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Zimbabwe applies to re-join Commonwealth

May 21st, 2018 President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially applied for Zimbabwe to re-join the Commonwealth it left in 2003 and has invited the grouping of former British...

Africa

Death toll from listeria outbreak in SA over 200

May 17th, 2018 The death toll from the world's largest ever outbreak of the food-borne disease listeria has risen to 204, but the number of new cases has declined sharply...

Africa

Congo and WHO race to prevent runaway Ebola outbreak

May 17th, 2018 Congolese and U.N. officials were racing to prevent a runawayEbola outbreak in Congo on Thursday, working out the logistics of keeping newly arrived vaccines...

Africa

'Vicious cycle' as conflict uproots millions in Africa

May 16th, 2018 Violence and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa forced 15,000 people from their homes every day in 2017, double the previous year's figure, an international...

Africa

Pretoria to run South Africa's troubled North West province

May 13th, 2018 South Africa's national government is taking over the running of its troubled North West province, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) said on...

World

First reported deaths in Congo Ebola outbreak came in January

May 10th, 2018 Cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in an area of Congo that is facing an Ebola epidemic as far back as December and the first deaths were reported in...

FRONT PAGE

At least 21 dead after flower-farm dam bursts in Kenya

May 10th, 2018 By Thomas Mukoya A dam burst in Kenya after weeks of torrential rain, unleashing a torrent of water that smashed into two villages, killing at least 21...

Africa

Soweto residents, protesting at land grab bid, clash with police

May 7th, 2018 South African police clashed on Monday with residents in the township of Soweto who staged a protest after squatters tried to erect shacks in nearby fields -...

Africa

Thirteen trapped underground at South African gold mine

May 3rd, 2018 Thirteen miners were trapped underground at a SouthAfrican gold mine on Thursday after an earthquake that measured 2.2 caused a cave-in, mine operator...

Africa

At least 15 migrants die after boat sinks off Algerian coast

April 29th, 2018 At least 15 African migrants died on Sunday when their boat trying to reach Europe capsized off the Algerian coast, a coast guard official said. Coast guard...

Africa

Introduction of minimum wage in South Africa delayed, ministry says

April 20th, 2018 The introduction of a national minimum wage of 20 rand ($1.66) an hour in South Africa could be delayed by up to two months as parliament is yet to approve...

Africa

Illegal gold miners invade Grace Mugabe's farm amid legal dispute

April 20th, 2018 A farm owned by Robert Mugabe's wife Grace is at the centre of a legal dispute after hundreds of illegal gold miners invaded parts of the property and started...

Africa

Eight Egyptian soldiers, 14 militants killed in Sinai attack

April 14th, 2018 Eight Egyptian soldiers and 14 militants were killed in fighting in central Sinai on Saturday when gunmen carrying explosive belts and grenades targeted a...

Africa

Thousands of South Africans say goodbye to Winnie Mandela

April 14th, 2018 Thousands of mourners gathered in South Africa's Soweto township on Saturday to bid farewell to anti-apartheid heroine Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a funeral...

Africa

Bomb kills up to five during football match in Somalia

April 13th, 2018 A bomb killed up to five spectators at a football match in southern Somalia, police and a lawmaker said on Friday, the first time an explosion has targeted a...

Africa

More than 250 killed in Algerian military plane crash (Update)

April 11th, 2018 More than 250 people including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement were killed when a military plane crashed in a field...

Africa

Thousands expected to march in support of South Africa's Zuma

April 5th, 2018 Thousands of supporters of former South African president Jacob Zuma are expected to march to the Durban High Court on Friday, where Zuma will face corruption...

World

OBITUARY-Winnie Mandela, "mother", then "mugger", of new South Africa

April 2nd, 2018 By Ed Cropley Hailed as mother of the 'new' South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was...

Africa

Winnie Mandela of South Africa has died aged 81

April 2nd, 2018 Hailed as mother of the 'new' South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to be a ruthless...

Middle East

Israel says to send 16,000 African migrants to Western countries

April 2nd, 2018 Israel said on Monday it has cancelled a plan to deport African migrants to Africa and reached an agreement with the UN refugee agency to send more than...

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