Here are 10 stories to inform you about what is happening around Africa.
Call for ‘sufficient security presence’ when Jacob Zuma returns to court
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for sufficient security presence when former South African president Jacob Zuma returns to court next week. Read more…
Shona Ferguson ‘will be laid to rest privately’, family says
Actor and producer Shona Ferguson, who died last week on Friday, will be laid to rest on Wednesday in a private ceremony, the family has reportedly said. Read more…
Springboks’ Erasmus to face misconduct hearing over ref video
World Rugby said on Monday South Africa’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus will face a misconduct hearing for his comments about referee Nic Berry after the first Test loss to the British and Irish Lions. Read more…
Cyril Ramaphosa to appear before Zondo Commission next week
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to return to the state capture commission next week on Wednesday and Thursday. Read more…
East Sudan residents say bodies seen in river bordering Ethiopia
Residents of an east Sudanese town said on Monday they had seen bodies washing up the river on the border with Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region in recent days. Read more…
Mango leaves customers frustrated over ticket refunds
Mango customers are reportedly frustrated, as the airline is taking too long to address the issue pertaining to tickets they bought before its planes were grounded. Read more…
Ivorian ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo urges release of ‘prisoners of conscience’
Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Monday called for 110 detainees to be released, describing them as political prisoners. Read more…
At least 33 killed as bus hits fuel truck in DRC
Thirty-three people died in a horrific collision between a fuel truck and a crowded bus in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the weekend, police said on Monday. Read more…
Tunisia over worst of Covid-19 wave but must speed up jabs: WHO
Tunisia -which has seen the world’s worst Covid-19 death toll – may be over the peak of the latest wave but the government must still speed up inoculations, the WHO said on Monday. Read more…
16 hostages killed in DRC’s restive east
At least 16 people were knifed to death weeks after being taken hostage in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east, in bloodletting blamed on armed Islamists, military and local sources said on Tuesday. Read more…
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