Cape Town – From SA veteran paddler Giel van Deventer being presumed to have drowned; to Angola’s ruling party facing a tight test in the country’s upcoming elections… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Veteran SA paddler Giel van Deventer, 72, is missing and presumed drowned
South African veteran paddler and Berg River Canoe Marathon icon Giel van Deventer is reportedly missing and presumed to have drowned while taking part in a race on the Breede River on Saturday. Read more…
Angola’s ruling party faces tight poll test
Millions of Angolans will vote on Wednesday in polls expected to be the most competitive since the country’s first multiparty vote in 1992 but with electoral fraud a concern among voters. Read more…
Kenya’s Raila Odinga files court petition disputing poll outcome
Kenya’s defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga has filed an online petition to the country’s top court, his lawyer told AFP on Monday, challenging the result of the August 9 election that handed victory to his rival William Ruto. Read more…
Former minister imprisoned by Guinea junta dies in jail
A former minister imprisoned by the military regime running Guinea has died in prison, his brother has announced. Read more…
Somalia PM vows accountability over deadly hotel
Somalia’s prime minister said the government would be held accountable over the deadly Mogadishu hotel siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists that he branded “children of hell”. Read more…
DRC anti-fuel campaigners face post-auction ‘threats’
Environmental campaigners in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said they had faced threats due to their opposition to last month’s auction of 30 oil and gas blocks. Read more…
9 dead in Algeria after bus collides with tanker
Nine people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a fuel tanker in southeast Algeria, the civil defence said on Sunday. Read more…
Gunmen kidnap Catholic nuns in Nigeria
Gunmen have abducted four Catholic nuns in southeast Nigeria’s Imo state, police said Monday, in the latest violence in a region where separatist tensions are on the rise. Read more…
WATCH | The Bachelor SA’s Jacqueline Ramo-Pinto says yes to romantic wedding proposal in Paris
Congratulations are in order for The Bachelor SA season one’s Jacqueline Ramos-Pinto, who will soon be walking down the aisle after appearing on the love quest reality TV show. Read more…
SA T20 league: Players signed so far
A list of who’s been signed up for the inaugural season of South Africa’s new T20 franchise league. Read more…
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