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Police rescue woman who was hijacked, kidnapped and held hostage on Valentine’s Day
Police in Soweto rescued a woman who was allegedly hijacked, kidnapped and held hostage on Valentine’s Day. Read more…
Ivory Coast to end Covid border closures
Ivory Coast on Wednesday decided to lift a nearly three-year-long closure of its land borders that had been imposed because of the Covid pandemic. Read more…
Man rocks up in hijacked car as police seize stolen vehicles at a house in Ekurhuleni
Four men have been arrested and charged after they were found in possession of three reported hijacked vehicles in Wattville, Ekurhuleni. Read more…
WHO to hold emergency meeting on Equatorial Guinea Marburg outbreak
The UN health agency said it would hold an emergency meeting Tuesday after at least nine people in Equatorial Guinea died from Marburg haemorrhagic fever, a cousin of the Ebola virus. Read more…
At least 50 killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, says rights body
At least 50 people died in ethnic violence in Ethiopia’s Oromia region this month, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on Wednesday. Read more…
At least 73 migrants ‘presumed dead’ after shipwreck off Libya
Dozens of migrants are thought to have died after their boat sunk off the coast of Libya, the United Nations said on Wednesday, the latest tragedy on the world’s deadliest migration route. Read more…
Fears for DRC census as rebel attack kills five
ADF rebels on Wednesday killed five civilians in troubled Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) eastern province of Ituri, local sources said. Read more…
Burundi arrests five rights campaigners
Burundian intelligence agents have arrested five human rights campaigners, including four as they were about to fly to Uganda, a rights group and a police source said on Wednesday. Read more…
Boity Thulo and Anton Jeftha allegedly part ways
South African television personality, rapper, actress, businesswoman, and model Boity Thulo and actor, Anton Jeftha have seemingly parted ways as a source close to the couple revealed that they both wanted different things. Read more…
Benzema bags two penalties as Madrid defeat Elche
Karim Benzema netted two penalties as Real Madrid breezed to a 4-0 win over rock-bottom Elche on Wednesday to cut the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona back to eight points. Read more…
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