World & Africa

SA: Elephants trample soldier to death near Zimbabwe border

By SowetanLIVE SOUTH AFRICA: A soldier on border patrol has been trampled to death by a herd of elephants in
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DRC and Rwanda-backed rebels sign declaration of principles to end conflict in eastern Congo

By Associated Press Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels on Saturday signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end decadeslong fighting and
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US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to Eswatini

By Associated Press The United States sent five immigrants it says were convicted of serious crimes to the African nation
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Kenya opposition leaders demand president’s resignation over shooting comments

By Associated Press GITHUNGURI: Kenya’s opposition leaders demanded the president’s resignation over his call for police to shoot those found
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Uganda’s president seeks a seventh term that would bring him closer to 5 decades in

By Associated Press KAMPALA: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday sought nomination for a seventh term, a move that would
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At least 120 children have been abducted by insurgents in Mozambique, rights group says

By Associated Press At least 120 children have been kidnapped by jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique in recent days, Human Rights
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How the US bombarded Iranian nuclear sites without detection

By Associated Press DUBAI: It was an unprecedented attack years in the making, with some last-minute misdirection meant to give the
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Funeral standoff halts repatriation of former Zambian president’s body

By Associated Press LUSAKA: The family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu delayed the repatriation of his body from South Africa
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A hillside of white crosses fuels a misleading story about South Africa’s farm killings

By Associated Press MOKOPANE, South Africa: The white crosses are staked in the ground on an otherwise barren hillside on
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Rescuers still pulling bodies out of the water as death toll in South Africa floods

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: The death toll in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 86, the
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