News Beer and sneakers: SA raids township for looted wares Vosloorus – A lively radio tune stopped abruptly as a line of armed police officers marched into a Johannesburg... Read more 28 Jul, 2021
Politics Leader of Tanzanian opposition party Freeman Mbowe charged with terrorism Dar es Salaam – A court in Tanzania has charged the leader of the main opposition party, Freeman Mbowe, with... Read more 27 Jul, 2021
Politics Ethiopia’s Afar region urges civilians to fight Tigray rebels Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s Afar region has called on civilians to take up arms against rebels from neighbouring Tigray,... Read more 24 Jul, 2021
Politics Benin’s opposition goes into hiding Lagos – Silence has fallen around the political opposition in Benin, once a beacon of multi-party democracy, where arrests have... Read more 23 Jul, 2021
Politics At least 16 civilians killed in suspected Islamist militia attack in DRC Beni – Suspected members of an Islamist militia killed 16 people as they were returning from a weekly market... Read more 23 Jul, 2021
Politics ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero to learn ‘terror’ trial verdict in August Kigali – A Kigali court said on Thursday it will issue its verdict next month against detained “Hotel Rwanda”... Read more 23 Jul, 2021
Politics Heavy fighting kills 20 in region bordering Tigray, says official Addis Ababa – At least 20 civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in “heavy fighting” between... Read more 22 Jul, 2021
Politics Key Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe ‘to face terror charges’ Dar es Salaam – Tanzania’s main opposition party said on Thursday that its leader Freeman Mbowe and other members could be... Read more 22 Jul, 2021
News Assassination bid on Madagascar’s Andry Rajoelina foiled Antananarivo – The prosecutor general’s office in Madagascar has said it foiled an assassination attempt on President Andry Rajoelina,... Read more 22 Jul, 2021
Politics I Coast leader Ouattara, ex-rival Laurent Gbagbo to meet for first talks Abidjan – Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara will meet his predecessor and former rival Laurent Gbagbo on July 27... Read more 22 Jul, 2021