Kalkidan Yibeltal BBC News, Addis Ababa Prosecutors in Ethiopia say they’re dropping criminal charges placed against senior civil and military leaders from the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF). This is the latest move following a peace deal signed last year to end one of Africa’s deadliest conflicts between the TPLF and the government. A statement […]
Two brothers from the wealthy Gupta family have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates, the South African and Emirati authorities have announced. Atul and Rajesh Gupta are accused in South Africa of profiting from their close links with former president Jacob Zuma and exerting unfair influence. Extradition talks are taking place between the two […]
South Africans have condemned Irish airline Ryanair for making them take a test in the Afrikaans language on UK flights, calling it discriminatory. The country has 11 official languages, and many say they cannot understand Afrikaans – a language which was imposed during white-minority rule. The quiz contains questions on South African general knowledge. Ryanair […]
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says “there is no basis for the claims of criminal conduct” relating to an alleged cover-up of a burglary at one of his properties in 2020. The country’s former spy chief, Arthur Fraser, has accused the president of kidnapping and bribery in a case he has registered with the police. […]
By Chiagozie Nwonwu World Service Disinformation Team An apparent social media ruse in Zimbabwe about people selling their toes for large amounts of money is being taken more seriously elsewhere in Africa. The unfounded story that suggests Zimbabweans are parting with their digits to beat poverty is trending in Nigeria. A tongue-in-cheek Zimbabwean blog post […]
Chris Ewokor BBC News, Abuja AFP Copyright: AFP The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, Samuel Kanu, was kidnapped on Sunday in Abia state, south-east Nigeria, alongside two other clerics. Police in the state say a manhunt has been mounted to rescue the priests. In Nigeria, the Methodist Church is one of the […]
Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is meeting in Abuja to elect a candidate for next February’s presidential elections. Fourteen candidates, 810 voting delegates and thousands of other party members have poured into the capital. The winner will lead the party into next year’s showdown against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Whoever emerges […]
By Damian Zane BBC News Some amateur sleuthing and a chance encounter helped uncover how the former president of The Gambia had laundered his money by buying a luxurious property in the US. Now a court has ruled that the $3m (£2.4m) mansion in the state of Maryland, near Washington DC, should be seized from […]
By Nicolas Négoce BBC News, Tivaouane Eleven newborn babies have died in a fire at the maternity unit of a hospital in the western city of Tivaouane in Senegal. The fire was caused by a short circuit, said the city’s mayor, Demba Diop Sy. It then quickly spread. Three babies were rescued from the blaze, […]
By Lalla Sy BBC News After a frantic day-and-night search lasting more than a month, rescue teams have found the bodies of four of the eight miners trapped underground in Burkina Faso. “Many have tears in their eyes, everybody is disappointed,” Bama Antoine, the families’ spokesperson, told the BBC. “Hope is gone now,” he added. […]
