‘Thank God you’re alive’ – Tears, grief as phones ring again in Tigray
Nairobi – Beniam Yetbarek didn’t even know his cousin was alive when the phone rang on Christmas Eve, and... Read more
14 Jan, 2023
Eskom defends price hike amid record blackouts; DRC rebels agree to continue ‘orderly withdrawal’ | Here are your top news headlines
From Eskom defending the price hike amid record blackouts; to DRC rebels agreeing to continue ‘orderly withdrawal’…Read these and... Read more
14 Jan, 2023
Troop death toll from Mali jihadist clash rises to 14
Dakar – Fourteen Malian soldiers were killed in a clash with jihadists this week, the army said on Thursday,... Read more
13 Jan, 2023
Morocco planning agency scales down growth forecast
Rabat – Morocco’s economy is projected to grow by 3.3 percent in 2023, a government agency said on Thursday... Read more
13 Jan, 2023
Regional force leaves Tigray city as France, Germany call for ‘justice’
Addis Ababa – The Ethiopian army announced the withdrawal of a regional force from a key Tigrayan city on... Read more
13 Jan, 2023
PICS | Suspect arrested while driving stolen Ford Ranger… he insists he was only taking it for a wash
Cape Town – Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) members arrested a 32-year-old man who was driving a stolen Ford... Read more
13 Jan, 2023
DRC rebels agree to continue ‘orderly withdrawal’, mediator Uhuru Kenyatta says
Nairobi – M23 rebels have agreed to continue an “orderly withdrawal” from conquered territory in the restive east of... Read more
13 Jan, 2023
South Africa’s first democratic parliament speaker Frene Ginwala dies aged 90
Johannesburg – Anti-apartheid activist Frene Ginwala, the speaker of South Africa’s first democratic elected parliament – and the first... Read more
13 Jan, 2023
Somali leader urges people to flush out Al-Shabaab ‘bedbugs’
Mogadishu – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called on Thursday on ordinary people to help flush out members of... Read more
13 Jan, 2023
WATCH | Cyril Ramaphosa ‘can’t ‘interfere’ with NERSA decision to hike electricity prices’
Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa has reportedly said that there’s nothing he can do amid the National Energy... Read more
13 Jan, 2023
