United Nations – A United Nations (UN panel said on Monday it had no “credible evidence” of Sudanese paramilitaries fighting in conflict-wracked Libya for military strongman Khalifa Haftar as alleged by some media outlets. Several Libyan and regional media outlets had claimed in recent months that hundreds of Sudanese paramilitaries from the Rapid Support Forces […]
The United Kingdom now has one foot out of the European Union’s door after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit Bill was endorsed by the House of Commons on Thursday. The UK constituent nation voted by 62-38 percent to remain in the EU, and then voted the pro-independence and European-minded Scottish National Party (SNP into 48 […]
Four people are expected to appear in the Mahikeng Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday after they were found in possession of lion bones. The suspects, who are aged between 36 and 47, were arrested on Tuesday in Mabule Village in North West. “The first suspect was arrested at his home, where he was found in possession […]
The UN refugee agency said on Thursday it was probing new allegations of fraud in its resettlement programme in Kenya and Uganda after a report in German magazine Stern alleging graft. “We can confirm that we have received allegations related to resettlement fraud in Uganda and Kenya,” UNHCR spokeswoman Cecile Pouilly told AFP, without elaborating. […]
NewsRescue Nearly 40% of countries across the globe will see some form of civil unrest or riots in 2020, according to a new study. Political analyst firm Verisk Maplecroft predicts that 75 out of the world’s 195 countries will see some form of social disorder this year. That’s an increase on the 47 countries, about […]
Lesotho’s prime minister confirmed on Friday that he would resign after police linked him to the murder of his estranged wife nearly three years ago. Thomas Thabane had faced calls from senior members of his All Basotho Convention (ABC party to step down after police said there was evidence connecting him to the 2017 killing. […]
A delegation from Parliament has welcomed the proposal of a report proposing the development of a model law on gender-based violence against women and girls. According to Parliament’s spokesperson, Moloto Mothapo, the delegation attended the 46th Plenary Assembly session of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum(SADC-PF which adopted the report. Presenting the report on […]
Food, power and currency stability are the three things most likely keeping Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube awake at night. The southern African country is facing drought for the second consecutive year, with more than 8 million people food insecure. The drought, according to the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report for 2020, had a […]
UN Security Council ambassadors stood for a minute of silence on Monday in memory of 89 soldiers killed last week during a jihadist assault on a Niger military base. The 15 members of the council “strongly condemn” the attack, said Dan Dinh Quy, the ambassador for Vietnam which holds the council’s rotating presidency for January. […]
Niger replaced two top military brass on Monday, four days after a jihadist assault on an army base left 89 dead in the biggest single loss in the country’s history. The new armed forces chief of staff is General Salifou Modi, who replaces General Ahmed Mohamed, the government said in a statement read on national […]
Jihadists attacked a Niger military camp near the border with Mali with artillery and mortars, killing more than 60 people, a security source said on Wednesday. Tuesday’s attack in Inates in the western Tillaberi region was the deadliest on Niger’s military since the armed forces began fighting Islamist militants in 2015. “The attack killed more […]
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi on Sunday pledged to strengthen cooperation with Zimbabwe despite a spat over bilateral aid figures in November. The two countries butted heads after Zimbabwe’s government said it had only received $3.6 million in aid from Beijing in 2019 – 40 times lower than the figure claimed by China. Yi met […]
After shedding 8% of their workforce last year, Zimbabwean banks may cut more jobs in 2020 as the economy shrivels and the sector increasingly shifts away from cash and toward digital services. “The banking industry, just like the rest of the economy, will suffer negative growth this year, which could result in even more job […]
Dikoye Oyeyinka, 33, has been billed as one of the most promising Nigerian writers of his generation. He went to some of the finest schools in his West African homeland but says that like the majority of his classmates he “didn’t know about Biafra until I was 14”. When he did begin to find out […]
Zimbabwe government workers have rejected a 97% salary increment that was tabled by their employer saying the offer fell far too short of their demands. The southern African country is experiencing hyperinflation that has seen salaries of government workers significantly eroded. Annual inflation was estimated at 481.05% in November 2019 although government says only the […]
The wife of Zimbabwe’s vice president, who faces charges of attempting to murder her husband, has sued over access to their children and home, court papers showed on Friday. Marry Mubaiwa, 38, who is the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, 63, was arrested last month on allegations of attempted murder, fraud and contravening currency […]
‘Just be present, hold, comfort, listen’: How to cope with disappointing exam results “We wish to congratulate in particular learners who passed against the odds of poverty, suffering and at times going to class with an empty stomach.” With the release of the recent matric results many social media posts have adopted an encouraging tone […]
Toyota Gazoo Racing’s struggles at the 2020 Dakar seems to know no end. Lead driver, Nasser Al-Attiyah lost more time to overall leader, Carlos Sainz (Mini, while Giniel de Villiers inadvertently hurt his neck. According to team principal, Glynn Hall:“It has been a really tough opening week to the rally. Everyone has had to adapt […]
Paris – French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Niger to pay homage to 71 soldiers massacred in a jihadist attack earlier this month, the president’s office announced on Tuesday. Macron will join a ceremony over the weekend in the capital Niamey to pay his respects to the soldiers killed at the Inates military camp […]
Malibamatso – Lesotho’s King Letsie III said on Thursday the killing of the country’s army commander last week had caused “embarrassment” and”scared”the small mountain kingdom. Khoantle Motsomotso was gunned down by rival officers as the struggle between the tiny nation’s military and politicians continues to be marred by violence. Letsie, who rarely makes public speeches, […]
Gunmen have killed 12 people in an attack on a village in a region of central Nigeria known for bloody clashes between cattle herders and farmers, police said on Thursday. Unknown armed assailants “suspected to be herdsmen” attacked the residents of Kulben village in Plateau state on Wednesday night, the regional police said in a […]
Luanda – Angolan prosecutors opened an investigation on Friday into possible corruption at the country’s state oil giant when it was run by former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos’ daughter Isabel. Investigators will probe “irregular financial transfers” reported by Sonangol’s new management, prosecutors said in a statement. Sonangol’s new chief executive Carlos Saturnino angrily criticised […]
Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab on Wednesday warned Kenya “will never be safe”, threatening tourists and calling for more attacks on US interests after they stormed an American base at the weekend. The al-Qaeda linked group said its attack on Camp Simba, in which three Americans were killed and several aircraft destroyed, should serve as a […]
Three soldiers have been killed in intense fighting between Nigeria’s army and jihadists over a key northeastern garrison town, a security source said Wednesday. The soldiers died when an army vehicle burst into flames after a car filled with explosives rammed into a convoy on Tuesday afternoon, the source told AFP. The attack occurred during […]
A child aged around 10 was found dead Wednesday at a Paris airport in the undercarriage of a plane that had come from the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan, a source close to the inquiry said. The Air France Boeing 777 had taken off from Abidjan on Tuesday evening and landed at Paris’ Charles de […]