From one of the boys who were attacked during a racist incident in the Free State saying that he feared for his life; to CAR extending war crimes court for five years… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Police have arrested the three suspects who attacked two teenage boys in an alleged racially motivated incident at a Free State resort that went viral on social media, and the family of the boys has welcomed the arrests. Read more…
CAR extends war crimes court for five years
The Special Criminal Court, a tribunal set up to judge war crimes and crimes against humanity in Central African Republic (CAR), had its mandate extended for a further five years under a law passed on Wednesday. Read more…
Social media was set alight after CCTV footage of the alleged racist incident that took place at the Maselspoort Resort & Conference Centre revealed white people climbing out of the pool as the black boys got in to swim. Read more…
South Sudan to send 750 troops to DRC to fight rebels
South Sudan will send 750 soldiers to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) soon to join a regional force fighting a rebel offensive, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. Read more…
Police launch manhunt after body of missing woman, 23, is found with stab wounds in bushes
Police in Vuwani outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo have launched a manhunt after the body of a woman who went missing a day before Christmas was found with multiple stab wounds in the bushes. Read more…
Tunisia’s Saied downplays puny poll turnout, slams critics
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied on Wednesday played down massive abstention in this month’s parliamentary elections and slammed critics who have accused him of dragging the country towards dictatorship. Read more…
PICS | Alleged drunk driver flees scene after colliding with two vehicles
A suspected drunk driver fled on foot after colliding with two vehicles on Russom Street, Verulam, KZN on Wednesday afternoon. Read more…
Ethiopian Airlines makes first flight to Tigray in 18 months
Families embraced and wept in emotional reunions on Wednesday after the first commercial flight in 18 months between Ethiopia’s capital city and the war-torn Tigray region to the north. Read more…
‘I am safe and free’ – Singer Makhadzi rubbishes rumours of being arrested
South African singer Makhadzi recently took to social media to rubbish claims that she had been arrested. Read more…
Australia hammer South Africa to win 2nd Test and series
South Africa were on the wrong end of a “hammering” against rampant top-ranked Australia on Thursday, losing the second Test by 182 runs and with it the series. Read more…
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