News24.com | Fearing new rebel attacks, thousands flee Ebola-hit DRC town
Mangina, a town of some 72 000 in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile east, was eerily empty on Tuesday after a massacre last week by a dreaded rebel group…
News24.com | Bashir to face ICC for war crimes as Sudan vows to hand over ousted autocrat
Sudan has agreed to hand ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir and others to the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur, a member of Khartoum’s ruling body said Tuesday.…
News24.com | Kenya mourns Moi with state funeral
Thousands of Kenyans on Tuesday gathered to mourn the country’s longest-serving leader, the hardline Daniel Arap Moi, as a week of mourning climaxed with a state funeral. Moi, whose 24-year…
News24.com | ‘Overlooked’ African Union leadership vow Libya, Sudan support
African Union leaders on Monday vowed to push peace efforts in Libya, a sign of the bloc’s desire to play a bigger role in resolving the continent’s conflicts. The AU…
News24.com | Lesotho murder intrigue ‘traumatises’ already volatile kingdom
Murder, mystery, suspense and political drama – the cocktail of events playing out in Lesotho belong in a best-selling thriller. But it is the lived reality of a small southern…
News24.com | Mali army redeploys to symbolic former rebel bastion
Malian troops have begun deploying to the key northern town of Kidal, a senior army official said on Monday, returning to an area that has long been a symbol of…
News24.com | Equatorial Guinea leader’s son fined 30mn euros in French embezzlement trial
The playboy son of Equatorial Guinea’s leader was handed a €30 million fine by a Paris court on Monday on top of a suspended jail term and the confiscation of…
News24.com | Egypt court bans teacher over harassing 120 pupils
An Egyptian court has upheld a teaching ban against an elementary school teacher accused of sexually harassing 120 female pupils, the education ministry said on Monday. The incidents date to…
News24.com | Eight men jailed for homosexuality in Mauritania
A Mauritanian court has jailed eight men for two years for “committing indecent acts” after a video showed them at a gay birthday party, their lawyer and Human Rights Watch…