Cape Town – From Nigeria’s ruling APC party voting to choose a candidate for next year’s election to replace President Muhammadu Buhari; to Ugandan opposition leaders slamming government’s decision to purchase limousines for senior parliament officials as inflation climbs… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Nigeria’s ruling party picks candidate for 2023 presidential poll
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party voted on Wednesday in key primaries to choose a candidate for next year’s election to replace President Muhammadu Buhari. Read more…
Uganda opposition slams govt purchase of limos as inflation bites
Ugandan opposition leaders on Tuesday slammed the government’s decision to purchase limousines for senior parliament officials, drawing attention to the country’s skyrocketing cost of living as inflation climbs. Read more…
18 years’ jail upheld in Algeria for ex-high flyer Khalifa
An Algerian appeals court on Tuesday confirmed an 18-year prison sentence for Rafik Khalifa, who embezzled from his bank to finance a lavish lifestyle, the official APS news agency said. Read more…
East Sudan governor resigns, protesters lift blockade
Guinean authorities on Tuesday arrested four police officers and a gendarme over the killing of a young man on the sidelines of a fuel price protest. Read more…
Fierce fighting under way at key border town in central Mali
Malian forces and local armed groups have launched a bid to recapture a jihadist-held border town in a region where hundreds of civilians have died in the past few months, sources there say. Read more…
Police launch manhunt after son, 30, kills his mom and chops her into pieces
Police in the Free State have reportedly launched a manhunt for a 30-year-old suspect who allegedly killed his mother, Modiehi Khodumo, 65, and chopped her into pieces. Read more…
The Pretoria North Regional Court reportedly sentenced businessman Jaco Swart to a R20 000 fine, and a three-year prison sentence, suspended for a period of five years after clips of him brutally beating his wife went viral. Read more…
Algeria media boss sentenced to six months in prison
The director of an Algerian radio station and news website was sentenced to six months in prison on Tuesday for reopening the wounds of the country’s devastating 1990s conflict, a rights group said. Read more…
‘I’m very well’ – Lira receives SAMA28 nomination, gives fans an update on her health
South African award-winning singer Lerato Moipone Molapo, best known as ‘Lira’ has shared an update on her recovery, following a stroke that affected her speech about two months ago. Read more…
Mane snatches dramatic victory for African champions Senegal
Liverpool star Sadio Mane scored a penalty eight minutes into added time to give Senegal a dramatic 1-0 win over heart-broken Rwanda on Tuesday in 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. Read more…
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