 presidential election

Dakar – Senegal’s main opposition politician Ousmane Sonko on Thursday officially launched his candidacy for the country’s 2024 presidential... Read more

19 Aug, 2022

Algeria