Category: Africa

Mon 20 May 2024: South Africa’s highest court has disqualified former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in the upcoming general election. The Constitutional Court ruled that Zuma’s 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court makes him ineligible to stand for election. Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing to testify at a corruption […]

  Christian Malanga and his son, wearing a US flag patch, speak before attempting to storm the Presidential Palace in Kinshasa. Source: Facebook Mon 20 May 2024: On Sunday, the leader of an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was killed, and about 50 people, including three American citizens, were arrested, according […]

Mon 20 May 2024: Illegal currency traders have vanished from the streets of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, as authorities intensify efforts to stabilize the new Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency, Xinhua reported. On April 5, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) introduced the gold-backed ZiG, replacing the inflation-ravaged Zimbabwean dollar. The ZiG is part of a legal […]

Fri 17 May 2024: The UN humanitarian office said, on Friday, that half of Sudan’s population needs aid as famine and disease outbreaks are “closing in”, Anadolu Agency reports. Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began in April 2023. More than 15,000 people have since been killed and many more displaced. A […]

Fri 17 May 2024: The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) with the assistance of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks, on Friday conducted searches and seized evidence at Home Affairs offices in five provinces. The SIU said in a statement that this is part of an ongoing investigation into the affairs […]