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South African graft informers face threats, watchdog says after Babita Deokaran
A South African corruption watchdog on Wednesday warned that whistleblowers face hostility and threats on their lives, a month after the murder of a health official who exposed coronavirus-linked graft shook the country. Read more…
Namibians protest as lawmakers to debate German genocide deal
Several hundred people staged a protest outside parliament in Namibia on Tuesday where an agreement by Germany acknowledging it committed genocide during its colonial occupation, was due to debated. Read more…
South Africa regulator approves controversial floating power plants
South Africa’s energy regulator on Tuesday approved generating licenses for three controversial floating power plants, stoking environmental concerns as Africa’s most industrialised nation grapples with electricity shortages. Read more…
Congolese journalist questioned over UN experts’ murder
A Congolese journalist is being held for questioning by police over the 2017 killing of two UN experts in central Democratic Republic of Congo, the military prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. Read more…
Nigeria, Ghana sprint to join digital currency race
Nigeria and Ghana are racing to adopt a central bank digital currency as they look to ride the wave of popularity of cryptocurrencies in West Africa’s two largest economies. Read more…
Fighting between farmers, herders kills 27 in Chad
At least 27 people were killed in weekend fighting between sedentary farmers and nomadic herders in eastern Chad, a poor Sahel country where such clashes are frequent, the justice minister said. Read more…
Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels accused of shelling, shooting civilians
Rebels from Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray opened fire on civilians while looting and shelling villages and towns in the neighbouring Amhara region earlier this month, killing and wounding dozens of people and possibly many more, witnesses said on Wednesday. Read more…
Tunisia party says president’s power grab risks ‘dismantling state’
Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party said on Tuesday that President Kais Saied’s recent measures to extend his powers risked setting in motion the “dismantling” of the state. Read more…
Kenyan marathon star Mary Keitany retires at 39
Kenya’s three-time London marathon and four-time New York marathon winner Mary Keitany announced her retirement on Wednesday after a recurring hip injury stopped her from competing over the last two years. Read more…
ICS | ‘I said yes to my best friend!,’ says K Naomi as she gets engaged
South African media personality, Keitumetse Naomi Noinyane, popularly known as K Naomi, has announced her engagement to her fiancé, known only as Thsepo. Read more…
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