News

Jacob Zuma’s trial: Increased police deployment expected as ANC warns its members against violence

Cape Town – Increased police deployment to hotspots in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal is expected ahead of former president Jacob... Read more

8 Aug, 2021

Politics

Mozambique, Rwanda army regain control of port held by jihadists

Mozambique – Rwandan forces deployed last month to help Mozambique’s army battle jihadists said on Sunday they had recaptured control... Read more

8 Aug, 2021

Business

Economic woes set to weigh heavily on high-stakes Zambia vote

Lusaka – Soaring food prices and economic hardship could sway this week’s tightly-contested Zambian presidential vote in favour of... Read more

8 Aug, 2021

Politics

Zambia’s opposition says barred from campaigning in key region

Lusaka – Zambia’s main opposition leader on Saturday said he was blocked from flying into the central Copperbelt Province, a region... Read more

7 Aug, 2021

Politics

South Sudan VP Machar’s allies denounce ‘failed coup’

Juba – South Sudan’s vice president Riek Machar’s allies on Friday dismissed as a “failed coup” a move by rivals... Read more

7 Aug, 2021

Politics

Ethiopia threatens to deploy ‘entire defensive capability’ after rebel advances

Addis Ababa – Ethiopia warned on Friday it could deploy its “entire defensive capability” after advances by Tigrayan rebels into... Read more

7 Aug, 2021

Politics

Mozambique soldiers trap civilians in insurgent-hit north – HRW

Johannesburg – Mozambican security forces are preventing tens of thousands of civilians displaced by jihadist attacks around the northern town... Read more

7 Aug, 2021

Politics

Cyril Ramaphosa ‘has a mountain to climb to cleanse ANC rot’

Johannesburg – South Africa’s embattled health minister, Zweli Mkhize, has bowed to pressure to step aside over corruption allegations,... Read more

7 Aug, 2021

Politics

Tigray rebels reject calls to leave neighbouring regions

Addis Ababa – Rebel forces from Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray on Friday rebuffed US calls to leave neighbouring regions, one day... Read more

6 Aug, 2021

Politics

At least 26 Chadian troops killed in suspected jihadist attack

N’Djamena – At least 26 Chadian soldiers were killed in an attack by jihadist fighters in the troubled Lake... Read more

6 Aug, 2021