Cape Town – From An ex-spy chief filing a legal complaint against Cyril Ramaphosa; to the head of the African Union, Macky Sall, planning to speak with Vladimir Putin on Friday… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Former spy boss Arthur Fraser accuses Cyril Ramaphosa of ‘kidnapping’, ‘bribing burglars’
An ex-spy chief on Wednesday said he had filed a legal complaint against South Africa’s president, accusing him of “kidnapping” and bribing robbers who stole millions of dollars from one of his properties. Read more…
African Union head to speak to Putin Friday in Russia
The head of the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall, will speak with President Vladimir Putin in the southwestern Russian city of Sochi on Friday, Dakar said. Read more…
Nigeria agrees step on new gas pipeline through Morocco to Europe
Nigeria’s government has directed its state-run oil company NNPC to implement a deal on a gas pipeline to Europe through Morocco. Read more…
WATCH | ‘Eyewitness’ to testify that Kelly Khumalo shot Senzo Meyiwa by mistake, says advocate Teffo
South African songstress Kelly Khumalo is alleged to have shot her late boyfriend and Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa by mistake. Read more…
Mauritanian ex-president to face corruption trial
Mauritania’s ex-president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, is to go on trial for alleged corruption along with 11 figures from his former regime, judicial sources said on Wednesday. Read more…
Mom strangles her son, 1, to death with a fence wire and poisons the other, 9
KwaZulu-Natal police reportedly arrested a 26-year-old mother after she murdered her two sons, ages one and two on Monday. Read more…
‘My word was the law,’ – Stern South African childhood fuelled Elon Musk’s ambition, says his dad
Elon Musk knows how to dominate a news cycle, but for all the coverage of the world’s richest man, the tech billionaire’s early life in apartheid-era South Africa remains sketchy. Read more…
Anti-Rwanda protests hit DRC cities
Hundreds of people hit the streets in two cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, AFP journalists said, to protest neighbouring Rwanda’s alleged meddling in the country’s affairs. Read more…
Arrested Ethiopian journalists ‘incited violence’, police say
Ten media workers arrested in Ethiopia stand accused of fomenting ethnic and religious conflict as well as animosity against the government, police said on Wednesday, as authorities wage a broader crackdown that has seen thousands detained. Read more…
‘I don’t feel that my money is safe anymore’ – Cassper Nyovest says after his bank card was cloned
South African rapper Refiloe Maele Phoolo, better known as Cassper Nyovest, revealed recently that someone cloned his personal bank card and scammed him of an undisclosed amount of money. Read more…
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