News

DRC’s military solution to violence misses pathway to peace – report

Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi’s crackdown on rebel groups is having no discernible impact on attacks... Read more

18 Sep, 2021

News

Hundreds of Malians protest Ecowas call for swift elections

Bamako – Hundreds of people demonstrated in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday, demanding the nation’s military rulers be given more... Read more

18 Sep, 2021

News

Ivory Coast to try more than 40 police officers for corruption

Abidjan – More than 40 police officers in Ivory Coast accused of racketeering will be tried in October, prosecutors... Read more

18 Sep, 2021

News

Desolate villages face famine in Madagascar drought

Amboasary – Nothing to eat, nothing to plant. The last rain in Ifotaka fell in May, for two hours.... Read more

18 Sep, 2021

Business

China losing battle to sell its ‘win-win’ deals to Congolese

Kinshasa – Much has ground to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic, but not the march of Sino-Congolese friendship. Or... Read more

18 Sep, 2021

News

Algeria’s ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies aged 84

Algiers – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who ruled Algeria for two decades before resigning in 2019 as huge protests engulfed the country,... Read more

18 Sep, 2021

News

Jacob Zuma’s ConCourt judgment, Africa and Covid-19 vaccines: Here are your top news headlines

From the Constitutional Court dismissing Jacob Zuma’s rescission application with costs, to Africa facing a 470 million shortfall in... Read more

18 Sep, 2021

News

Jihadists kill 16 Nigerian troops in ambush, military sources say

Kano – At least 16 Nigerian soldiers and two anti-jihadist militia have been killed in an ambush by ISIS-allied... Read more

17 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus

‘The aim is not to punish South Africans’: Health minister speaks on vaccine passport plan

Cape Town – The South African government is working on a vaccine passport plan that is set to be... Read more

17 Sep, 2021

Jacob Zuma Parole

SA’s top court stands by order to jail Jacob Zuma: What does this mean?

Johannesburg – South Africa’s highest court on Friday stood by its order to imprison Jacob Zuma, accusing the former president... Read more

17 Sep, 2021