Cape Town – From West African leaders meeting in Ghana’s capital Accra to decide whether to ease or ramp up sanctions against junta-ruled Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea; to North-West Nigeria testing medical deliveries by drone… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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West African leaders discuss sanctions on juntas
West African leaders on Saturday opened a meeting in Ghana’s capital Accra to decide whether to ease or ramp up sanctions against junta-ruled Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. Read more…
Restive NW Nigeria tests medical deliveries by drone
An American tech company that delivers medical products by drone said it completed its first flights in Nigeria on Friday, in the violence-affected northwestern state of Kaduna. Read more…
UN rights expert demands accelerated probe into Sudan post-coup killings
A UN human rights expert on Sudan called on Saturday for accelerated investigations into killings of protesters and other atrocities, as the death toll since last year’s coup nears 100. Read more…
Man, 29, held after being found with firearms hidden inside a snooker table and drugs worth R38 150
Police in Durban arrested a 29-year-old man after he was found with drugs, firearms and ammunition during an operation conducted in Shallcross on Thursday this week. Read more…
‘These officers need to be rewarded!’ – Cops buy petrol for mom stranded on dangerous road
Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officers bought petrol out of their pockets to assist a woman who was stranded on a dangerous road with her three children after their car ran out of petrol on Tuesday evening this week. Read more…
AU chair Sall aims to shake up African relations with the West
On Friday, Senegalese President and African Union Chair Macky Sall strode into a meeting and shook a smiling Vladimir Putin’s hand before taking a seat next to him to discuss the war in Ukraine. Read more…
Al-Qaeda affiliate claims May attack in Togo
A Mali-based coalition of al-Qaeda aligned militants has claimed responsibility for an attack in Togo last month, the SITE Intelligence monitoring group said on Friday. Read more…
Shock as pupils find human skeleton under mobile classroom
Pupils from MC Weiler Primary School in Alexandra, Gauteng reportedly discovered a human skeleton underneath a mobile classroom within the school premises on Thursday. Read more…
Dakar covered in layer of sand
A layer of sand has covered the Senegalese capital Dakar, an unusual phenomenon that poses a “high” risk for vulnerable people, according to the National Weather Agency. Read more…
Actress and South African gladiator Sonet ‘Adira’ Behr has left Mzansi in stitches after sharing a TikTok video where she was being chased down the road by three South African police officers. Read more…
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