Cape Town – From South African state security agents reportedly preventing a citizen’s arrest of President Cyril Ramaphosa over the farmgate scandal; to Kenyans waiting anxiously for the results of the country’s presidential electionl… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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South African state security agents reportedly prevented a citizen’s arrest of President Cyril Ramaphosa over the farmgate scandal at a National Women’s Day celebration in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday. Read more…
Kenyans waited anxiously on Wednesday for the results of the country’s presidential election after a largely peaceful poll, with low turnout pointing to growing frustration with the political elite. Read more…
Nigeria arrests suspects behind deadly church attack
Nigerian security forces have arrested suspected attackers of a church in the southwestern city of Owo that left at least 40 worshippers dead and many others injured, the defence chief said on Tuesday. Read more…
Twin blasts kill 15 Burkina Faso troops, says army
Two explosions killed 15 soldiers in Burkina Faso on Tuesday, the army said, the latest in a series of such attacks as the country battles a jihadist insurgency. Read more…
Elderly woman dies after she was ‘forgotten’ outside an old-age home
An elderly woman has reportedly died after she was allegedly forgotten outside overnight at the Huis Maudie Kriel nursing home in Ceres, Western Cape. Read more…
Male patient allegedly jumps to his death from 6th floor window at Steve Biko hospital
A male patient reportedly died at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria after jumping from the window of its ward, on the sixth floor, and landed on the third floor. Read more…
Jihadist-hit Mali receives six more warplanes from Russia
Mali on Tuesday received five military jets and a combat helicopter from Russia, which has become a close ally in its fight against a long-running jihadist insurgency, an AFP journalist saw. Read more…
Fellow umpires and former players paid tribute to former South African umpire Rudi Koertzen, who died in a car accident on Tuesday morning. Read more…
The host of The Kyle Cassim Show on 5FM Kyle Cassim is officially off the market after he popped the question to his girlfriend, Nicole Marilli, while on vacation in Portugal. Read more…
Hooker Dweba replaces injured Mbonambi for Springboks
Hooker Joseph Dweba has been drafted into the South Africa team to play New Zealand in the Rugby Championship in Johannesburg on Saturday after Bongi Mbonambi injured his knee while training. Read more…
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