Suspected jihadists fire rockets at Nigerian city
Kano – Suspected jihadists fired two rockets at the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, hitting two homes... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Senegal transport workers end strike
Dakar – Senegalese transport unions ended a strike overnight from Friday to Saturday that had paralysed capital Dakar and... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Top Kabila ally ousted from DRC mining firm
Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on Saturday named a new head of state mining company Gecamines,... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
More than 20 drown as bus swept into flooded river in Kenya
Nairobi – More than 20 people drowned on Saturday when a bus travelling to a wedding in Kenya was... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
SA’s Covid cases top 3 million; Gambians head to the polls | Here are your top news headlines
Cape Town – From Covid-19 infections in South Africa soaring to three million; to Gambians voting in the first... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Covid-19: South Africa is officially in fourth wave
Cape Town – South Africa has officially entered the fourth wave of Covid-19, the National Department of Health said... Read more
4 Dec, 2021
Eskom announces stage 2 load shedding from Saturday 21:00 to Monday morning
Cape Town – Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding is set to be implemented from 21:00 on... Read more
4 Dec, 2021
Imprisoned Chadian rebel killed in jail, says NGO
N’Djamena – Chadian security forces killed a prisoner linked with the African country’s rebel groups and seriously injured five others,... Read more
4 Dec, 2021
Tunisia records first case of Omicron variant
Tunis – Tunisia recorded its first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a Congolese man who... Read more
4 Dec, 2021
DRC air strikes helped 27 hostages escape ADF rebels, army says
Beni – Democratic Republic of Congo’s army on Friday said a military operation including air and artillery strikes against... Read more
4 Dec, 2021
