From former South African leader Jacob Zuma refusing to undergo a state medical examination to a TV channel in Ivory Coast apologising for airing a show in which a man presented as an ex-rapist showed how he assaulted his victims using a dummy for the demonstration… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Jacob Zuma refuses to undergo state medical exam… asks why his ill-health is being doubted
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has reportedly refused to undergo a medical examination by doctors selected by the prosecuting authority, as he accused the judiciary of not trusting a medical report by military doctors. Read more…
1000s still living in makeshift shelters, crying for help, 3 months after DRC volcano
More than three months after the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands are still living in makeshift shelters and crying out for government help. Read more…
Cyril Ramaphosa’s ex-spokesperson Khusela Diko redeployed after PPE graft probe
The ex-spokesperson of South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, on leave since July 2020 over alleged links to unlawful coronavirus contracts, has been given a warning and redeployed to a different post, the presidency said on Tuesday. Read more…
At least 380 000 affected by heavy flooding in South Sudan
Heavy flooding has affected at least 380 000 people in South Sudan, with overflowing rivers submerging homes and displacing families in the impoverished country, the UN’s humanitarian agency OCHA says. Read more…
‘How do you think 3% can clean the spills?’: New law stokes tension in Nigeria’s blighted oil delta
Nigerian farmer Nwale Nchimaonwi celebrated when he learnt that an oil law to overhaul the industry and improve the plight of communities living on crude-producing land had passed after two decades wait. Read more…
Outcry in Ivory Coast over televised ‘rape demonstration’
A TV channel in Ivory Coast apologised on Tuesday after airing a show in which a man presented as an ex-rapist showed how he assaulted his victims using a dummy for the demonstration. Read more…
DRC to beef up security at uranium mine for WWII era bombs
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they will beef up security against illegal mining at a pit that provided the uranium for the bombs dropped by the United States on Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Read more…
Beauty with brains! Miss SA Shudufhadzo Musida launches children’s book
Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida has finally launched her much-anticipated children’s book, Shudu Finds her Magic, and it is expected to hit bookstores on Thursday. Read more…
Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels looting aid supplies, US agency says
Rebels in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region have been looting aid warehouses, the US aid agency said on Tuesday, calling the alleged thefts a “great concern for humanitarians”. Read more…
Uganda’s penniless Silverbacks risk AfroBasket ouster
Uganda’s national basketball team risk being kicked out of the AfroBasket championships because they have not got sufficient funds to pay their way, a local official said on Tuesday. Read more…
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