Countries 2 young friends on holiday drown tragically while swimming on KZN South Coast beach Cape Town – Two young friends aged 12 and 15, drowned after they were swept out to sea by... Read more 11 Dec, 2022
News Body of missing job seeker found in bag; Survivors reflect escape from DRC massacre | Here are your top news headlines From the body of a missing job seeker being found stuffed in a bag; to survivors recounting their escape... Read more 11 Dec, 2022
Countries WATCH | Morocco fans celebrate the impossible and ask for more Casablanca – As their national team made history, crowds gathered in Casablanca on Saturday evening and chanted “Qualified! Qualified!”... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Business African debt: how to break unequal relationships in financing deals Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria Africa is facing some impossibly difficult choices when it comes to financing its development.... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Countries Jailed Senegal journalist falls ill on hunger strike Dakar – A jailed Senegalese journalist critical of President Macky Sall has been hospitalised on the ninth day of... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Countries Abiy Ahmed gained power in Ethiopia with the help of young people – four years later he’s silencing them Lovise Aalen, Chr. Michelsen Institute and Amanuel Tesfaye, Addis Ababa University When Abiy Ahmed took power as Ethiopia’s prime... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso to raise 150 million euros for war fund Ouagadougou – The Burkina Faso government has announced plans to raise 152 million euros for a “fund to support... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Business Eskom takes SA back to stage 5 load-shedding ‘until further notice’ Cape Town – Eskom on Saturday announced that it was implementing stage 5 load-shedding until further notice. The power... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Countries ‘I decided to run’: Survivors recount escape from DRC massacre Kitshanga – In a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Eric, Samuel, Tuyisenge and Florence recounted walking... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Arts and Leisure Glitz and the 70s as travelling fashion show arrives in Africa Dakar – Glitz and 1970s cuts were centre-stage this week when Chanel brought a special show to Senegal that... Read more 10 Dec, 2022