Cape Town – From Moroccan diplomats getting suspended after being drugged and robbed in Colombia; to the number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa increasing to 22 million… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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African Union urges support for Burkina Faso’s transition
An African Union envoy on Friday urged international support for Burkina Faso’s transition to civilian rule, as the junta-led country battles a jihadist insurgency. Read more…
22 million face starvation in Horn of Africa, says WFP
The number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa has increased to 22 million, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. Read more…
Moroccan diplomats suspended after being drugged, robbed in Colombia
Two Moroccan diplomats have been suspended from their positions in Colombia after they were drugged and robbed by women they met on Tinder, a diplomatic source in Rabat told AFP on Friday. Read more…
Nigeria vows to crack down on oil theft
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday that security would be increased across the country to try to stamp out widespread oil theft, a week after a supertanker was detained off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. Read more…
Chad ‘national dialogue’ to begin after delays
Crucial national talks on the future of Chad that the ruling junta says will pave the way for elections begin on Saturday but the forum has been overshadowed by delays and boycotts. Read more…
35 aid workers killed in NE Nigeria since 2016, says UN
The United Nations on Friday called for the safety of aid workers in Nigeria’s volatile northeast where a jihadist conflict has killed 35 humanitarian staff in the past six years. Read more…
Eight dead as Somali forces battle al-Shabaab at besieged hotel
At least eight civilians have been confirmed dead in an attack by Islamist militants on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said Saturday, as security forces continued to battle gunmen holed up inside. Read more…
Nigeria vows to crack down on oil theft
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday that security would be increased across the country to try to stamp out widespread oil theft, a week after a supertanker was detained off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. Read more…
WATCH | Musa Mthombeni and wife Liesl celebrate wedding anniversary in Miami
Musa Mthombeni and his wife Liesl Laurie-Mthombeni celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary on Thursday, August 18. Read more
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