Cape Town – From Zimbabweans voting in key parliamentary and municipal by-elections; to an Angolan business mogul being sentenced to 9 years for fraud… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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By-elections in Zimbabwe seen as test for ruling party
Zimbabweans voted on Saturday in key parliamentary and municipal by-elections seen as a test for President Emmerson Mnangangwa’s ruling party in next year’s general polls. The polls… Read more
Nigeria’s ruling party seeks unity before 2023 election
Nigeria’s ruling party held its national convention on Saturday to choose a new chairperson and overcome infighting before picking a candidate to replace President Muhammadu Buhari in… Read more
Hotel, choppers seized as Zambia steps up anti-graft drive
President Hakainde Hichilema took office last year with the kind of anti-corruption promises that Zambians have learned to take with a grain of salt. This week, those promises… Read more
Angolan business mogul jailed 9 years for fraud
An Angolan businessman with ties to the country’s former political elite has been sentenced to nine years in prison over a $900-million (817-million-euro) graft scandal, local public media… Read more
Third term for president dropped at Central African Republic’s peace talks
A proposal to allow a Central African Republic president to run for a third term of office was dropped on Friday at national reconciliation talks after civil… Read more
Egypt teen jailed over online shaming that led to girl’s suicide
An Egyptian court has sentenced a teenager to five years in prison over the suicide of a schoolgirl after images of her were shared online, judicial sources… Read more
Four coups in West Africa leave doubts over return to democracy
Army officers have seized power in the West African states of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso since 2020, in a sharp setback for democracy in the region…. Read more
Spike in cholera in Cameroon kills 29 in one week
Twenty-nine people have died from cholera in Cameroon in the space of a week, the health minister said on Friday. Most of the deaths occurred in three… Read more
Jealous husband gets 20 years for stabbing wife to death as she prepared to go to church – reports
Denver Mcwayne Marimuthu, 30, was this week reportedly sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Durban High Court after pleading guilty to murder and three… Read more
SNAPS | Makhadzi left ‘teary’ after warm welcome in Botswana
South African award-winning musician Ndivhudzannyi Ralivhona, better known by her stage name, Makhadzi, received a warm welcome from the Botswana government minister and the royals of… Read more
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