Widespread social unrest that followed the imprisonment of a former president is damaging businesses, key trade routes. Violent protests have dealt a body blow to South Africa’s efforts to rebuild the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and pose the sternest test yet to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s authority. The widespread looting and social…
The army was called in on Monday to contain the violence in South Africa, on the fourth day of violence initially triggered by the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma and which has already left at least ten people dead. Incidents broke out on Friday in Zulu country, where Mr Zuma is originally from and…
Another cold front is expected to make landfall in the Western Cape on Monday. The cold conditions are expected to bring flooding, especially to informal settlements. Snow is expected on the province’s highest mountain peaks. Emergency workers are on high alert as another cold front is expected to make landfall in the Western Cape on…
The Turkish powership conglomerate makes an astonishing amount of money from its specialist offering to frail and broken states.But many of its deals around the world have been criticised as exploitative and irrational.South Africa may become the biggest prize of all. And, little known, we have already helped fund the growth of this corporate empire.…
Five civilians, four soldiers and 40 armed attackers were killed Sunday in a clash in Niger’s restive southwest region near the border with Mali, the government said. Around 100 heavily armed “terrorists” riding motorcycles attacked the Tchoma Bangou village, striking around 3 pm Sunday, Niger‘s Ministry of Defence said in a statement read on public television…
Residents of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa say they hope Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government can ensure peace and economic stability after the incumbent’s party won a landslide victory. The election result grants Abiy a five-year term despite a brutal war raging in the country’s northern region of Tigray. Abiy hailed the outcome of what…
Shops were looted on Sunday and a major highway closed in Johannesburg as violent protests spread to the econo;ic hub over the jailing of the former South African president Jacob Zuma. The violent protests had mainly been in the former South African leader’s home province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), where he began a 15-month sentence for…
A look back at the world’s youngest nation’s first 10 years, marred by a ruinous civil war. It has been 10 years since South Sudan gained independence to become the world’s youngest nation. Here is a look back at the country’s decade of independence, marred by a ruinous civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people and…
Residents of the Nigerian city of Damishi took to the streets on Thursday to protest lack of security and regular abductions in the northern Kaduna state. The small group of protesters blocked a street and chanted slogans demanding peace. One of the protesters said that at least 16 people had been kidnapped the previous day.…
During a grueling, weeks-long mission in northern Mali, French soldiers were confronted by a familiar threat: Extremists trying to impose the same strict Islamic rule that preceded France’s military intervention here more than eight years ago. Traumatized residents showed scars on their shoulders and backs from whippings they endured after failing to submit to the…