From the Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg complaining to the SA government after city’s authorities disconnected the consulate’s electricity supplies over unpaid bills; to Nigeria’s presidential top candidates exchanging insults and accusations... Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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South Africa cuts power to Nigeria consulate, sparks row
The Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg has complained to the South African government after city authorities disconnected the consulate’s electricity supplies over unpaid bills, a government official said on Friday. Read more…
‘Mr Stingy’ to ‘Artful Dodger’: Nigeria presidential candidates heatedly trade insults
A month before Nigeria’s presidential election, top candidates have been exchanging a colourful tirade of insults and accusations over their pasts, the state of their health and even calls for each other’s arrest. Read more…
Senegal’s Ousmane Sonko to run for president despite rape trial
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko vowed on Thursday he would run for president next year despite facing a trial for rape charges. Read more…
Uganda issues licence for $3.5 billion oil pipeline
Uganda has issued a licence for the construction of a controversial $3.5 billion pipeline set to carry crude oil from the East African country to international markets, a government minister said on Friday. Read more…
Two attacks kill 18 in Burkina Faso, security sources say
Two suspected jihadist attacks killed at least 18 people, including 16 auxiliaries supporting the army, in Burkina Faso, security sources said on Friday. Read more…
Gunmen kill 9 in Nigeria in suspected intercommunal attack
Gunmen have killed nine people displaced by intercommunal violence in central Nigeria’s Benue state, where a deadly conflict between herders and farmers often flares, an official told AFP on Friday. Read more….
Mining giant ‘turned blind eye’ to lead poisoning in Zambia
Mining giant Anglo American knew toxic fumes and dust from a Zambian mine poisoned local women and children but failed to address the issue, lawyers told a South African court on Friday. Read more…
A concerned councillor and residents confronted and escorted an alleged thief to return a stolen traffic light in a video circulating on social media. Read more…
Two Muslim sisters could not share in the joy and excitement of being back at school for the first day of the year, as they were reportedly prevented from entering the classroom because they wore pants with their school dresses. Read more…
A video of a kidnapped man with his hands bound to the back while trying to escape from his alleged kidnappers at a petrol station in eMalahleni is circulating on social media. Read more…
South African comedian Mongezi ‘Tol Ass Mo’ Mahlangu, who was acquitted of a rape charge levelled against him last year, has launched an organisation seeking to help other men who find themselves in similar situations. Read more…
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