M23 rebels tighten economic vice around east DRC
Goma – M23 rebels have cut major supply routes to Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), sending prices... Read more
17 Dec, 2022
Africa struggling to reduce dependency on imported Indian rice
Dak – Outside Dak village in central Senegal women sing and dance as they scythe through rice stalks with... Read more
17 Dec, 2022
Guinea-Bissau delays vote till June
Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s legislative elections, scheduled for December 18, have been postponed until June 4, under a presidential decree... Read more
17 Dec, 2022
Eskom CEO quits: why finding a new head for South Africa’s struggling power utility won’t end the blackouts
David Richard Walwyn, University of Pretoria For a multitude of reasons, Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter’s resignation is a... Read more
17 Dec, 2022
SANDF members foil kidnapping… seven suspects arrested
Cape Town – South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members arrested seven suspects, including a former police officer and... Read more
17 Dec, 2022
Burkina Faso calls in Ghana envoy over Russian mercenary claim
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso on Friday called in Ghana’s ambassador to protest allegations that the war-torn Sahel nation has... Read more
17 Dec, 2022
Is South Africa better off with or without Cyril Ramaphosa?
Thapelo Tselapedi, Rhodes University President Cyril Ramaphosa came to the helm of South Africa’s governing party, the African National... Read more
17 Dec, 2022
He was ‘kicked in the back and shot twice in the head’ – Businessman, 68, kidnapped and brutally murdered in Gauteng
Cape Town – A Midrand businessman, Kevin Soal, 68, was reportedly killed after he was reported missing earlier this... Read more
17 Dec, 2022
Biden tells leaders US is ‘all in’ for Africa
Washington – US President Joe Biden threw his support on Thursday behind a larger African role in the world... Read more
17 Dec, 2022
South Africa’s ruling ANC in dates
Paris – Founded more than a century ago, the African National Congress (ANC) led the struggle that toppled apartheid... Read more
17 Dec, 2022
