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Editor 7 September 2024 No Comment

South Africa’s justice minister denies corruption allegations against her in a mutual bank scandal

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s justice minister on Friday denied corruption allegations against her related to a mutual bank

Editor 6 September 2024 No Comment

Fire tears through Kenya boarding school dormitory, killing 17 boys

By Reuters NAIROBI: A fire killed 17 boys when it tore through the dormitory in which they were sleeping at

Editor 6 September 2024 No Comment

POWER CRISIS: Zambia and Zimbabwe face dark days ahead

By The East African Zambia and Zimbabwe are facing the unprecedented prospect of having to shut down their major hydropower

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at the opening ceremony of the ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing

Editor 5 September 2024 No Comment

China is not pushing Africa into debt trap, South African president says

By Reuters BEIJING: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that he did not believe Chinese investments in Africa

Editor 5 September 2024 No Comment

China offers Africa $51 billion in fresh funding, promises a million jobs

By Reuters BEIJING: President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to step up China’s support across debt-laden Africa with funding of

Editor 3 September 2024 No Comment

DR Congo government says 129 killed in attempted prison break

By Associated Press KINSHASA: An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot by

Uganda opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine, lies in bed at St. Francis Hospital after he was injured by a teargas canister when police fired at his convoy in Kampala, Uganda

Editor 3 September 2024 No Comment

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine shot and wounded in confrontation with police

By Associated Press KAMPALA: Uganda’s leading opposition figure Bobi Wine was shot in the leg in a confrontation with police Tuesday

A Somali soldier controls the crowd as thousands of people attend a protest rally in Mogadishu

Editor 1 September 2024 No Comment

Ethiopia worried over defence deal between Egypt and Somalia as tensions rise in Horn of

By Associated Press MOGADISHU: Ethiopia is increasingly concerned over a recent defence deal between Egypt and Somalia, two countries that

Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk

Editor 30 August 2024 No Comment

Brazil top court threatens to suspend X operations in latest twist of ongoing feud

By Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO: A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday threatened to shut down the local operations

Editor 30 August 2024 No Comment

Telegram CEO Durov faces preliminary charges in France of allowing crime on messaging app

By Associated Press PARIS: French authorities handed preliminary charges to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Wednesday for allowing alleged criminal activity