Jacob Zuma takes fight for his freedom beyond South Africa, and Algeria’s ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies aged 84… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Jacob Zuma takes fight to rescind his imprisonment to African Court on Human and People’s Rights
Former president Jacob Zuma is turning to the African Court on Human and People’s Rights to continue his fight to rescind his imprisonment. Read more…
Jacob Zuma’s medical parole: ‘I got to hear about the decision once it was made,’ says Ramaphosa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed reports that he was aware of the national commissioner of correctional services Arthur Fraser’s decision to place former president Jacob Zuma on medical parole. Read more…
Somali regional leaders urge end to power struggle
Somalia’s regional leaders on Friday called for the president and prime minister to end their damaging feud which has stoked deep concerns about the stability of the Horn of Africa nation. Read more…
Death of ISIS Sahel leader won’t end jihadist group – French general
The Islamic State group’s division in the Greater Sahara, whose boss was killed last month by French forces, is able to recover and will not abandon its jihadist fight, a French general warned on Friday. Read more…
Tunisia briefly detains politician hostile to president
Tunisian authorities on Friday beat and briefly detained Seifeddine Makhlouf, according to a lawyer for the controversial parliamentarian who is bitterly opposed to President Kais Saied. Read more…
DRC’s military solution to violence misses pathway to peace – report
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi’s crackdown on rebel groups is having no discernible impact on attacks against civilians and risks squandering an opportunity to map a sustainable path to peace, a new report said on Friday. Read more…
Hundreds of Malians protest Ecowas call for swift elections
Hundreds of people demonstrated in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday, demanding the nation’s military rulers be given more time to chart a course to return civilian rule. Read more…
Ivory Coast to try more than 40 police officers for corruption
More than 40 police officers in Ivory Coast accused of racketeering will be tried in October, prosecutors said on Friday, as a major anti-corruption drive in the graft-hit country gets under way. Read more…
China losing battle to sell its ‘win-win’ deals to Congolese
Much has ground to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic, but not the march of Sino-Congolese friendship. Or so the Chinese embassy in Kinshasha is keen to show, amid growing scrutiny of Beijing’s activities in the mineral-rich nation. Read more…
Algeria’s ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies aged 84
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who ruled Algeria for two decades before resigning in 2019 as huge protests engulfed the country, died on Friday aged 84, public television announced. Read more…
Desolate villages face famine in Madagascar drought
Nothing to eat, nothing to plant. The last rain in Ifotaka fell in May, for two hours.
Across Madagascar’s vast southern tip, drought has transformed fields into dust bowls. More than one million people face famine. Read more…
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