At least four demonstrators and one army major have been killed in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, hours after protest leaders and the ruling generals reached a deal on transitional authorities to run the country following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir last month. The flare-up of violence on Monday came as the prosecutor[…]
A powerful tropical cyclone has made landfall in Mozambique, just six weeks after Cyclone Idai devastated the central part of the country and left hundreds dead. Cyclone Kenneth battered northern Mozambique with sustained winds of up to 220 kilometres per hour late on Thursday after killing three people on the island nation of Comoros overnight.[…]
Despite drawing strong criticism from some quarters, organisers of the inaugural Black Muslim Conference in South Africa have described the event as historic and ground-breaking. The conference, which took place in Mayfair in Johannesburg over the weekend, aimed to outline issues facing black Muslims in South Africa and to foster[…]
A 25-week-old unborn Johannesburg baby has become the first foetus in Africa to receive anaesthetic and undergo groundbreaking “keyhole” surgery to the spine. The four-hour procedure, which involved removing the womb and resting it on the mother’s skin, was performed by a team led by US Baylor College of Medicine[…]
Sudan’s principal protest group has demanded the immediate formation of a civilian-led government to replace the country’s new ruling military council, warning that the demonstrators’ “revolution” faces threat from “the remnants of the regime” of deposed leader Omar al-Bashir. Fearing that the core of the old establishment is far from gone, the Sudanese[…]
It took nearly four months of vigorous street protest across Sudan to trigger an army takeover that ended Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year authoritarian rule. But for the man who replaced him, it took the same protesters barely 24 hours to get their way. On Friday evening, General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf named Lieutenant[…]
Army of Tripoli-based government vows to reclaim all areas seized by forces loyal to renegade General Khalifa Haftar. Click here to watch The army behind Libya‘s UN-backed government has announced a counteroffensive to defend Tripoli, vowing to reclaim all areas seized by forces loyal to renegade General Khalifa Haftar, who have been[…]
On 25th anniversary of Rwandan genocide, residents in Mabare village share stories of survival, heroism and tragedy. Mabare, Rwanda – It was the first week of April 1994 and a month after the start of the long rainy season. The mountain slopes were a lush green, the fields brimming with bananas,[…]
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) is expected to host an urgent meeting with the Minister of Police and African ambassadors, following a spate of xenophobic attacks in KwaZulu-Natal. The meeting between Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu, her fellow Cabinet member, Bheki Cele, and African[…]
Increased security in Mali has been called on after about 160 people were killed by suspected militiamen. Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita vowed Monday to beef up security as he visited a village where more some 160 Muslim farmers were killed by suspected militiamen from a rival ethnic group. “We[…]
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