Category: Africa

Fri 06 September 2019: The current president of Zimbabwe has confirmed the news. Zimbabwe’s founding president Robert Mugabe has passed away after a long battle with ill health. The Mirror reports that Mugabe passed away in a hospital in Singapore. He turned 95 in February. It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing […]

Fri 06 September 2019: Sudan’s prime minister announced the formation of his Cabinet on Thursday, making a major step for the East African county after former leader Omar al-Bashir was ousted after three decades in power. “A new stage in Sudan’s history starts today,” Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said at a press conference in the capital, […]

Wed 04 September 2019: Attacks apparent reprisal for xenophobic violence in South Africa Nigerians launched attacks on businesses with South African ties in at least three states Tuesday in apparent reprisal against unabated violence against Nigerians in the rainbow nation. Police battled to halt attacks and looting at clothing line PEP and Shoprite in Lagos […]

Wed 04 September 2019: Zimbabwean doctors on Tuesday went on strike after rejecting a 60 per cent salary increment offered by the government. The strike, the second this year by the medics, follows months of protracted salary negotiations between civil servants and government for better pay and conditions. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is struggling to […]

Tue 03 September 2019: Pretoria – Taxi drivers in Pretoria are warning commuters not to bother trying to go to work or make their way to the city centre on Tuesday. A taxi driver loading up commuters along Thabo Sehume in the City announced: “There are no taxis tomorrow from the early hours of the […]

Mon 02 September 2019: It was a chaotic Monday across various communities in the Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni metros as residents went on a rampage, looting and torching buildings.  Protesters in Turffontein, Johannesburg, looted shops as they demonstrated in the area on Monday morning. The protesters targeted shops they believed to be owned by foreign nationals. […]

Mon 02 September 2019: It was a chaotic Monday across various communities in the Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni metros as residents went on a rampage, looting and torching buildings.  Protesters in Turffontein, Johannesburg, looted shops as they demonstrated in the area on Monday morning. The protesters targeted shops they believed to be owned by foreign nationals. […]

Mon 02 September 2019: Police have arrested 31 people in central Johannesburg following overnight chaos, with several foreign-owned shops being looted, cars and buildings set alight. The unrest started on Sunday along Jules Street when businesses were ransacked by a mob. “Many cars and shops were set alight,” police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo told to […]

Sun 01 September 2019: Pope Francis leaves on Wednesday for Africa, he will spend most of the Sept. 4-10 trip in Mozambique and Madagascar and briefly visit Mauritius at the end. Fires in the Amazon have given new urgency to the pope’s calls to protect the environment, tackle climate change and promote sustainable development. Aides […]

Fri 30 August 2019: Hundreds of thousands of people in Senegal and Mauritania are at risk of going hungry in the coming year because not enough grass has grown to feed the region’s cattle, analysts said on Friday. Satellite maps show barren pastures across large swaths of the two West African countries, which means animals […]