Two mountain gorillas born in DRC’s Virunga park
Goma – Two new-born mountain gorillas have further boosted the endangered species’ baby boom underway in the Democratic Republic of... Read more
18 Nov, 2021
Kenyan police capture ‘terror’ prison escapees
Nairobi – Kenyan police on Thursday said they captured three terror inmates who had escaped from a high-security jail in... Read more
18 Nov, 2021
A hero abroad, FW de Klerk’s evasiveness drew ire in South Africa
Johannesburg – Four activists abducted and murdered. A man pushed to his death from a police building. Five teenagers... Read more
18 Nov, 2021
Cyril Ramaphosa submits list of 4 candidates for chief justice position
Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa has submitted a list of four candidates for the position of South Africa’s... Read more
18 Nov, 2021
Surrendered Nigeria jihadists riot in tense northeast
Kano – Hundreds of Nigerian Boko Haram jihadists who are being held in a camp after surrendering to the military... Read more
18 Nov, 2021
DRC lawmakers urge reparations over illegal mining
Kinshasa – Lawmakers probing illegal mining by foreign-owned firms in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday recommended fines and... Read more
18 Nov, 2021
US diplomat Antony Blinken heads to Nigeria facing calls to rethink ties
Nairobi – Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Nigeria on Thursday as persistent unrest and human rights concerns prompt... Read more
18 Nov, 2021
Mali’s PM among some 150 hit by fresh Ecowas sanctions, document shows
Bamako – West African bloc Ecowas issued sanctions against members of Mali’s transitional government, including its prime minister, but not... Read more
18 Nov, 2021
Kenya sacks prison boss after ‘terror’ inmates escape
Nairobi – Kenya’s president on Wednesday sacked the country’s top prisons boss over an embarrassing jailbreak by three “terror” inmates... Read more
18 Nov, 2021
IMF says no financial support to Zim; Sani Dangote laid to rest | Here are your top news headlines
Cape Town – From the IMF saying it is unable to provide Zimbabwe with financial assistance due to its... Read more
18 Nov, 2021
