Rwanda reopens Uganda border after three-year closure
Gatuna – Rwanda on Monday reopened its land border with Uganda after a three-year closure, signalling a thaw in relations... Read more
31 Jan, 2022
‘No choice’: Burkina miners toil in Ouagadougou quarry
Ouagadougou – Dust and toxic fumes billow from a cavernous, ashy granite quarry in the centre of Burkina Faso’s... Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Weekend attacks kill dozens in north Nigeria
Kano – Gunmen from heavily-armed criminal gangs killed dozens of people, including 11 security personnel, in separate attacks in northwest... Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Jacob Zuma in fresh bid to drop graft trial prosecutor Billy Downer
Pietermaritzburg – South African ex-president Jacob Zuma was back in court on Monday in a fresh bid to replace... Read more
31 Jan, 2022
African Union suspends Burkina Faso after coup
Addis Ababa – The African Union said Monday it had suspended Burkina Faso in response to the January 24 coup... Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Burkina court suspends Sankara murder trial following coup
Ouagadougou – A long-awaited trial in Burkina Faso over the 1987 assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara is being suspended... Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Five killed by roadside bomb in northern Kenya, police say
Nairobi – Five people were killed on Monday when a minibus in northeast Kenya was destroyed by a roadside bomb... Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Leaked audio: Cyril Ramaphosa ‘needs to confirm what he knows about that clip’, says UDM leader Holomisa
Cape Town – United Democratic Movement (UDM) leader Bantu Holomisa has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to explain to... Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Egypt and Senegal into AFCON semis as crush stadium confirmed as venue for final
Yaoundé – Mohamed Salah starred as Egypt reached the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Sunday and were joined... Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Huawei takes Sweden to court following 5G ban
Stockholm – Huawei said on Sunday it has initiated arbitration proceedings against Sweden under the World Bank Group after the... Read more
31 Jan, 2022
