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…
News24.com | Jailed brother of Algeria’s ex-president launches appeal
An Algerian military court on Sunday started hearing an appeal against the 15-year jail term for the brother of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was brought down amid anti-regime protests…
News24.com | New killings in eastern DR Congo blamed on ADF militia
Beni, DR Congo – Fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia killed seven civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, just days after another massacre, local officials…
Nigeria warns over mystery disease which has left 15 dead and infected dozens more
Illness causes vomiting, swelling and diarrhoea, government says
News24.com | UN calls on developed countries to help East Africa fight locust plague
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has bemoaned developed countries’ contribution to climate change, commending Africa for its political and moral leadership on the climate emergency. Speaking at the ordinary session of…
News24.com | Cameroon elections overshadowed by violence, boycott
Cameroon votes on Sunday in polls overshadowed by separatist violence which has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and a partial opposition boycott. Elections for the central African country’s legislature…
News24.com | WATCH: Ramaphosa ready to tackle Africa’s problems, including road from the Cape to Cairo
The dream of a road that stretches from the Cape to Cairo could soon be realised if President Cyril Ramaphosa has his way. Ramaphosa has been tasked with championing an…
News24.com | Malawi’s Rastafarians win landmark dreadlock ruling
Makeda Mbewe was just six years old when she was kicked out of her primary school in Malawi for wearing her hair in the dreadlocks of her Rastafarian religion. Two…
News24.com | Beheadings, kidnappings amid surge in Mozambique attacks: UN
People are fleeing a surge of attacks in northern Mozambique where witnesses have described beheadings, mass kidnappings and villages burned to the ground, the United Nations has said. UN officials…