Cape Town – From an SA court upholding an earlier ban imposed on energy giant Shell from using seismic waves to explore for oil and gas off the Indian Ocean coast; to President Joao Lourenco facing an uphill battle after narrow win… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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SA court confirms Shell seismic exploration ban
A South African court upheld on Thursday an earlier ban imposed on energy giant Shell from using seismic waves to explore for oil and gas off the Indian Ocean coast. Read more…
Angola’s leader faces uphill battle after narrow win
President Joao Lourenco faces Herculean tasks of fixing Angola’s economy and winning over its disillusioned youth as he enters his second term with decimated support, analysts say. Read more…
83-year-old nun kidnapped by jihadists in Sahel is free
An 83-year-old American nun who was abducted by jihadists in northern Burkina Faso in April has been released, the Catholic Church said. Read more…
Democratic Republic of Congo MPs criticised over ‘astronomical’ salaries
A leading opposition figure’s claim that lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo earn up to $21 000 a month triggered outrage Wednesday in the country, which is one of the poorest in the world. Read more…
Fighting spreads in Ethiopia as Tigray hit by air strike
Fighting in northern Ethiopia between government forces and Tigrayan rebels erupted along a new front on Wednesday, the warring sides said, as the Tigray region was hit by another air strike. Read more…
Tens of thousands flee Mali violence
Tens of thousands of people, many of them children, have fled to a town in northeastern Mali after fighting erupted in the jihadist-torn region, a local official said on Wednesday. Read more…
50 civilians die in sweep by Malian and ‘foreign’ troops, says UN
At least 50 civilians were killed and hundreds arrested in central Mali in April during an operation by the army and “foreign” personnel, the UN’s peacekeeping mission said Wednesday. Read more…
Rebel attacks kill over a dozen in east DRC
Rebel attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this week claimed over a dozen civilian lives, local sources said on Wednesday, in the latest violence to hit the turbulent region. Read more…
WATCH | ‘She’s part of my daily show’ – Trevor Noah honours his late gogo Frances
South African-born comedian and The Daily Show host, Trevor Noah, has taken to Instagram to remember his late grandmother Frances “Gogo” Noah, as she reminisced about the lessons he taught him. Read more…
Fourie fearless over Bok hooker role
Deon Fourie is chest out and self-assured over his role as the backup hooker for the Springboks against the Wallabies in Sydney on Saturday. DYLAN JACK reports. Read more…
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