‘Catastrophe’: East DRC hospital overflows amid rebel fighting
Rutshuru – Dozens of bandaged patients lounge on beds in a hushed hospital ward in eastern Democratic Republic of... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Senegal arrests 143 migrants headed for Europe
Dakar – Senegal’s paramilitary police has arrested 143 migrants in two seaside swoops as they prepared to embark in... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Marikana massacre: What happened on the day
Johannesburg – It starts with a tense standoff that will end up in slaughter. Hundreds of police officers watch... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Burkina Faso allows ex-leader Kabore to travel abroad ‘on medical grounds’
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso has allowed ex-president Roch Marc Christian Kabore to leave the country for the first time... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Blinken says backing for armed groups in DRC must ‘cease’
Kigali – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that support for armed groups in the Democratic Republic... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Calm returns to Sierra Leone as protest death toll rises
Freetown – Calm returned to Sierra Leone on Thursday a day after an economic protest spiralled into violence the... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
‘My confidence is insane’ – Unathi Nkayi’s nude selfie goes viral on social media
Cape Town – Former Idols SA judge and media personality Unathi Nkayi topped the Twitter trends this week when... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Guinea to prosecute ex-PM over alleged embezzlement
Conakry – Guinea will prosecute former prime minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana over the alleged embezzlement of more than $4... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
‘We as women are in hell,’ says Anele Mdoda as she remembers gang rape victims on Women’s Day
Cape Town – Media personality Anele Mdoda’s thoughts were with the eight women who were gang raped in Krugersdorp,... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Nigeria’s Buhari vows safe rescue of train attack hostages
Abuja – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday vowed to rescue 31 hostages taken in a train attack and... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
