From a family’s Christmas being ruined by a ‘racist attack’ at a resort swimming pool; to the DRC army saying that the M23 rebel retreat is a ‘sham’… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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A family’s Christmas celebrations at the Maselspoort Resort & Conference Centre seemed to be a time-travelling experience after two young black boys were attacked because they were allegedly “not allowed in a pool reserved for white people”. Read more…
M23 rebel retreat a ‘sham’, DRC army says
Democratic Republic of Congo’s army called an M23 rebel withdrawal from a strategic town near the eastern city of Goma a “sham” on Saturday, saying the militia is reinforcing its positions elsewhere. Read more…
WATCH | Southern African Rock Python captured on KZN farm
A Southern African Rock Python measuring approximately a whopping 3 metres was captured on a farm in Emona, KZN on Sunday morning. Read more…
Ethiopia says govt team en route to rebel Tigray region
A high-level Ethiopian team was on its way Monday to the capital of the rebel-held Tigray region for talks on implementing a peace deal to end over two years of conflict. Read more…
More than three decades have passed since the apartheid government in South Africa unbanned the African National Congress (ANC), the country’s leading liberation movement, and released its leader, Nelson Mandela, from prison. This launched four fraught years of negotiations and violence that led to South Africa’s first-ever democratic elections. Read more…
Suspected jihadists kill 17 herders in northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram jihadists killed 17 herders and stole their cattle following clashes in the troubled northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, self-defence militia told AFP on Monday. Read more…
At least 500 bundles of joy born on Christmas Day in SA… two 15-year-olds among moms who gave birth
At least 500 babies were born on Christmas Day in South Africa this year, the Department of Health announced on Sunday. Read more…
Hunger-striking Senegal journalist taken to hospital, says attorney
Pape Ale Niang, a prominent Senegalese journalist and government critic who has been on a hunger strike to protest charges against him, has been moved to a hospital, his attorney told AFP on Sunday. Read more…
As the world celebrated Christmas with friends and family, public figures in South Africa were doing the same, and shared their special moments with their followers on social media. Read more…
SA skipper Sibusiso Sizatu seeks win for diversity in race to Brazil
The first time he saw the ocean, Sibusiso Sizatu thought that, with all that water, it must have been a very large lake. Read more…
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