From motorists feeling releaved by the anticipated drop in fuel prices in 2023; to a prominent Algerian journalist placed in pretrial detention…Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Relief for SA motorist as fuel prices set to drop in 2023
Motorists are set for a relief that will make their wallets feel a bit heavier, courtesy of a drop in fuel prices which will come into effect from January 4, 2023. Read more…
Prominent Algeria journalist placed in pretrial detention
A prominent Algerian journalist was remanded in custody on accusations of illegally collecting donations for propaganda activities, a court said on Thursday. Read more…
Three charged over ‘racist’ fight at South Africa pool
A white South African man charged with attempted murder for alleged involvement in an altercation with two black teenagers was released on bail on Thursday, in a racially charged case that has shocked the nation. Read more…
30 000 flee ethnic violence in South Sudan, says UN
Armed raids in a region of South Sudan plagued by ethnic clashes have forced around 30 000 civilians to flee their homes, the UN’s emergency response agency said on Thursday as international partners demanded an end to the violence. Read more…
South Africa fuel tanker blast death toll climbs to 34
The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a South African city east of Johannesburg last week has climbed to 34, the health ministry said on Friday. Read more…
Mali resumes trial of Ivory Coast soldiers as deadline looms in row
The trial resumed in Mali on Friday of 46 Ivorian troops whose detention has sparked a diplomatic row between both countries, a judicial source said. Read more…
Ethiopian federal police deploy in Tigray after peace deal
Ethiopia’s federal police on Thursday began to deploy in the capital of war-torn Tigray for the first time in 18 months, the police said, marking the latest step in a nearly two-month-old peace deal. Read more…
Nigeria has a coastal litter problem: it’s time to clean up
Bottles. Plastic bags. Surgical facemasks. These are just some of the 29,029 items we found along the 180km Araromi coastline Nigeria in nine months while studying marine litter. The litter weighed in at a hefty 465.54kg. Read more…
People express emotions in different ways and South African gqom artist, Babes Wodumo expressed herself in what was, according to businesswoman Zanele Mbokazi, “her language with her hubby” when she danced at Mampintsha’s memorial. Read more…
World mourns as Brazilian football legend Pele dies aged 82
Brazilian football icon Pele, a three-time World Cup winner who is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died on Thursday at the age of 82 – triggering a wave of tributes from the sports world and beyond. Read more…
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