Kenyan election: the next steps
Nairobi – Kenya is on tenterhooks as it awaits results from Tuesday’s election, which passed off relatively smoothly despite... Read more
11 Aug, 2022
Mali wants ‘compensation’ for releasing Ivorian troops
Bamako – Mali has linked the return of political dissidents living in the Ivory Coast with the release of... Read more
11 Aug, 2022
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
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
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
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
Elderly woman dies after she was ‘forgotten’ outside an old-age home
Cape Town – An elderly woman has reportedly died after she was allegedly forgotten outside overnight at the Huis... Read more
10 Aug, 2022
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
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
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
