Here are your top 10 stories to inform you about what is happening around the African Continent.
Free Jacob Zuma ‘with no conditions’, his son Edward demands
Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s family has reportedly demanded that he be released from jail “with no conditions”. Read more…
SA’s port terminals restored following cyber-attack
Operating systems have been restored at South Africa’s state-owned logistics firm, the company said on Thursday following a cyber-attack last week that hit the country’s key port terminals. Read more…
New Africa Cup of Nations draw date set
The draw for the rescheduled 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon will be held in Yaounde on August 17, the organisers said on Thursday. Read more…
Ugandan weightlifter faces fraud charge over Olympics
A young Ugandan weightlifter who disappeared in Japan after failing to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics was charged on Wednesday with conspiracy to defraud, his lawyer said. Read more…
Malawi ex-leader Mutharika in no-show at graft inquiry
Malawi’s former president Peter Mutharika failed to appear before the country’s anti-corruption agency on Wednesday, a day after he wrote a scathing statement vowing not to answer any questions. Read more…
Zim approves J&J Covid-19 vaccine as third virus wave rages
Zimbabwe has approved the US-made Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, the first Western-manufactured jab to be administered in the country amid a spiralling third wave of infections. Read more…
Zalika Souley, doyenne of African cinema, dies at 74
Zalika Souley, who won fame and money that did not last as the first sub-Sahara African woman to star on the silver screen, has died at the age of 74, her family said on Wednesday. Read more…
‘Hard part’ lies ahead for Ivory Coast after ex-foes hold warm meeting
Ivory Coast’s press has gushed over an upbeat meeting between President Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo, the main antagonists in the West African country’s devastating conflict a decade ago, while warning that the “hard part” lies ahead. Read more…
Nigerian cleric detained since 2015 acquitted, freed, says lawyer
Shiite Muslim leader Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife detained for murder since 2015 in Nigeria have been discharged, lawyers said this week. Read more…
Tunisia’s political crisis fuelled by endless economic pain
Spiralling prices, stagnant wages, jobs lost to the pandemic: anger over deep economic woes in debt-hit Tunisia goes a long way to explain the political turmoil that has hit the North African country this week. Read more…
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