From three suspects being arrested after a Bloemfontein pub owner was shot dead; to the death toll rising to 18 in the latest Burkina Faso attacks…Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Bloemfontein pub owner, 45, shot dead… three suspects arrested
Police arrested three suspects following the death of a Bloemfontein pub owner who was allegedly killed in a hail of bullets in the early hours of Monday. Read more…
Death toll rises to 18 killed in latest Burkina Faso attacks
At least 18 people have been killed in two attacks in Burkina Faso, sources briefed on the incidents told AFP on Sunday, as violence rages in the Sahel nation. Read more…
PICS | Naked man threatening to stab himself and jump off a building rescued after four hours
A naked man who was reportedly threatening to commit suicide on top of a Virgin Active Building in Hatfield was eventually rescued following hours of negotiation with him to abandon his mission. Read more…
UN peacekeeper killed in attack on helicopter in DR Congo: UN
A United Nations peacekeeper from South Africa was killed and another wounded in an attack on their helicopter in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the organisation said. Read more…
Police launch manhunt after suspects shoot, kill, and de-horned two rhinos on a safari farm
Police in the Eastern Cape are on the hunt for rhino poachers who reportedly shot, killed, and de-horned two rhinos on a safari farm in Paterson on February 01, 2023. Read more…
Mali junta expels UN mission’s human rights chief: govt
Mali’s ruling junta said Sunday that it was expelling the head of the human rights division of MINUSMA, the UN mission there, giving him 48 hours to leave the country. Read more…
Suspected hijacker shot dead during shootout with patrol officer who foiled alleged hijacking
An alleged hijacker was reportedly shot and killed by a patrol officer on Paul Kruger Street in South Crest Ekurhuleni on Saturday just after midnight. Read more…
Pope urges end to ethnic hatred in historic South Sudan visit
Pope Francis flew home on Sunday with the leaders of the Anglican and Scottish churches after a joint trip to violence-plagued South Sudan, where he appealed at a final mass for people to lay down their “weapons of hatred”. Read more…
WATCH | Siya Kolisi rocks the dance floor at Eben Etzebeth’s wedding
South African rugby captain, Siya Kolisi proved that he not only has moves on the field but off it as well when he took over the dance floor at his colleague, Eben Etzebeth’s wedding. Read more…
Slain Stellenbosch FC player Oshwin Andries ‘had lofty dreams’
The South African football fraternity is still reeling after the shocking death of young talent, Oshwin Andries, 19, over the weekend. Read more…
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