Hoosen Ebrahim | @SABCNews The leader of the official opposition in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) president Velenkosi Hlabisa, says the provincial government has failed to effectively deal with the aftermath of last year’s floods. This week will mark the first anniversary of the floods that caused devastation in Durban and other parts of the…
Sophie Mokoena | @SABCNews South African authorities are ready to engage their counterparts in Tanzania in bringing back convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester, Doctor Nandipha Magudumana and Mozambican national Zacharia Alberto to the country. The authorities, who left South Africa yesterday, have arrived in Tanzania. Bester escaped from the Mangaung Correction Facility in Bloemfontein in May…
Reuters | @SABCNews At least 20 African migrants were missing on Saturday after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said, amidst a sharp rise in migrant boats from the North African country. The coast guard rescued 17 others off the southern city of Sfax from the same…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP TUNISIA Some 300 demonstrators from opposition parties waved Tunisian flags and carried signs with the images of detainees at the rally organised by the main opposition coalition, the National Salvation Front. Since early February, authorities in the North African country have arrested more than 20 political opponents and personalities including…
Text by : FRANCE 24 Follow | Video by : Ange NOMENYO Around 1% of the population in Ivory Coast could be affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to estimates from the World Health Organisation. ASD is an often taboo subject, however, and treatment is hard to come by as the country severely lacks…