South Africa’s ANC loses in Zuma’s scandal-tinged hometown
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) failed to take control of President Jacob Zuma’s hometown of Nkandla, local election results showed Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) failed to take control of President Jacob Zuma’s hometown of Nkandla, local election results showed Read more
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police broke up a gay pride event in the capital and arrested about 20 people, a gay rights leader said Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator MTN Group Ltd reported a $357 million half-year loss on Friday and cut dividend payouts, after a Read more
By Nqobile Dludla and Mfuneko Toyana JOHANNESBURG/PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africans voted in local elections on Wednesday that could see the ruling African National Congress Read more
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi said it would refuse to allow United Nations police onto its territory to monitor the security and human rights situation after Read more
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – Anti-riot police used batons to break up a peaceful march in Zimbabwe’s capital on Wednesday, the latest public protest Read more
ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a core condition of a $918 million International Monetary Fund (IMF) aid deal on Tuesday, breaching Read more
CAIRO (Reuters) – Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian-American chemist Ahmed Zewail, a science and technology advisor to President Barack Obama and the first U.S. science envoy to Read more
The nation’s dwindling economy, which the government has confirmed is technically in recession, is currently affecting other African countries. President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, Read more
Barclays is expected to sell more of its stake in its African subsidiary in the coming weeks to take its holding in the business to Read more
LUANDA (Reuters) – Two rebels and 17 Angolan soldiers were killed in two incidents in the oil-producing province of Cabinda at the weekend, the separatist Read more
Zimbabwe’s police have arrested a leading official of the war veterans association as he stepped out of a courthouse where a colleague was answering charges of insulting President Read more
They came to Kenya as refugees — and they left as Olympians By David McKenzie, Briana Duggan and Fabien Muhire, CNN Ngong, Kenya (CNN ) Read more
Militants set off two car bombs outside a police base in Somalia’s capital before gunmen stormed inside on Sunday, leaving at least 10 people dead, Read more
Nigeria’s first Two –Star General. First African to command United Nations forces. First compatriot to command the Army. First Private to rise to the rank Read more
Zimbabwe’s war veterans’ spokesman, Douglas Mahiya, has been arrested. He was taken into custody on Wednesday, the day President Robert Mugabe threatened to punish those Read more
Ghana’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to make public its agreement with the US government to accept two former Guantanamo Bay detainees, who were transferred to the country in Read more
[BBC Africa] Some Zimbabweans have been sharing photos on Twitter this week of a vendor in the centre of the capital, Harare, who is dressed as Read more
[ Odhiambo Joseph BBC Africa ] Nairobi – Nairobi residents can breath a sigh of relief as the lion which was roaming through the Kenyan capital has returned Read more
[Odhiambo Joseph BBC Africa] Nairobi – A lion is on the loose in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, after escaping from a nearby national park. It is roaming through the Read more
[BBC Africa] An HIV-positive Malawian man, who says he is paid to have sex with children as part of initiation rites, has been arrested on Read more
The African Union has launched a new passport. A lot remains unclear about the document but here is what we do know: What is the Read more
A selection of photos from across the African continent this week: Image copyrightAPImage captionOn Saturday, grandmothers take to the streets in Durban to demand more Read more
[BBC] In some remote southern regions of Malawi, it’s traditional for girls to be made to have sex with a paid sex worker known as Read more
[By Soni Daniel – Vanguard] ABUJA—Nigeria may not be elected into any serious post in the African Union, which crucial annual summit to elect its Read more
[BBC] Morocco has sent a special envoy to lobby African leaders to rejoin the African Union 32 years after it left in a row over Read more
[Authority] Nigeria and other African nations have to rise up to the urgent need of addressing the problems of poverty and inequality even as the Read more
[BBC Africa] Italian sports agent Federico Rosa, who managed disgraced former Kenyan Olympic athlete Rita Jeptoo, has been charged in Kenya with doping offences. Mr Read more
[BBC Africa] A Zimbabwean pastor who was briefly detained after organising a nationwide strike last week has called on people to keep protesting. Evan Mawarire Read more
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean pastor Evan Mawarire was charged Wednesday with attempting to overthrow a constitutionally elected government for organizing a nationwide strike which Read more
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