Peace and security in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region will come under the spotlight in Windhoek, Namibia, on Wednesday. The region is trying to deal with a number of conflicts. Its organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation will meet in the Namibian capital. SADC leaders will also discuss the political situation and…
Sarel Meintjes | @SABCNews Three children died in a fire in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The City’s fire and rescue spokesperson Jermaine Carelse says emergency crews from four nearby fire stations responded to the scene when a structure in the Endlovini informal settlement was gutted. Crews from Lansdowne, Mfuleni,…
By AFP Abidjan Eighteen people accused of involvement in one of West Africa’s bloodiest attacks by extremists — a machine-gun assault on a beach resort in 2016 that left 19 dead — go on trial in Côte d’Ivoire on Wednesday. But only four of the 18 will be physically present for the long-awaited proceedings in…
Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has said she worries society is suffering from an “epidemic of self-censorship”. In a BBC lecture on freedom of speech, the writer said young people were growing up “afraid to ask questions for fear of asking the wrong questions”. Such a climate could lead to “the death of curiosity, the death…
By Yusuf Akinpelu BBC News, Lagos The drowning of the three-year-old son of Afrobeats star Davido in the swimming pool at his home in Lagos last month has thrown a spotlight on the safety of swimmers in Nigeria. The death of Ifeanyi Adeleke came four years after the one-year-old son of another Nigerian singer, D’Banj,…
By VINCENT OWINO Kenya, South Sudan, and Somalia are among African countries which will benefit from a donation of grains from Ukraine meant to help alleviate the growing hunger crisis on the continent, despite Kyiv’s own internal woes in the face of a war with Russia. Kyiv has partnered with international donors including the European…
By MARY WAMBUI East African Community (EAC) leaders have expressed hope of finding a lasting solution to the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through peaceful means, but have signalled that they will not hesitate to use military action to achieve the goal. The heads of state were speaking during the opening of…
By AGGREY MUTAMBO The decision to delay the drawdown of the African Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis) may indicate gaps in rebuilding the country’s security forces meant to take over once the continental arrangement fully exits next year. This week, the African Union (AU) said it will delay withdrawal of its sanctioned military forces in…
MTN Ghana, which is Africa’s largest mobile operator’s third-most lucrative market, is bracing for the potential deactivation of a quarter of its subscriber’s sim cards on Thursday, as it looks to comply with directive from regulators in that country over biometric registration. The directive from Ghana’s National Communications Authority concerns deactivating those sim cards that…
Two-time Malawian vice-president Saulos Chilima is the highest-ranking corruption-accused official who has been arrested along with 83 others. The public in Malawi overwhelmingly supports President Lazarus Chakwera’s corruption fight. Chilima’s supporters want him to pull out of the ruling Tonse Alliance because they feel they have been given a raw deal. If public opinion is to…