Cape Town – From companies linked to billionaire Patrice Motsepe being said to have paid millions to SA’s major political parties; to Somalia’s drought driving millions to hunger… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Cyclone Emnati lashes Madagascar
Cyclone Emnati overnight lashed the island nation of Madagascar, still reeling from the impact of another cyclone earlier this month, local authorities said Wednesday. Read more…
18 civilians feared killed near Niger’s border with Mali
Eighteen civilians have been killed in two suspected jihadist attacks in the west of Niger near the Sahel nation’s border with Mali, the government said on Tuesday. Read more
Gold mine blast kills 55 in Burkina Faso, local sources say
Ouagadougou – An explosion at a gold mine in Burkina Faso on Monday afternoon killed at least 55 people and wounded a similar number, local and medical sources told AFP…. Read more
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Author who fled ‘torture’ in Uganda arrives in Germany
Kampala – An award-winning Ugandan author who fled the country after being charged with insulting President Yoweri Museveni and his son has arrived in Germany to seek medical treatment after… Read more
Cape Town – South Africa’s first black billionaire, Patrice Motsepe, reportedly made the most generous donations to South Africa’s major political parties in the past quarter. An Independent Electoral… Read more
PICS | Horn of Africa drought drives at least 13 million to hunger
Nairobi – Vast swathes of land stretching from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia are in the grip of a severe drought that has left 13 million people facing… Read more
Ace Magashule claims his arrest was influenced by Cyril Ramaphosa
Suspended African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule’s legal representative, Lawrence Hodes claimed on Tuesday that his client’s arrest was influenced by President Cyril Ramaphosa. According… Read more
Jailed Moroccan journalist rejects espionage charge
ailed Moroccan journalist and rights activist Omar Radi, appealing a conviction for espionage, denied on Tuesday delivering sensitive information to two British consultancy firms. Radi was sentenced in… Read more
Guinea opens graft probe into former officials
Guinea’s military leaders have launched an investigation into former officials to recover allegedly stolen state assets, five months after a coup toppled president Alpha Conde who ruled for… Read more
Chris Hani’s assassin Janusz Waluś takes another shot at parole
Cape Town – Janusz Waluś, the man who murdered South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani reportedly approached the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, as he sought to challenge… Read more
SA rapper Ricky Rick dies aged 34
Award-winning rapper Rikhado “Ricky Rick” Makhado has reportedly died. According to SowetanLive, Ricky Rick’s uncle Khangele Makhado confirmed on Wednesday morning that he had received a… Read more
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