South Africa minister dies of coronavirus
South African Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu, passed away on Thursday due to COVID-19 related complications, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. This follows an announcement...
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Mali army probes jihadist prisoners death
The Malian army has ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of three jihadist prisoners while they were being transferred to a military...
British court rules against FAAN over Lagos airport contract
A British appeal court has overturned an order that prevented a Nigerian construction company from enforcing parts of a $48 million arbitration award. The company...
Zimbabwe journalist Hopewell Chin’ono to spend weekend in jail after tweet
Zimbabwe police have re-arrested award-winning journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin’ono, as well as one of his defenders, for allegedly posting false information on social...
Mali former premier Modibo Keita passes on at 78
Mali’s former prime minister, Modibo Keita, has died at the age of 78, interim premier Moctar Ouane said Saturday, the latest in a string of...
FCMB probes chief over ‘unethical conduct’
The Board of First City Monument Bank, on Saturday, says it is investigating its Managing Director, Adam Nuru, over allegations of unethical conduct involving a...
Head of Egypt’s electoral commission dies of coronavirus
The head of Egypt’s electoral commission, Lashin Ibrahim, on Friday died due to complications from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel Coronavirus, state media...
Bodies of 20 migrants retrieved off Tunisia – ministry
Tunisia’s coastguard on Thursday retrieved the bodies of 20 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa after their boat capsized at sea, a spokesperson for the defence ministry...
Burundi ex-president dies from coronavirus
Burundi’s former president Pierre Buyoya has died in Paris of Covid-19 at the age of 71, relatives said Friday, just weeks after he resigned as...
Ten years on, anger grows in Tunisian town where ‘Arab Spring’ began
Ten years ago, a fruit seller set himself ablaze in the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid after an altercation with a policewoman about where...