Egypt rights activists in COP27 spotlight worry about day after
Sharm el Sheikh – The UN climate summit in Egypt has afforded local rights defenders rare visibility, but some... Read more
10 Nov, 2022
Zimbabwe’s ‘mental health benches’ exported to the World Cup
Harare – Sitting next to a patient with depression on a garden bench in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, 70-year-old Shery... Read more
10 Nov, 2022
Hate speech: ‘We will not apologise until we are listened to by a neutral body,’ says EFF
Cape Town – Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema may be dragged to another hate speech court case... Read more
10 Nov, 2022
Striking Kenya Airways pilots return to work
Nairobi – Kenya Airways pilots returned to work on Wednesday, after a court ordered them to end their days-long... Read more
10 Nov, 2022
South African court greenlights Amazon’s new Africa HQ
Johannesburg – Campaigners on Wednesday slammed a South African court ruling to allow construction to go ahead on Amazon’s... Read more
10 Nov, 2022
Sudan’s Nuba peoples rally in capital after ethnic clashes
Kharotum – Thousands of demonstrators from Sudan’s Nuba peoples marched in the capital Khartoum on Wednesday to protest against... Read more
10 Nov, 2022
South Africa gets €600 million to support green transition
Johannesburg – South Africa is to receive 600 million euros ($603 million) from France and Germany as part of... Read more
10 Nov, 2022
DRC expels Reuters reporter
Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has expelled a French journalist working for Reuters, the news agency... Read more
10 Nov, 2022
Floods in Central African Republic leave fishermen stranded
Bangui – Dawn is just breaking over the Central African Republic’s (CAR) capital Bangui as Pacome Koyeke glides his... Read more
10 Nov, 2022
Couple arrested for faking husband’s death in 1999 to cash in on a fraudulent insurance claim of R1.7m
Gauteng – Robbie Smith (67), who went by the alias “Chris Boschoff”, and his wife Alice Abigail Boschoff (59),... Read more
10 Nov, 2022
