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Xenophobic Attacks Shame South Africa as Regional Leaders Meet
South Africa has been hit by an outbreak of xenophobic violence in its biggest city, attracting criticism from other African nations in the week political and business leaders from at…
South Africans again attack, loot, burn foreign-owned properties
South Africans have begun fresh attacks, looting and burning of properties belonging to foreigners and in the process killed three people, while another is still receiving treatment for…
Kenya Census: Country becomes 1st in Africa to recognise intersex people
As president says exercise is geared towards future planning Saturday and Sunday have been scheduled by the Kenyan government for the general headcount of its citizens. For the first time, the intersex people will also be counted by…
Shoot both herdsmen, farmers dead if….- Chadian President orders army
Following the continued clashes between herdsmen and farmers in Chad, the President has ordered the Chadian army to shoot both herdsmen and farmers dead, if the clashes continue.Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno gave…
South African police arrests 18 over looting of foreigners’ shops
The South African police said on Saturday that 18 suspects had been arrested following the Soweto looting of shops belonging to foreigners on Wednesday night.According to the police, the situation is now calm in…
Zimbabwe protesters say Mnangagwa worse than Mugabe
Riot police in Zimbabwe on Friday fired teargas and beat demonstrators who defied a protest ban, as the opposition accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government of surpassing Robert…
Rwanda: where even poverty data must tow Kagame’s line
In landlocked Rwanda, a tiny mountain state in the centre of Africa, strongman President Paul Kagame has overseen a miracle. From the ashes of a genocide in which some 800,000 people were killed in just 100 days, Mr…
Fuel tanker blast kills 64 in Tanzania
Sixty-four people perished in Tanzania Saturday when a fuel tanker overturned and then exploded as crowds of people rushed to syphon off leaking fuel.The deadly blast, which took place near the town of Morogoro,…
Police In South Africa Arrest Almost 600 Undocumented Foreigners In Raid
Nearly 600 foreigners were arrested in a police raid on a business district in Johannesburg, South Africa, police and government officials said Thursday. The operation involving…
Botswana Citizens Do Not Need Visa To Visit The UK
It's not just Botswana it applies to people in Namibia too. What has Nigeria done wrong???
Rwanda closes border with DRC over deadly Ebola outbreak
Rwanda has closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where a deadly Ebola outbreak that started a year ago has killed more than 1,803 people. Congo’s presidency…
Killings unabated in South Africa’s gangland despite army presence
Murders in South Africa’s gang-ridden areas continued to rise over the weekend despite the deployment of troops, authorities said. A total of 46 people were murdered over the weekend,…
South Africa’s unemployment rate hits 29%
South Africa’s unemployment rate in Q2 2019 grew by 1.4% to 29%, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. The figure is the highest unemployment rate in the country in more than a…
Opposition members keep going ‘missing’ in Rwanda… Few expect them to return
When Eugene Ndereyimana woke up last week, he didn't tell his wife where he was going, and she didn't ask. The less she knew, the better, she thought.The 29-year-old father of two was traveling from his home in…
BREAKING: Tunisia President Beji Dies At 92
92-year-old Tunisia's President, Beji Caid Essebsi, has died. Essebsi died at Tunisia's military hospital on Wednesday, according to a statement from the presidency. He had been…
World Bank Commits $300m To Tackle Ebola Spread in DR Congo
Following the declaration of the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a public health concern by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the World Bank has said it will mobilise $300…
Kenyan finance minister to be prosecuted over graft – prosecutor
Kenya’s finance minister, Henry Rotich, will be arrested and charged over alleged corruption related to the construction of two dams, the chief prosecutor said on Monday. The Director of Public…
Incredible! Government to issue cows birth certificates
The Ugandan government has announced its plans to begin the issuance of birth certificates to cows in the East African country.This was made known by the country’s Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries,…
Zimbabwe summons British envoy following attack on foreign minister
The Zimbabwean Government, on Wednesday, summoned the British envoy over an assault on Foreign Minister, Sibusiso Busi Moyo, and his delegation in London, state-run media reported. The Herald…
South Africa’s ex-president Zuma gets death threat
Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said he had received a death threat after his testimony the previous day to an inquiry on corruption. Zuma told the inquiry on Monday that…
My husband is “satan” – Woman tells court
A woman, Priscilla Ncube, has told a court in Zimbabwe that her husband is satan. She said her husband confessed that he was practising satanism and that he also wanted her to be part of their satanic worshipping.Ncube…
Car crash death: Court sets Zuma’s son, Duduzane free
South African court, on Friday, found Duduzane, son of former president Jacob Zuma, not guilty of culpable homicide and negligent driving over a fatal car crash that killed a woman in February 2014.After appearing in…
Sudan military rulers say coup attempt thwarted
Sudan’s military rulers said on Thursday that several officers had attempted a coup in an effort to undermine an agreement between the military and the opposition to share power for three years…
South Africa grants visa-free status to Ghana
Ghana is the latest country to be granted a visa-free status by the South African government. South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has added Ghana to a list of seven countries whose…