Cape Town – From Nigeria burning more than 250 hectares of cannabis fields; to SA telling Russia to “immediately pull” out of Ukraine… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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South Africa tells Russia to ‘immediately’ pull out of Ukraine
A “dismayed” South Africa on Thursday urged Russia to pull its forces out of Ukraine hours after Moscow launched a military assault on its Western-backed neighbour. Read more…
African billionaire Aliko Dangote overtakes Chelsea FC owner on list of world’s richest men
African billionaire Aliko Dangote is reportedly now richer than popular Russian businessman and owner of Chelsea FC Roman Abramovich. Read more…
PICTURES | Nigeria destroys more than 250 hectares of cannabis fields
Nigeria’s drug agency said on Wednesday that it had destroyed 255 hectares (630 acres) of cannabis fields and arrested 13 people in the southwestern state of Ondo. Read more…
Family ‘buries relative’s lower torso only’ after he was mauled by a hippo
A Zimbabwean man, Crisswell Paratema, 33, was reportedly buried without the upper part of his body after he was mauled to death by a hippopotamus while… Read more
Finance Minister Godongwana’s budget speech ‘a rehash of old promises’, says Cosatu
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has reportedly expressed concern over Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s maiden budget speech, saying that he made old promises…Read more
Guinea-Bissau’s ex-PM banned from leaving country
Guinea-Bissau’s former prime minister, Domingos Simoes Pereira, has been banned from leaving the country due to a probe into an alleged coup attempt last year, the attorney-general told… Read more
Probe under way after newborn baby found dead along Plein Street in Cape Town
A lifeless body of a newborn baby was reportedly found in Plein Street, Cape Town on Wednesday morning after it was allegedly being thrown out of… Read more
WATCH | Rescue effort starts as Cyclone Emnati lashes Madagascar
Rescuers in Madagascar on Wednesday began to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Emnati, which overnight lashed the island nation still reeling from the impact of another cyclone earlier…Read more
Morocco ex-minister sentenced to jail after ‘adultery’ video
A Moroccan former rights minister who became an outspoken government critic was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday on a string of charges, his lawyer said. Mohamed… Read more
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has come under fire following the remarks he made regarding South Africa’s first black billionaire Patrice Motsepe. This comes… Read more
After taking a hiatus from the social media streets following her recent divorce announcement, media personality, Minnie Dlamini broke the silence with a tweet paying tribute… Read more
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