Cape Town – From one of Deputy President David Mabuza’s bodyguards dying in a car accident; to the Kenyan President William Ruto heading to Kinshasa amid efforts to try and bring peace to the east of the DRC… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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PICS | SA Deputy President David Mabuza survives fatal motor vehicle accident
South African Deputy President David Mabuza reportedly survived a fatal motor vehicle accident on Sunday in Middleburg, Mpumalanga. Read more…
SA man serving a murder sentence in KZN faces extradition for double murder in Ireland
A South African man currently serving 15 years for murder in KwaZulu-Natal and his Irish ex-girlfriends are facing extradition to Ireland in connection with a 2014 double murder case. Read more…
Kenyan president heads to DRC amid peace efforts
Kenyan President William Ruto will head to Kinshasa on Sunday, his office said, amid efforts to try to bring peace to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read more…
King Charles III to welcome Cyril Ramaphosa in first state visit of reign
King Charles III next week hosts his first state visit as monarch, welcoming South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his wife to Buckingham Palace. Read more…
Rwanda joins call for DRC rebels to cease fire: Kenyatta
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has joined calls for advancing M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to cease fire and withdraw from captured territory, Kenya’s former leader Uhuru Kenyatta said. Read more…
12 dead as Egypt bus crashes with truck: ministry
Twelve people died on Sunday when their bus collided with a truck near the resort city of Hurghada in eastern Egypt, the health ministry said. Read more…
Exiled activist sought by Algeria says has UN refugee status
A prominent Algerian activist seeking asylum in Tunisia said he had been granted refugee status by the United Nations, following calls to prevent his extradition on security-related charges. Read more…
Mali peacekeeping force in the balance as countries withdraw
A shadow has fallen over the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in jihadist-embattled Mali, one of the UN’s biggest operations, after a string of countries announced they would pull out. Read more…
Equatorial Guinea ruler seeks re-election against weakened opposition
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo faces two opponents as he runs for a sixth term on Sunday, but critics see little hope for change in a country with next to no opposition. Read more…
DJ Sumbody shot dead in Johannesburg… police hunt for killers
Popular South African disc spinner DJ Sumbody has died. Read more…
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