News24.com | Lesotho PM expects praise for early resignation
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane on Tuesday lauded himself for “voluntarily” agreeing to resign after he was accused of having a hand in the 2017 murder of his estranged wife.…
News24.com | Ethiopia to free dozens of opposition prisoners
Ethiopia announced on Tuesday it would release dozens of high-profile prisoners from jail, including opposition activists held over an alleged coup and other high-ranking government critics. A spokesperson for the…
News24.com | UN says Libya talks to go ahead
The UN’s Libya mission insisted on Tuesday that planned peace talks in Geneva would go ahead the following day, after rival sides separately said they would not take part. The…
News24.com | DRC graft probe nabs Lebanese construction boss
A Lebanese construction company boss has been detained as part of a vast embezzlement investigation launched by President Felix Tshisekedi, a judicial source said on Tuesday. Jamal Sammih, head of…
News24.com | Netanyahu praises Mubarak’s commitment to ‘peace and security’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who died Tuesday aged 91, for his commitment to peace, while Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas hailed his support for…
News24.com | Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak dead at 91 – family
Egypt’s former long-time president Hosni Mubarak died on Tuesday at the age of 91 at Cairo’s Galaa military hospital, his brother-in-law General Mounir Thabet told AFP. Thabet, a former high-ranking…
News24.com | Four, including three police officers, killed in ambush in Burkina Faso – police
Ouagadougou – An ambush on a police patrol in northern Burkina Faso on Monday left four people dead, three of them officers, police said. The attack, carried out in the…
News24.com | Libya’s warring sides propose draft ceasefire deal: UN
Libya’s warring sides have proposed a draft ceasefire agreement that would see the United Nations monitor the safe return of civilians to their homes, the UN said on Monday. The…
News24.com | Algeria court seeks prison sentence for protest leader
An Algerian prosecutor is seeking a year’s prison sentence for Fodil Boumala, a leading figure in the country’s protest movement, an advocacy group said Monday. Boumala, a former state TV…