Cape Town – From rescuers widening the search for dozens still missing after deadly floods in KZN; to a Zimbabwe bus crash killing at least 35 people… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Ex-model accused of trying to kill Zimbabwe VP ‘faked marriage documents’, court says
The former model accused of trying to kill Zimbabwe’s vice president faked the marriage documents that would have formalised their eight-year relationship, a court ruled on Thursday. Read more…
Man, 65, convicted after being found with over 6 800 images and videos of child pornography – report
Kevin George Edwin Mulligan, 65, was reportedly found guilty by the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday of being in possession of and distributing thousands of images and videos of child pornography. Read more…
New aid convoy en route to Ethiopia’s Tigray, says UN
A new aid convoy of 47 trucks and three fuel tankers was on its way to Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region, the UN’s World Food Programme said on Thursday, following a conditional humanitarian truce between the government and Tigrayan rebels. Read more…
Zimbabwe crash kills at least 35 ahead of Easter gathering
At least 35 people died and 71 were injured in Zimbabwe when a bus carrying churchgoers to an Easter gathering veered off the road and plunged down a gorge, police said on Friday. Read more…
Kenya expels CEO of French fuel supplier Rubis as shortages bite
Kenya has expelled the CEO of French fuel supplier Rubis’s Kenyan subsidiary, the country’s energy minister said on Thursday, as the East African powerhouse reels from shortages that have triggered hours-long queues and strict rationing at petrol stations. Read more…
Rescuers in desperate search for dozens missing in KZN floods
Police, army and volunteer rescuers on Friday widened the search for dozens still missing five days after more than 340 people died in the deadliest storm to strike South Africa’s coastal city of Durban in living memory. Read more…
Dad and son granted bail after allegedly kidnapping and assaulting two minors, killing one
Vereeniging Magistrates Court in Johannesburg reportedly granted R20 000 bail each to Shafic Ismael, 64, and his son Bilal Ismail, 39, on Wednesday after they allegedly assaulted two minor children — killing one of them. Read more…
Rwanda to host asylum-seekers, migrants to UK, says govt
Rwanda has inked a multi-million-dollar deal with Britain to host asylum-seekers and migrants to the UK, the East African country announced on Thursday, as part of the British government’s bid to crack down on illegal migration. Read more…
Renewed South Sudan clashes force 14 000 to flee
Detoh Rie has spent the last five days hiding in a swamp with his children – one among thousands of South Sudanese forced to flee their homes as renewed violence threatens to return the fragile nation to war. Read more…
LOOK | Ntsiki Mazwai defends Anele Mdoda against Twitter trolls as Kelly Rowland touches down in SA
Controversial South African poet and singer Ntsiki Mazwai has defended media personality Anele Mdoda after tweeps dragged her, following the arrival of American singer and actress Kelly Rowland in the country. Read more…
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