Countries Scandals shadow Nigeria’s election frontrunners Lagos – Allegations ranging from fake diplomas to money laundering and tax avoidance hang over the frontrunners in Nigeria’s... Read more 24 Feb, 2023
News SA likely to feel effects of tropical storm Freddy; Central African Republic’s rape epidemic | Here are your top news headlines From South Africans being warned that they are likely to feel the effects of tropical storm Freddy this weekend;... Read more 24 Feb, 2023
Countries Tunisian rights groups slam Kais Saied’s ‘racist’ migrant comments Tunis – Tunisian rights groups accused on Wednesday President Kais Saied of racism and hate speech after he said... Read more 23 Feb, 2023
Countries Nigeria’s youth set to shape the outcome of elections Abuja – Nigerian tech entrepreneur Fred Oyetayo relocated to Britain last year, but the 29-year-old plans to fly back... Read more 23 Feb, 2023
News Horn of Africa on track for sixth failed rainy season, says climate body Nairobi – The calamitous drought in the Horn of Africa looks certain to persist with a sixth consecutive failed... Read more 23 Feb, 2023
Countries Tunisia radio boss prosecution is ‘political’, lawyers say Tunis – Lawyers for the arrested head of a private Tunisian radio station said on Wednesday he was facing... Read more 23 Feb, 2023
Business WATCH | ‘Eskom is a feeding trough for the ANC’, says Andre De Ruyter Cape Town – Former Eskom CEO, Andre De Ruyter has garnered much attention after a now-controversial interview with eNCA... Read more 23 Feb, 2023
Countries ‘Only a human skull was found’ – Life imprisonment for man who burned granny, 83, to death and stole R36 Cape Town – The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to life imprisonment for... Read more 23 Feb, 2023
Business DRC, UN ask for $2.25 billion in humanitarian aid Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the UN’s humanitarian arm on Wednesday appealed for $2.25 billion in... Read more 23 Feb, 2023
Countries Candidates battle for ‘Buhari’ votes in north Nigerian stronghold Kano – When shoe salesman Haruna Abubakar voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and again in 2019, he... Read more 23 Feb, 2023