World & Africa

Trump accuses South Africa of ‘confiscating’ land; vows to cut funding over treatment of white

By digitaljournal.com US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted South Africa was “confiscating” land and “treating certain classes of people
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SA: Daughter of Jacob Zuma arrested on terrorism charges over riots

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: A daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma was arrested Thursday and appeared in a court
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DR Congo’s M23 rebels take control of Goma airport, embassies attacked in capital

By Reuters M23-led rebels say they control Goma Some army and pro-government militia still holding out UN says peacekeepers are
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Nine South African soldiers killed as eastern Congo conflict escalates

By Reuters Nine South African soldiers have been killed in eastern Congo’s conflict zone, the South African defence department said
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Putin says he and Trump should meet to discuss Ukraine and energy prices

By Reuters MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he and Donald Trump should meet to talk about the Ukraine war and energy
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M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city’s 2

By Associated Press GOMA: Panic spread in eastern Congo’s main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to
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Mozambique’s ex-finance minister gets another 2.5 years behind bars in ‘tuna bonds’ corruption case

By Associated Press Mozambique’s former finance minister has been sentenced to serve another two-and-a-half years in prison by a U.S.
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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them

By Associated Press STILFONTEIN: The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an
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Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said
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Hundreds protest as Mozambique inaugurates a new president

By Associated Press MAPUTO: Hundreds of supporters of Mozambique’s opposition protested Wednesday as the country inaugurated a new president following
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