A video showed internet fraud suspect Abu Trica receiving treatment in handcuffs at a Ghanaian hospital, hours before he was reportedly extradited to the US.
Activist Mthobisi Gasa, a member of Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma's March and March, was shot and killed in Durban on July 2, 2026, days after the June 30 protests.
Mourners on Friday buried 10 people killed during anti-UN protests in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, some chanting slogans against peacekeepers, an AFP reporter said. Mourners chanted slogans hostile to the peacekeepers, according to an AFP journalist, and touted banners reading "MONUSCO is killing Congolese people".
The head of Chad's ruling junta Friday flew off to Qatar to seal a possible peace deal with rebels, a key step in plans to restore civilian rule, the presidency's website said. On the table is a government plan for a ceasefire and guarantees of security for rebel leaders who attend the forum.
The peace deal Senegal has signed with rebels from the country's south is "an important step" towards permanent peace in the home of one of Africa's oldest active rebellions, a mediator said Friday. "This is an important step towards definitive peace," mediator and former Senegalese cabinet minister Robert Sagna told private Senegalese radio station Iradio.
The Malian army and "white-skinned soldiers" were involved in the deaths of 33 civilians, according to an expert report to the UN seen by AFP Friday. Two other operations the panel investigated involved the presence of "white-skinned soldiers", according to testimonies.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sent a strongest message to African countries since Russia invaded his country, asking the continent to take a firm stance for justice.
The Ethiopian government has chastised EU and US envoys who visited the war-stricken region of Tigray, accusing them of siding with the rebels' stance on peace talks and aid. The war erupted in November 2020 when Abiy ordered troops into Tigray to topple the TPLF, accusing the rebels of attacking federal army camps.
A lady's joy was cut short as her man died 12 days after they got married. A video from their white wedding surfaced on social media and caused a commotion.
From five grams of toothpaste to 10 millilitres of cooking oil, many Nigerians struggling with soaring prices now buy their basic necessities in small quantities packed in tiny plastic bags to be consumed on the same day. But in 2016, when the country fell into recession after the fall in oil prices, "everybody was buying sachet.
Puppet or strategist, dilettante or power-hungry heir? "I don't want to remain in power as they allege.
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