Politics UPDATE | Guinea awaits future after coup leaders demand talks Conakry – The West African state of Guinea awaited word on its future on Monday as a new military... Read more 6 Sep, 2021
Jacob Zuma Parole ‘It’s a mockery of SA law!’ Opposition parties slam Jacob Zuma’s medical parole Cape Town – The Jacob Zuma foundation has described the move by the Correctional Services Department to place former... Read more 6 Sep, 2021
Politics Sudan seizes ‘weapons shipment’ from Ethiopian plane Khartoum – Sudanese authorities have seized a shipment of weapons at Khartoum airport arriving from neighbouring Ethiopia, state media... Read more 6 Sep, 2021
News PIC: Morocco footballers able to leave Guinea during coup attempt Rabat – Morocco’s national football team were able to leave Guinea late on Sunday, a Moroccan official said, after army... Read more 6 Sep, 2021
Politics Algeria places Tunisia’s Nabil Karoui in pre-trial detention Algiers – The runner-up in Tunisia’s 2019 presidential election, Nabil Karoui, has been placed in pre-trial detention in neighbouring Algeria,... Read more 5 Sep, 2021
News Guinea in turmoil after putschists claim coup Conakry – Turmoil engulfed the impoverished west African nation of Guinea again on Sunday as army putschists said they... Read more 5 Sep, 2021
Politics UPDATE | Whereabouts of Alpha Conde not yet clear after ‘apparent coup attempt’ in Guinea Conakry – Heavy gunfire rang out in the centre of the Guinean capital Conkary on Sunday morning and troops... Read more 5 Sep, 2021
Politics Tanzania police arrest several opposition party members in new crackdown Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian police arrested several members of the country’s main opposition Chadema party on Saturday, the latest... Read more 5 Sep, 2021
Politics Civil society in Morocco, Algeria urge ‘reason’ after ties cut Rabat – More than 200 Moroccan and Algerian civil society figures on Saturday appealed for a “return to reason” following... Read more 4 Sep, 2021
Politics Libyan army units use artillery in Tripoli clash Tripoli – Two Libyan army units used heavy artillery in an exchange of fire overnight centering on a barracks... Read more 4 Sep, 2021