Tanzania signs $2.2 billion railway deal with China
Dar es Salaam – Tanzania on Tuesday signed a $2.2-billion contract with a Chinese company to build the final... Read more
21 Dec, 2022
East DRC rebel crisis threatens endangered mountain gorillas
Goma – M23 rebel activity in volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is threatening mountain gorillas in Virunga... Read more
21 Dec, 2022
‘Life is worse’: Kenya’s William Ruto marks 100 days in office
Nairobi – Kenyan shop attendant Winnie Wanjiru Mwaura was brimming with hope when she signed up to be an... Read more
21 Dec, 2022
WATCH | Cape Town’s ‘Santa the seal’ rescued after finding its way to a busy main road in the city
Cape Town – A busy main road quite a distance from the ocean is not the usual habitat of... Read more
21 Dec, 2022
MSF worker kidnapped in Mali
Bamako – A worker with the French-based medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) has been kidnapped in jihadist-torn northern... Read more
21 Dec, 2022
Uganda charges US parents with child trafficking in torture case
Kampala – Ugandan prosecutors on Tuesday charged a US couple with child trafficking and denied bail, a week after... Read more
21 Dec, 2022
‘Trying his luck’ – SA police arrest Ugandan conman posing as traditional healer trying to con woman out of her stokvel earnings
Nelspruit – A Ugandan conman was arrested by the South African Police Service (SAPS) for fraud after fronting as... Read more
21 Dec, 2022
Ghosts of insecurity, inflation haunt Nigeria Christmas present
Lagos – This year will be the fourth year running that Seyi Anne Moses has had to decide against... Read more
21 Dec, 2022
In troubled South Africa, a boys’ choir gives cause for hope
Winterton – A hush grips the auditorium as the long-awaited concert by one of the world’s most renowned chorales... Read more
21 Dec, 2022
Tunisia arrests former PM over jihadist departures
Tunis – Tunisian police have arrested former prime minister Ali Larayedh, his Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party said on Tuesday, accusing... Read more
21 Dec, 2022
