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SA’s local govt elections; 110 attacks reported on DRC journalists : Here are your top news headlines

Cape Town – From the ANC set to deliver its worst-ever electoral performance since the end of apartheid; to... Read more

3 Nov, 2021

Johannesburg – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called for an independent probe into the deadly crackdown on protests that... Read more

2 Nov, 2021

Kano – Islamic State-aligned jihadists held 76 farmers for two days in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state near the border with... Read more

2 Nov, 2021

Bangui – Ten Egyptian peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (Minusca) were wounded by shots... Read more

2 Nov, 2021

Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo’s press freedom group Journaliste en Danger (JED) said on Monday it had registered 110... Read more

2 Nov, 2021

Bamako – Three Chinese nationals kidnapped in Mali in July escaped their captors at the weekend and were rescued... Read more

2 Nov, 2021

Cape Town – From South Africans voting in local government elections; to three security agents in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara... Read more

2 Nov, 2021

Umzinto – A polling station in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal found itself at the centre of a helicopter and police... Read more

2 Nov, 2021

Lagos – A high-rise building under construction collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Monday, killing at least three people... Read more

1 Nov, 2021

Soweto – South Africans showed little appetite for local elections on Monday, but many were drawn to polling stations... Read more

1 Nov, 2021