At least 12 peacekeepers killed in eastern DR Congo fighting
Nine South African and three Malawian peacekeeping soldiers have been killed by M23 rebels, authorities say.At least 12 peacekeepers, including ...
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Military governor of DRC’s North Kivu province killed in M23 rebel assault
The military governor of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has died from injuries sustained during ...
Development done right: Why Africa needs more than good intentions
The annual World Economic Forum in Davos brings together the world’s most influential leaders with the stated aim of improving ...
Kaye-Ann Williams Replaces Tendeka Matatu
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix‘s Africa content team has reshuffled with ex-Amazon exec Kaye-Ann Williams brought in to oversee TV and movies as ...
Sudan’s army battles RSF for control of oil refinery near Khartoum
Fighting also reported in el-Fasher after RSF issued 48-hour ultimatum to army to leave its last stronghold in the country.The ...
Over a million people flee to South Sudan as Sudan conflict grinds on: UN
The war in Sudan erupted in April 2023, between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces ...
As gold prices surge, Ghana faces ‘looming crisis’ over illegal mining
When activist Oliver Barker Vormawor saw reports in September that Ghana’s water agency would not be able to supply some ...
Forgotten no more: The Black South Africans who died in WWI Africa
Cape Town, South Africa – On January 23, 1915, two boatmen named Dolly Jenniker and Zulu Madhliwa drowned in the ...
Dad, 68, killed in M25 crash ‘while driving his mum’s ashes home from airport’ as family pay heartbreaking tribute
A DAD was killed in a horror motorway crash while reportedly driving his mum's ashes home from the airport.Ralph Ellis, ...
‘Heartbreaking’: More than 60 killed in Nigeria tanker explosion
The death toll likely to go up in the latest tanker explosion in Africa’s largest economy amid rising fuel cost.At ...
More than 230,000 displaced in DRC since start of the year, UN says
The UN says the forced displacement is one of ‘the most alarming’ humanitarian crises in the world.More than 230,000 people ...
Video: Mozambique’s Chapo sworn in as president after disputed election
Daniel Chapo was sworn in as the president of Mozambique in a low-key ceremony in the nation’s capital. Source link
Rescue operation to free trapped miners in South Africa
NewsFeedAl Jazeera’s Hatu Mutasa reports from Stilfontein, South Africa, as rescue workers bring miners to the surface after months of ...
Sierra Leone declares emergency over mpox outbreak
The West African country has confirmed two cases of mpox in recent days.Sierra Leone has declared a public health emergency ...
Operation under way to rescue trapped miners from South African gold mine
The Mining Affected Communities United in Action group says at least 400 men remain trapped in the abandoned mine, where ...
Thabo Bester: Prison Break
Thabo Bester is South Africa’s most notorious con man.In 2012, Thabo Bester was locked away for life for murder and ...
Chad’s ruling party wins majority in controversial parliamentary election
Electoral body says President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s party secured 124 of 188 National Assembly seats in vote boycotted by opposition.Chad’s ...
Remembering Matilda, the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade
On a cold December morning in 1931, a short, elderly Black woman set out on a 24km (15-mile) walk from ...
‘Voy! I’m coming!’: The blind footballers of South Sudan
Before the blind league, ‘I had totally lost hope’ Participants in the game play with a ball that jingles while ...
Bandits in Nigeria ambush and kill 21 government-backed fighters
Convoy of pro-government fighters was returning from a funeral when they came under fire from bandits in Katsina State.At least ...
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