Africa

Armed community members and vigilante groups have stepped in to tackle unrest in South Africa, taking matters into their own hands and sometimes stoking violence as security forces struggle to restore order. Understaffed and heavily reliant on private security companies,...

The number of deaths from the unrest and looting that has afflicted South Africa for many days has grown to 32, with the premier of Kwazulu-Natal province announcing 22 additional deaths on Tuesday morning. According to the premier, Mr. Sihle...

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said the deadly unrest gripping the country is unprecedented in post-apartheid South Africa as he deployed troops to help police crush the violence and looting sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma. Soldiers were...

Moroccan club, Raja Casablanca won the CAF Confederation Cup on Saturday evening after defeating JS Kabylie from Algeria 2-1. First-half goals from Soufiane Rahimi and Ben Malango Ngita were enough for the Green Eagles to finish as champions at Cotonou’s...

Former South African President Jacob Zuma, on Sunday, July 4, announced to hundreds of his supporters that he would be appealing a jail sentence and demanded for justice. South Africa's highest court on Monday sentenced the former president to 15...

At least ten people were murdered overnight in a raid on the city of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, witnesses claimed. A civil society organization and a monitoring group also said Islamist extremists were suspected of carrying...

Zambia is expected to hold a state funeral for founding President Kenneth Kaunda on Friday, July 2, after he succumbed to an illness at the age of 97. He will be laid to rest on July 7. The former politician, affectionately known as KK,...

Sudan began testing its capacity on Wednesday to provide security and other services to areas that were originally embroiled in conflict, after the departure of African Union and United Nations peacekeeping forces. Wednesday, June 30, was the last day for...

Rwanda signed a Rwf 3.6 billion ($3.6 million) partnership with the European Union on Wednesday to assist the country in upgrading its laboratory capacity in order to attract investors interested in manufacturing Covid-19 vaccines. The funding will be used to...

At least eight people were murdered on Wednesday in Eswatini as police clamped down on pro-democracy protesters, activist groups monitoring the country's turmoil said. The Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN) and the Swaziland Youth Congress (Swayoco), which have been campaigning for political...