Cape Town – From a woman in Cape Town being killed while walking children to school; to a Mali bus that killed at least 11 people… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Cape Town woman killed while walking children to school
Police have registered a murder case for investigation after a 25-year-old female, Lauren Kennedy was shot and fatally wounded on Friday morning in De Braak Close, Belhar. Read more…
Mali bus blast kills at least 11 people: hospital source
At least 11 people were killed and 53 injured when a bus hit an explosive device in central Mali on Thursday, according to a hospital source. Read more…
Shock as Grade 7 learner commits suicide after counselling sessions
A Grade 7 learner from Avanté Primary School in Randfontein allegedly committed suicide on Thursday, October 6, after counselling sessions at his school. Read more…
Northwest Nigeria state imposes lockdown over bandit attacks
The northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara has imposed a local lockdown and closed some markets and highways amid restrictions to contain renewed attacks by bandit militias after the breakdown of a peace deal, officials said. Read more…
Street art animates Johannesburg’s gritty streets
Next to a wall surrounding an empty lot in central Johannesburg, a cherry picker carries a man above the street. Read more…
12 hacked to death in east DRC
Suspected militiamen hacked 12 people to death with machetes in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region plagued by violence from armed groups for years, local sources said on Saturday. Read more…
Kenya denies defaulting on China railway debt
Kenya on Thursday denied it had defaulted on interest repayments on a loan advanced by China for the construction of a railway line from the port city of Mombasa that opened in 2017. Read more…
Uganda says Ebola has not reached capital, despite cases
Ugandan authorities insist that an outbreak of Ebola that has killed 19 people across the country has not reached Kampala, despite a couple testing positive for the virus in the capital. Read more…
LOOK: ‘The magic is in the firsts’ – Pearl Modiadie shares her son’s first safari experience
South African television presenter and radio DJ, Pearl Modiadie, recently shared cute posts of her son’s first game drive experience. Read more…
Eight-goal Sundowns just miss equalling their African record
Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa trounced La Passe of the Seychelles 8-1 on Friday, but just missed equalling the record overall winning margin for a CAF Champions League qualifier. Read more…
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