Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has praised Simba SC after the team made history by reaching the final of the CAF Confederation Cup. Simba secured their place in the final after a hard-fought 0-0 draw against Stellenbosch in Durban on Sunday. They advanced thanks to their 1-0 win from the first leg. Now, they will […]
The incessant rains have caused flooding in Durban and its neighboring areas. It has disrupted several core areas, with a lot of roads submerged and therefore closed. The South African Weather Service(SAWS) counselled citizens with an alert of Level 4 about a disruptive rainfall warning for the whole of KwaZulu-Natal. Rains since midnight have unleashed […]
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is boosting its response in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province where recent escalation of violence forced thousands to flee for their lives. At least 100,000 people are now displaced throughout the province. There has been a dramatic increase of brutal attacks by armed groups over the past months, with the recent […]
Two people sustained minor injuries when a portion of the ceiling at the Somerset Mall collapsed on Thursday morning, the City of Cape Town’s fire and rescue service has said. Spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said they had received an emergency call around 09:20 regarding a roof collapse near entrance one. When they arrived on the scene, […]
The wife of the prime minister of Lesotho has been formally charged in court with murdering his previous wife. First Lady Maesaiah Thabane has not yet been asked to plead. She surrendered to police on Tuesday for questioning. Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has also been questioned. His estranged wife, Lipolelo Thabane, was shot dead outside […]
Namibia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the results of last year’s presidential election on Wednesday, saying the challengers failed to prove that the ruling party manipulated electronic voting machines. The ruling means President Hage Geingob will continue in his second term. He won in November with 56% of the vote while Namibia’s first independent presidential […]
Two thousand Syrian fighters have travelled from Turkey or will arrive imminently to fight on the battlefields of Libya, Syrian sources in all three countries have said, in an unprecedented development that threatens to further complicate the north African state’s intractable civil war. The deployment came after Turkey agreed last month to come to the […]
Cash-strapped Lesotho diplomats are allegedly reselling duty-free alcohol in South Africa and Lesotho, according to a report on Saturday. Lesotho’s Consul General Majoro Mohapi told EWN that due to shortages in staff salaries, some had resorted to reselling alcohol that they bought duty free. He added that these fraudulent activities – selling duty-free alcohol as […]
Operatives of Somali insurgent group Al-Shabaab attacked a hotel in the capital Mogadishu killing a number of occupants, a federal lawmaker confirmed on Twitter late Tuesday. MP Abdirizak Mohamed wrote on Twitter: “Report of Alshabab inside SYL. This was confirmed for me by a federal MP who escaped from the scene by jumped over the […]
Following a United Nations deadline for Britain to withdraw from th Chagos Islands, the African Union ordered Britain on Friday to end its “continued colonial administration” of the disputed Indian Ocean territory. The Chagos Islands belong to the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, according to the advisory opinion the top U.N. court issued in […]
Benin President Patrice Talon has announced that foreign reserves of the West African CFA – currency used by eight countries in the region – were to be withdrawn from France. In a wide ranging interview with French public broadcasters, RFI and France 24, Talon alluded to the move being unanimous for all the countries in […]
Close to 50 African leaders were expected to be in Russia’s Black Sea city of Sochi for the first ever Russia – Africa forum, the Kremlin announced weeks back. The forum expected to run between October 23 – 24 event is part of Moscow’s ambitious push for influence and business in Africa. The Russians have […]
Former French President Jacques Chirac has died at the age of 86, his son-in-law said on Thursday. Chirac was president of France from 1995-2007. Under his presidency, France entered into the single European currency and abolished compulsory military service. Chirac also cut the presidential term of office from seven to five years. Chirac also opposed […]
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to attend former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s burial on Sunday. Mugabe died on Friday last week at the age of 95 while undergoing treatment at a Singapore hospital. His body was flown back to Zimbabwe on Wednesday and Zimbabweans lined up in the streets of Harare to catch a […]
Ebola can no longer be called an incurable disease, scientists have said, after two of four drugs being trialled in the major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were found to have significantly reduced the death rate. ZMapp, used during the massive Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, has been dropped […]
Ivorian DJ and Musician, DJ Arafat has passed on according to BBC Afrique. He was a highly celebrated and accomplished Coupe Decale Artist. He won the Best Francophone Award at the 2015 MAMAs, and was nominated for Best African Act at the 2015. Popular Ivorian musician, Houon Ange Didier knows artistically as DJ Arafat passed […]
Nine people were killed when a shooter opened fire in Dayton, Ohio early Sunday. Responding officers also fatally shot the gunman, later identified by police as 24-year-old Connor Betts of Bellbrook, Ohio. Betts used an assault-style rifle, a .223 caliber weapon with high capacity magazines and wore body armor during the shooting. Authorities said Megan […]
Tope ‘Teddy A’ Adenibuyan and Bamike ‘BamBam’ Olawunmi, two former housemates of the 2018 season of the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality television show, are now engaged!The duo took to their different Instagram pages to announce their engagement on Sunday afternoon. View this post on Instagram 🥰 @iamteddya A post shared by Bamike (Bambam) Olawunmi […]
92-year-old Tunisia’s President, Beji Caid Essebsi, has died. Essebsi died at Tunisia’s military hospital on Wednesday, according to a statement from the presidency. He had been hospitalised late last month and spent a week in hospital after suffering health crisis. The president of the parliament will become the president of Tunisia for 45 to 90 […]
Algeria defeated Senegal with a slim scoreline of 1-0 to win the AFCON tournament in Egypt, as the Desert Foxes win the tournament after 29 years. It took just two minutes for Baghdad Bounedjah to break the deadlock through his effort took a slight deflection to beat Senegalese goalkeeper who left his line. Senegal kept […]