Five convicted in Madagascar coup plot
Antananarivo – A Madagascar court convicted five people, including two Frenchmen, to up to 20 years in prison for plotting... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
Leopard rescued after straying into Kenyan home
Nairobi – A leopard wandered into a house in southeastern Kenya after straying from its home in Tsavo National... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
Rights groups sound alarm over new atrocities in Ethiopia
Nairobi – Security forces allied to Ethiopia’s army are rounding up and killing Tigrayan civilians in a fresh wave... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
Arresting Jacob Zuma ‘is nothing but political revenge’, says EFF
Cape Town – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has described the decision by the Pretoria High Court to send... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
Hundreds protests in Tunisia on anniversary of revolution
Tunis – Hundreds rallied for and against Tunisian President Kais Saied in central Tunis on Friday, on the eleventh... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
Europe’s car industry faces worse year than 2020
Paris – Europe’s automobile industry is facing a worse year than the Covid-battered 2020 with sales falling a fifth straight... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
Melania Trump launches own NFT platform
Washington – Former US first lady Melania Trump on Thursday launched her own NFT platform, the latest public figure to... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
China’s high-flying drone giant DJI in US cross-hairs
Shanghai – Chinese drone-maker DJI is easily the highest-profile company targeted in a new round of US economic sanctions... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
Tunisia appeal seeks to decriminalise homosexuality
Tunis – Tunisian lawyers and rights activists lodged an appeal on Thursday against the imprisonment of two men for same-sex... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
EU threatens Russia sanctions as Nato backs Ukraine
Brussels – Western allies on Thursday rejected Russia’s bid to thwart Kiev’s Nato ambitions and urged Moscow to halt... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
