Calls for crackdown on gangs in South Africa after spate of gun attacks
Attack on tavern near Johannesburg in which 15 were killed was one of several similar incidents over the weekend Campaigners in South Africa have called...
Category : Africa
South Africa bar shootings: four killed in KwaZulu-Natal on same night as 15 die in Soweto
Police investigating if attacks linked, citing similarities as gunmen in both cases said to have fired at people ‘randomly’ Four people have been killed and...
South Africa: 15 dead after gunmen open fire at bar in Soweto township
South African police investigate reports group of men arrived in taxi and opened fire on patrons A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg’s Soweto...
Daughter demands postmortem after death of Angola’s former president
Foul play alleged after José Eduardo dos Santos dies aged 79 in Barcelona A daughter of Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos, who died...
Sierra Leone backs bill to legalise abortion and end colonial-era law
Country hails ‘monumental step’ towards expanding reproductive rights at a time when the US has overturned them Ministers in Sierra Leone have taken a major...
Famine: what is it, where will it strike and how should the world respond?
A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisis Global hunger toll soars...
Suspected Islamist attack frees hundreds of prisoners in Nigeria
Inmates on the run after gunmen armed with explosives attack prison near capital, Abuja Hundreds of prisoners, including scores of terrorists, were on the run...
Teenager saves baby from shipwreck during Mediterranean crossing
‘I went to help people,’ says Togolese boy, who was among 71 survivors rescued nine days after boat sank, killing at least 30 The actions...
Anger as families of US detainees in Middle East left off Blinken call
‘Infuriating’ exclusions made just weeks before Joe Biden’s Saudi visit and expected rapprochement with the crown prince Family members of several US nationals who are...
Lean times for Ghana’s yam traders as cost of living crisis bites
People are buying less, costs are up, and profits are dwindling for traders at Kaneshi market in Accra On a quiet stretch amid the sprawling...
