French PM to face baptism of fire in divided parliament
French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne will on Wednesday lay out the government’s policy priorities in her first speech in... Read more
6 Jul, 2022
Burkina ex-president Compaore due home in days, his entourage says
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s ex-president Blaise Compaore, in exile since his ouster in 2014, will return home to meet... Read more
6 Jul, 2022
OPINION | Book on Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe’s legacy has many flaws
Blessing-Miles Tendi, University of Oxford Development studies professor David Moore’s new book, Mugabe’s Legacy: Coups, Conspiracies and the Conceits... Read more
5 Jul, 2022
‘We will pursue this terrorist group to the end’ – Ethiopia’s Abiy accuses OLA rebels of new ‘massacre’
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday accused rebels of carrying out a new “massacre” of... Read more
5 Jul, 2022
Mali welcomes lifting of ‘illegal, inhumane’ sanctions
Bamako – Mali’s junta said on Monday it was “satisfied” by the lifting of “illegal and inhumane” sanctions imposed... Read more
5 Jul, 2022
Kagame says ‘no problem’ Rwanda excluded from joint DRC force
Kigali – Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame said Monday he had “no problem” with his troops being excluded from a... Read more
5 Jul, 2022
Hundreds of anti-coup protesters in Sudan defy security forces
Khartoum – Hundreds of Sudanese protesters demanding an end to military rule took to the streets of the capital... Read more
4 Jul, 2022
‘This is blatant racism…’ – Maimane reacts as Zuma’s daughter seemingly compares Thuli Madonsela to a gorilla
Cape Town – One SA Movement leader Mmusi Maimane and DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille have criticised former... Read more
4 Jul, 2022
‘Fragile situation’ as Libya anger boils over living conditions
Tripoli – Libya’s rival leaders were under growing street pressure on Saturday after protesters stormed parliament as anger exploded... Read more
4 Jul, 2022
Sierra Leone moves to decriminalise abortion
Freetown – Sierra Leone’s government has approved a draft law that would decriminalise abortion in a country with one... Read more
3 Jul, 2022
