Cape Town – From SA extending the vality of Zimbabwe special permits; to African countries agreeing on a common push to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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SA Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi extends Zimbabwe special permits by a further six months
South African Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has extended the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP) for a further six months. Read more…
African countries to stand by 1.5C target at climate talks
African countries on Friday agreed on a common push to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius – a goal that scientists fear is increasingly elusive – at upcoming UN climate talks. Read more…
Ethnic clashes in Sudan’s south kill 18, government agency says
Renewed ethnic clashes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state have killed 18 people, a government aid agency said on Friday, despite a ceasefire agreement between rival groups following deadly violence weeks ago. Read more…
‘We’ve still not seen this teacher,’ family says as SACE probes death of Grade 9 pupil
The South African Council for Educators (SACE) has reportedly said that the student teacher, who allegedly mocked a 15-year-old boy’s sexuality resulting in him taking his own life, might never work as a teacher again if found guilty. Read more…
Jack Tilling, a Grade 1 pupil at Eversdal Primary School in Durbanville, Cape Town, reportedly died recently at the age of eight, and his family and friends have described him as a “hero”. Read more…
Mali junta rejects ‘biased’ UN allegations of killings
The junta in Mali on Friday rejected “biased” UN allegations of a massacre of civilians by the military in April. Read more…
UN envoy meets with Polisario Front in Algeria
The UN’s Western Sahara envoy, Staffan de Mistura, met on Saturday with representatives of the Polisario independence movement in Algeria as part of a regional tour, Sahrawi sources said. Read more…
Dozens killed by Ethiopian ethnic militia, survivors say
Militia members from Ethiopia’s second largest ethnic group killed dozens of people and torched and looted homes in an attack on a town in the country’s restless Oromia region, survivors told AFP. Read more…
Angola’s opposition office ‘attacked’ amid political tensions
Angola’s main opposition party said supporters of the ruling MPLA party attacked one of its offices on Friday, injuring ten people and torching numerous vehicles, as tensions in the country remained high after a disputed vote. Read more…
‘I’m scared of that thing’ – SA TV host K Naomi says ‘NO’ to a free Brazilian butt lift
South African media personality Keitumetse “K Naomi” Noinyane recently declined a free body surgery. Read more…
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