Cape Town – From Mmusi Maimane criticising the SA government’s donation of R50 million to Cuba; to Moroccan carrier launching Israel flights after Covid delay… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Moroccan carrier launches Israel flights after Covid delay
Royal Air Maroc took off from Morocco’s economic capital Casablanca bound for Tel Aviv on Sunday, in the carrier’s first direct flight to the Jewish state since the two countries normalised ties in 2020. Read more…
‘Dear Cuba. About that R50m, we need it back!’ – Mmusi Maimane slams SA donation
One SA Movement leader Mmusi Maimane has criticised the South African government’s donation of R50 million to the Cuban government. Maimane took to social media over…Read more
Mali bans civilians from border area in Mauritania tensions
Mali says it has banned civilians from a border area where the disappearance of citizens from Mauritania blamed by social media on Malian troops has stoked tensions between…Read more
Kenya arrests alleged ringleader of vicious assault on woman
Kenyan police said on Monday they had arrested the suspected ringleader behind an assault on a female diplomat that sparked outrage and protests in the East African country….Read more
Senegal launches operation against Casamance rebels
Senegal’s army has launched a military operation against rebels in the southern region of Casamance, the chief of staff said in a statement late on Sunday. “In the…Read more
Bomb kills two civilians in Burkina Faso
At least two people were killed and several more injured when a bus drove over a landmine in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, local sources said. The public…Read more
Tunisia opposition holds protest against Saied power grab
Thousands of Tunisian opposition supporters demonstrated Sunday in the capital against President Kais Saied’s power grab and the economic crisis in the North African country. “Poverty has increased”,…Read more
WATCH | Cyril Ramaphosa sheds more light on his conversation with Putin
President Cyril Ramaphosa has shed more light on the recent telephonic conversation he had with his counterpart Vladimir Putin on the ongoing war between Russia and… Read more
Rising food prices shake North Africa as Ukraine war rages
Households across North Africa are rushing to stock up on flour, semolina and other staples as food prices rise following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, both key wheat… Read more
160 arrests, scores of police injured in Moroccan football violence
At least 160 people, some carrying knives and stones, were arrested at a Moroccan football match on Sunday in violence which left more than 100 police officers injured,… Read more
Ntsiki Mazwai found guilty of defamatory remarks towards DJ Euphonik
Embattled House music DJ Themba “Euphonik” Nkosi has won his court case against controversial poet, Ntsiki Mazwai, with costs. According to The Citizen, the High Court… Read more
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