From a Cape Town woman’s skin getting ripped off of her head in a gruesome pit bull attack; to Egypt’s lawyers striking after attorneys were jailed for a brawl… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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SEE | Cape Town woman’s skin ripped off her head in gruesome pit bull attack
A Cape Town woman has sustained serious injuries after she was attacked by a pit bull in Penhill Estate on Thursday afternoon. Read more…
Egypt’s lawyers strike after attorneys jailed for brawl
The Egyptian Bar Association announced on Thursday an “unlimited” strike to condemn the imprisonment of six colleagues for a court brawl with three clerks earlier this month. Read more…
South Africa’s Limpopo health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba has reportedly asked her department’s risk and security management team to investigate claims that security personnel at Rethabile Clinic were selling state issued face masks to patients. Read more…
UN says nearly 50 dead found in mass graves in east DRC
UN peacekeepers have discovered the bodies of nearly 50 civilians in mass graves in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), officials said, after a series of attacks blamed on armed groups. Read more…
DA petition calling for alternative electricity supplier picks up momentum
More than 100 000 people have signed the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) petition calling for an alternative power supplier to Eskom amid the country’s worsening electricity crisis. Read more…
Africa inflation to ease in 2023 after worst figures in a decade
Despite slowing growth and the worst inflation figures in a decade in 2022, African economies remain “resilient”, and double-digit price hikes are expected to ease, an African Development Bank report said on Thursday. Read more…
PICS | ‘They don’t care’ – Taxi collision leaves 17 people injured
Two taxis collided in KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal, leaving 17 people injured. Read more…
PICS | Ethiopia marks Epiphany with water, colour and prayer
Aboard canoes, motorboats and kayaks fashioned from papyrus stems, the faithful converged on a lake in central Ethiopia to celebrate the Orthodox holiday of Epiphany, known locally as “Timkat”. Read more…
Congratulations! – Cici launches into 2023 with brand new Porsche
South African musical artist, Cici took to social media to announce her latest achievement, purchasing a brand new Porsche Cayenne – a “sexy beast” as Bontle Modiselle had described it. Read more…
Arsenal face Man United test as struggling Liverpool host Chelsea
Arsenal face a stern test of their Premier League title credentials against Manchester United this weekend as Liverpool and Chelsea meet in a clash of two clubs desperate to escape mid-table obscurity. Read more…
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