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Shocking: United Kingdom still has an African colony
Africa’s decolonisation is far from being complete as the United Kingdom holds onto an archipelago, a group of islands in the Indian ocean as its colony. And this is despite UN…
Outrage as Zimbabwean president names 10 roads after himself
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has named 10 roads after himself in eight urban centres of the Southern Africa country. He took the decision after a cabinet meeting on…
‘Rwanda is like a pretty girl with a lot of makeup, but the inside is dark and dirty’
Diane Rwigara asks to postpone the interview. “My personal adviser is missing,” explains the text message. This is the new normal for Rwigara, who was until recently a loyal scion of Rwanda’s ruling elite.Since…
Zimbabwe issues fresh banknotes to ease cash shortages
Cash-strapped Zimbabweans began using new banknotes and coins Tuesday, as the nation’s central bank seeks to ease chronic shortages. The Zimbabwean dollar is being gradually…
Outrage as Swaziland king ‘blesses his wives with Rolls-Royce cars’
A video of the brand new Rolls-Royce vehicles said to be bought by King Mswati III of Eswatini for his wives, has surfaced and gone viral on social media. Eswatini, which is…
Botswana swears in new president
Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi was sworn in on Friday after the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) won the country’s parliamentary elections last week. The mood was upbeat at the…
Police arrest 100 in protest against xenophobia
The South African police on Wednesday arrested 100 people as part of an operation to disperse a group of refugees and asylum seekers, who had staged a prolonged…
Samuel Eto’o rules out career in politics
Samuel Eto’o is up there with George Weah as an African great on the football field, but he says he has no plans to follow the Liberian into politics “for the moment”.…
Russia writes off African debt worth over $20 BILLION – Putin
Moscow has written off more than $20 billion in debt accumulated by African countries during the Soviet era, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday. “It was not only an act of generosity, but also…
Nigerians in South Africa decry fresh attack
The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa has condemned fresh attacks on Nigerian-owned businesses located in Witbank Mpumalamga in South Africa, saying it is worrisome.The President of NICASA,…
Rwanda, first East African country to ban all single-use plastics
Rwanda becomes the first country in East Africa to issue a complete ban on all single-use plastics. Retailers have three months to clear their stocks and find alternatives,…
Zimbabwe Game Park loses 55 elephants to hunger
Zimbabwe wildlife authorities says at least 55 elephants have died of hunger and thirst in the country’s largest natural reserve, Hwange National Park, to the west of the…
Ghana flooding leaves 28 dead
Floods caused by eight days of torrential downpours in northeastern Ghana have left 28 people dead and displaced hundreds, officials said Friday.“At the moment the death toll is 28. About 640 people in some six communities…
South Africa’s ex-leader to face corruption charges
South Africa’s scandal-plagued former president Jacob Zuma will face a corruption trial, a court ruled on Friday, dismissing his application for a permanent stay of…
US blacklists South Africa’s Gupta family over ‘widespread corruption’
The US Treasury announced sanctions Thursday on South Africa’s Gupta family and associate Salim Essa, calling them a “significant corruption network” that dispersed bribes and…
Uganda announces chilling ‘Kill the Gays’ bill with death penalty for homosexuals
UGANDA has announced plans to reintroduce a ‘Kill the Gays’ bill that would bring the death penalty for homosexuals. The legislation was nullified five years ago on a technicality, but the government is preparing…
Dozens of foreigners demand UN evacuation from South Africa
Dozens of foreign nationals on Wednesday camped outside the Cape Town offices of the UN refugee agency demanding to be removed from South Africa saying they were no longer…
Families survive on one meal in drought-hit Zimbabwe
In eastern Zimbabwe’s parched Buhera district, Omega Kufakunesu’s family has been forced to scale down daily meals to just a portion of vegetables and sadza, a thick maize-meal porridge.…
The toxic cocktail that fuels South Africa’s xenophobia
A witch’s brew of unemployment, inequality and poverty, mixed with South Africa’s violent past, are to blame for attacks on foreigners that so tarnished the country’s image last month, experts say.The deadly assaults…
We Regret Attacks But Have To Address South Africans Poverty, Crime, Migration Concerns –…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tells President Muhammadu Buhari today (Thursday) that while his country was sorry about the xenophobic attacks that erupted a few weeks…
PHOTOS: Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bentley — the luxury cars Switzerland seized from Equatorial Guinea’s…
Switzerland has seized a collection of supercars from Teodorin Nguema Obiang, son of Equatorial Guinea’s president. The cars, 25 in all, were auctioned off at a golf club near Geneva…
Switzerland to auction cars seized from Equatorial Guinea leader’s son
An auction house in Switzerland is set to sell a collection of luxury cars that authorities seized from the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president in a money laundering probe.…
Professor faces trial for forcing pupils to take off trousers
Egypt’s chief prosecutor on Saturday ordered a criminal trial for a university teacher who allegedly forced his students to take off their trousers in order to pass an exam, private…
Xenophobia: Go back to South Africa – Obasanjo advises returnees
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerians who were evacuated from South Africa to be ready to go back to the country if a bilateral commission meeting scheduled between President Muhammadu Buhari and…