Countries Egypt swears in first Coptic Christian to head top court Cairo – Egypt’s first ever Coptic Christian judge to head the country’s highest court was sworn in on Wednesday,... Read more 10 Feb, 2022
Countries ‘Nobody is safe!’ – Nurses at Tembisa Hospital in shock after deadly shooting Cape Town – Tembisa hospital in Johannesburg was temporarily closed on Wednesday following a fatal shooting incident between a... Read more 10 Feb, 2022
Countries DRC frees MP arrested for attacking security law Goma – A Congolese lawmaker who was arrested on suspicion of inciting disobedience to tough security laws has been released,... Read more 10 Feb, 2022
Countries Sanctioned Mali seeking ‘compromise’ with West African neighbours Bamako – Mali’s ruling junta said on Wednesday that it was in talks with the West African bloc Ecowas,... Read more 10 Feb, 2022
Countries Prominent Ugandan author flees into exile, his lawyer says Kampala – A prominent Ugandan author who was charged with insulting President Yoweri Museveni and his son has fled the... Read more 10 Feb, 2022
Arts and Leisure WATCH | ‘Joy in simplicity!’ – Actress Greteli Fincham marries love of her life Juan De Swardt Cape Town – Young budding actress, Greteli Fincham married the love of her life, Juan De Swardt, who is... Read more 9 Feb, 2022
Burkina Faso Burkina army chief vows ‘new impetus’ in jihadist fight Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s new armed forces chief, who was appointed last week following a military coup, on Wednesday vowed... Read more 9 Feb, 2022
Countries Madagascar cyclone toll rises to 30 Antananarivo – The death toll from Cyclone Batsirai, which left Madagascar on Monday morning, has risen to 30, according... Read more 9 Feb, 2022
Countries HRW slams Tunisia’s ‘secret detentions’ under state of emergency Tunis – Tunisian authorities are using emergency laws to place people in “secret detention”, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday,... Read more 9 Feb, 2022
Countries Captured jihadists in Mozambique say insurgency ‘weakening’ Mocímboa da Praia – Rare interviews with captured members of a jihadist group terrorising northern Mozambique point to low... Read more 9 Feb, 2022