Cape Town – From Ramaphosa dodging parliamentary questions over a multi-million-dollar cash heist; to Algeria suspending a decades-old cooperation treaty with Spain over the Western Sahara dispute… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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‘I will not respond to insults’ – Cash heist puts Cyril Ramaphosa on back foot
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday dodged questions over a multi-million-dollar cash heist that has put him on the back foot in a heated rivalry within his ruling party. Read more…
Algeria suspends Spain co-operation over Western Sahara dispute
Algeria said on Wednesday it was suspending a decades-old cooperation treaty with Spain after Madrid backed the position of the North African country’s arch-rival Morocco on disputed Western Sahara. Read more…
Somalia to lift Kenyan khat ban as ties improve
Somalia has agreed to lift a two-year ban on air shipments of khat from Kenya as part of a new trade deal, a Kenyan minister announced Friday, a further sign of rekindled ties after several years of tensions. Read more…
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said this week that his party was disappointed with how the murder case of Hillary Gardee was handled by the police. Read more…
Somalia president urges global community to help avert famine
Somalia’s newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud used his inauguration speech on Thursday to appeal for international help to stave off a famine that threatens his drought-stricken country. Read more…
Somaliland opposition accuses police of firing on protesters
Opposition leaders in Somaliland accused police of firing tear gas and live bullets to break up an anti-government protest on Thursday in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway region of Somalia. Read more…
Boy, 12, allegedly bought ‘rapist’ teacher a PlayStation so he could stop ‘bullying him’
A teacher, who allegedly raped a 12-year-old boy at the school at which he teaches, was reportedly denied bail by the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court this week. Read more…
Businessman Jaco Swart, who was recently convicted for the brutal assault on his wife, allegedly beat another woman days before he was sentenced at the Pretoria North Regional Court. Read more…
Morocco’s gender-challenging artists take to the stage
Men in make-up and wigs twirl on stage in colourful robes to applause in Morocco, resurrecting the musical art of “Aita” and challenging gender stereotypes in the conservative Muslim-majority kingdom. Read more…
PICS | ‘Great to be back in Italy’ – Wayde van Niekerk spends some time with wife and son
South African sprinter Wayde van Niekerk has taken some time off the track to relax with his family in Italy before the World Athletics Championships begin in July in Oregon, United States. Read more…
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