Jacob Zuma sought to hand state assets to allies, finds corruption report
Inquiry says South Africa’s ruling ANC ‘should be ashamed’ by alleged efforts to steal vast sums Jacob Zuma has been accused of systematic and “unlawful”...
Category : Africa
Ethiopian drought leading to ‘dramatic’ increase in child marriage, Unicef warns
With hunger across Horn of Africa and 600,000 children out of school, ‘desperate’ parents push more girls into early marriage Drought-afflicted areas of Ethiopia are...
South Africa may be entering fifth Covid wave earlier than expected
Rise in infections appears to be driven by Omicron sub-variants, say health officials South Africa may be entering a fifth Covid wave earlier than expected...
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss, finds World Resources Institute Pristine rainforests...
Priti Patel’s Rwanda asylum seeker plan faces first legal challenge
Charity Freedom from Torture says it has ‘serious concerns’ about lawfulness of policy Priti Patel’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is facing its...
Janjaweed militia blamed for attacks that left at least 200 dead in Darfur
Death toll likely to rise, say witnesses to indiscriminate attacks on Kreinik and El Geneina by Sudan’s notorious Rapid Support Forces At least 200 people...
Mali jihadists claim capture of fighter from Russia’s Wagner group
Islamist group says it captured mercenary from Kremlin-linked private security firm A jihadist group in Mali claims to have captured a fighter from the Kremlin-linked...
Sudan: at least 168 people killed in violence in Darfur region, aid group says
Fears death toll from Sunday’s clashes could rise after armed tribesmen attacked villages of non-Arab Massalit minority Clashes between rival groups in Sudan’s Darfur killed...
After the relentless rain, South Africa sounds the alarm on the climate crisis
Many are still missing after this month’s floods. Extreme weather is becoming more frequent, and it can be devastating Survivors of South Africa’s devastating floods...
More than 100 killed at Nigerian illegal oil refinery blast
Authorities say victims ‘burnt beyond recognition’ in explosion at bunkering site in Imo state More than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at...
