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Son of ex-Libya’s dictator Muammar Gaddafi freed from jail
Saadi Kadhafi, son of Libya’s late dictator Moamer Kadhafi, who was overthrown and killed in a 2011 uprising, has been freed from jail, a justice ministry source confirmed to AFP Sunday. “Saadi Moamer Kadhafi has been freed…
Jacob Zuma released on medical parole — after two months in jail
Jacob Zuma, a former president of South Africa, has been granted medical parole. Parole is the release of a prisoner to supervision in the community after he/she has completed a part…
BREAKING: Military seizes power in Guinea, detains president
The government of President Alpha Conde of Guinea has been toppled hours after heavy gunfire near the presidential palace in Conakry, the capital. A Guinean army colonel announced the…
Zambia’s new president appoints man who detained him as head of prisons
Ha kain de Hichilema, president of Zambia, has appointed Kuyomba Bwalya as deputy commissioner-general of the country’s correctional service. Hichilema was a detainee under Bwalya in…
Suspected militants kill 19 in eastern Congo village
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 people in a raid on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities said. The attackers looted houses and started fires in Kasanzi-Kithovo near Virunga…
Nigeria still Africa’s biggest economy after South Africa rebased GDP
Nigeria has maintained her position as Africa’s biggest economy after South Africa released the report of its rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that pushed the latter’s economy up by 11 per cent, an analysis of a new…
Samsung Blocks TVs Looted By South Africans, Making Them Useless
Electronics giant Samsung has "blocked" TVs that were stolen in South Africa during the unrest in July, rendering them unusable. The company says it has an inbuilt “block…
Zambia new president sworn in on pledge to repair economy, rights
Zambia’s newly elected president Hakainde Hichilema on Tuesday promised to rebuild the ailing economy and alleviate poverty as he was sworn in following an election…
South Africa Unemployment Rate Rises to Highest in the World
South Africa’s unemployment rate surged to the highest on a global list of 82 countries monitored by Bloomberg. The jobless rate rose to 34.4% in the second quarter from 32.6% in the three months…
Hissene Habre, Chad’s former dictator, dies of COVID-19
Hissene Habre, former Chadian head of state, has died at the age of 79. He was being treated for COVID-19 before he breathed his last on Tuesday at a hospital in Senegal. In 2016, Habre became the first former head of…
South Africa police seize 60kg of lions’ teeth, claws
Police in South Africa have arrested a Vietnamese man and seized about 60 kilos of lion claws, teeth and other items following a four-month probe…
Wildfires: Algeria mourns as death toll rises to 65
Firefighters, troops and civilian volunteers battled blazes in forests across northern Algeria on Wednesday as the country reeled at a death toll of at least 65 people in the…
Sudan To Hand Ex-President Omar Al-bashir To ICC
Sudan's cabinet has decided to hand over longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir and other wanted officials to the International Criminal Court (ICC), foreign minister Marian al-Mahdi…
I tried to resist corruption as ex-president Zuma’s deputy – Ramaphosa
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, said he chose to “remain but resist” rather than resign as deputy president when allegations of widespread corruption surfaced under his…
South Africa’s ex-President Zuma still hospitalised; Court postpones trial
A South African court on Tuesday postponed a long-delayed corruption trial against former president Jacob Zuma to Sept. 9, following his hospitalisation. High Court Judge…
FAKE NEWS ALERT: Ghana passport holders cannot enter UAE visa-free yet, says Embassy
The embassy of the republic of Ghana has debunked reports that Ghana passport holders can now travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) visa-free. Over the weekend, there…
South Africa’s Zuma hospitalised ahead of graft trial
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, jailed for contempt of court last month, was admitted to hospital on Friday, less than a week before he is due in court…
Egypt sentences 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death
An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death for the killing of police officers in two separate cases, a judicial source said. The…
South Africa deploys 1,500 soldiers to Mozambique to fight Jihadists
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the use of 1,495 members of the military to help neighbour, Mozambique, fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency,…
Seven Cameroonian soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack
Boko Haram militants overrun an army base in Cameroon’s Far North region on Saturday, killing at least seven soldiers and wounding several others, said military and local…
Israel to rejoin African Union as observer — 19 years after losing its status
Israel has submitted a letter of credence to rejoin the African Union as an observer — 19 years after the country lost the status. The western Asian country was an observer…
Fraudsters injected 800 in Ugandan with water instead of Covid Vaccines
At least 800 people in Uganda have been given fake coronavirus vaccines — some injected with water — in a scam authorities say involved "unscrupulous"…
Jailed Zuma to attend brother’s funeral -South African govt
South Africa’s jailed ex-president Jacob Zuma was granted compassionate leave from prison on Thursday so he can attend his brother’s funeral, the government…
Death toll in South Africa unrest rises to 276, says Minister
The number of deaths resulting from the violence that erupted in South Africa, following the imprisonment of ex-President Jacob Zuma has now risen to 276. TheCable had…