Cape Town – From Mac Maharaj warning that corruption risks undermining SA’s democracy; to Tigrayan rebels announcing that they have withdrawn from a region neighbouring war-wracked Tigray… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Nigeria oil blast victims buried in mass graves
The remains of more than one hundred victims killed in a weekend explosion of an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria were buried on Tuesday evening in three mass graves, officials said. Read more…
OPINION | Democracy loses its glow for South Africans amid persistent inequality
South Africans believed that the introduction of democracy in 1994 would transform their lives for the better through equality of opportunities. This hasn’t happened. Read more…
Tigray rebels announce pullout from neighbouring region
Tigrayan rebels announced on Tuesday that they have withdrawn from a region neighbouring war-wracked Tigray, fulfilling a key condition set by the government when it declared a humanitarian truce last month. Read more…
Miss Rwanda pageant organiser held for sexual assault
A Rwandan beauty pageant organiser and well-known former musician was arrested on Tuesday over sexual assault accusations, police said. Read more…
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday reportedly warned against those planning to loot funds meant for the vulnerable in KwaZulu-Natal in the wake of devastating floods that left more than 400 people dead. Read more…
Three lions found dead in Uganda in suspected electrocution
Three lions have been found dead in one of Uganda’s best-known national parks after possibly being electrocuted, a conservation official said on Tuesday. Read more…
‘Everything shows ANC has lost contact with the ground,’ says Mac Maharaj as SA celebrates freedom
As South Africa on Wednesday marks a key date in the fight against apartheid, one of the last surviving leaders of that struggle says the nation’s liberators have fallen out of touch with the people. Read more…
ANC disbands its women’s league led by Bathabile Dlamini
The ANC’s highest decision-making body, the national executive committee (NEC) has reportedly disbanded the women’s league led by Bathabile Dlamini. Read more…
Sudan releases leading anti-coup figure, says lawyer
Sudanese authorities on Tuesday released a former minister and key opponent of last year’s military coup after detaining him for more than two months, a lawyer said. Read more…
Mali opens probe into mass grave near French base
Mali’s military announced on Tuesday an inquiry has been launched into the discovery of a mass grave near a former French army base where Paris says Russian forces buried the bodies. Read more…
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