Africa

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council extended the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic at a meeting Friday that saw Russia and the West…
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FW de Klerk, the former president of South Africa and the last white person to lead the country, has died at the age of 85. Mr de Klerk, who was also a key figure in the nation’s…
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Reports coming from Botswana indicate that former Botswana President Seretse Khama Ian Khama allegedly fled the neighbouring country after a court order for him to relinquish his…
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President Chakwera given a 7-day ultimatum to fix Malawi Economy or step down. The grouping hinted that the Office of the Cabinet and President should respond to their concerns…
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JOHANNESBURG – Pupils from Zamintuthuko Primary School in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, were found playing with ballot papers on Tuesday. According to residents, three ballot boxes…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – South Africa’s Quinton de Kock hurled himself in the eye of a storm after skipping Tuesday’s Twenty20 World Cup match against West Indies and defying a…
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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has renewed the African Union demand for the immediate and unconditional removal of sanctions imposed against…
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Advocate Simba Chitando, who is representing about 180 000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders in the Gauteng High Court in their quest to become permanent…
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CAIRO (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters blocked some roads in Sudan’s capital with makeshift barricades and burning tires Tuesday, a day after the military seized power in a swift…
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Some Zimbabwean nationals based in South Africa have criticised their compatriots who recently took that government to court, asking to be declared permanent residents as their…
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Pietermaritzburg – With temperatures rising in KwaZulu-Natal, former president Jacob Zuma arrived just after lunch at the Pietermaritzburg Police station in the Msunduzi municipality…
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JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday marked the 35th anniversary of the death of Mozambique’s first president Samora Machel, vowing to go after Islamist…
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Cape Town – The failure to manage diversity is often at the root of conflict on the African continent, like we are seeing in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia, former South…
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MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has implored South Africa president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and other regional leaders to intervene in Zimbabwe and restore constitutionalism and the…
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PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa is being blamed for the so-called “hostage” situation that unfolded at the St George’s Hotel in Irene during the week. According to sources, Ramaphosa has…
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Cape Town – Police Minister Bheki Cele says they were forced to intervene on Thursday night and rescue two ministers and a deputy minister because the military veterans had refused to…
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) – A 71-year old South African tourist was trampled to death by an elephant “in full view” of his son at Zimbabwe´s Mana Pools National Park, the country´s parks…
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Spokesperson of Zambia’s ruling United Party for National Development (UPND), Joseph Kalimbwe last week visited Harare briefly before returning to his homeland but not before he…
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A young Congolese lady has died after she was allegedly poisoned by her best friend for receiving a job promotion ahead of her. The deceased woman and her best friend were said to…
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – Fourteen men, including a former president, will go on trial in Burkina Faso from Monday over the assassination in 1987 of Thomas Sankara, the country’s…
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Four people were killed in South Africa’s Limpopo Province on Saturday when a wall collapsed on guests during a lobola ceremony in GaChuene Thokgwaneng. South African Police Service…
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DURBAN – Former South African president Jacob Zuma has publicly spoken out for the first time since he was granted medical parole early last month and pleaded with people to go out and…
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