Cape Town – From a missing solo sailor’s body being found aboard his yacht; to voters talking about poverty, inflation and corruption, as Angola heads into elections on Wednesday… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Missing 60-year-old sailor located adrift at sea with his body still aboard his yacht
A 60-year-old solo sailor from Mossel Bay, who was reported missing on Monday last week, was found dead and still aboard his yacht over the weekend. Read more…
Angolans hope for change on eve of tight vote race
Poverty, inflation and corruption are the words on voters’ lips as Angola heads into elections on Wednesday that could be the most competitive in its history. Read more…
Nigerian gang leader accepts truce, says official
A notorious gang leader in Nigeria has accepted a truce offered by local authorities in northwest Zamfara, a state wracked by deadly violence for years, a top official said. Read more…
SA prosecutors to study sexual assault case against finance minister
South African prosecutors said on Monday they would examine findings of a police probe into sexual assault allegations against Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to decide whether to press charges. Read more…
Egypt’s Sisi to host 5-state Arab summit
Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is to host a five-nation Arab summit on Tuesday with the Ukraine war-related energy and food crises on the agenda, the government said. Read more…
SA trade unions call for nationwide strike against rising cost of living on Wednesday
South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) and Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) have reportedly called on South African workers to down tools on Wednesday, August 24, and join the national shutdown against the rising cost of living. Read more…
Libya ‘mass grave’ with seven bodies found
Libyan authorities said on Monday that seven unidentified bodies were found in the western town of Tarhuna, where scores of corpses have been discovered in mass graves in recent years. Read more…
DRC reports new Ebola case in restive east
The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a new case of Ebola in its violence-wracked east, the country’s health ministry said, just weeks after the end of a previous epidemic. Read more…
The Bachelor SA star Lee Thompson back in rehab – reports
The Bachelor South Africa star Lee Thompson is reportedly back in rehab. Read more…
Boks feel the heat behind enemy lines
Eben Etzebeth says the Springboks have to rewrite the record books by pulling off a rare victory when the world champions clash with the Wallabies on Saturday. Read more…
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