News24.com | Algerians mobilise to mark protest movement’s first birthday
Algeria this weekend marks a year since the birth of an unprecedented protest movement known as “Hirak” – one that quickly forced an ailing president from power and is now…
Fin24.com | Zimbabwe looks to slash farm sizes in bid to improve productivity
Zimbabwe has announced a legislative change that will see farms on its most arable land restricted to 250ha per farm, a move that will see several farms reduced in size.…
News24.com | Libya’s Haftar ready to fight Turkish forces if talks fail
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar vowed on Friday to fight Turkish forces if peace talks in Geneva failed, in comments to a Russian news agency. The eastern military commander, who is…
News24.com | Libya’s warring rivals resume talks in Geneva – UN
Libya’s warring sides resumed talks in Geneva on Thursday aimed at brokering a lasting ceasefire in the war-torn country. “The talks are under way again,” said Jean El Alam, spokesperson…
News24.com | Lesotho PM fails to appear for murder charge on medical grounds: aide
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who was due to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife, failed to appear in court on Friday on medical grounds, an aide…
News24.com | Malawi MPs reject bill to amend presidential election law
Malawi lawmakers on Thursday rejected a bill that would have meant a president could only be re-elected after securing at least 50 percent of votes cast, dismissing a landmark order…
News24.com | Dos Santos says seized assets block her from repaying debt
Angolan billionaire former first daughter Isabel dos Santos said on Thursday that her companies in Portugal, where prosecutors seized her bank accounts last week, still owed local banks €180 million…
News24.com | I don’t feel like a dictator, says Togo’s longtime leader
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe on Thursday insisted he was not a “dictator”, days before an election in which he is aiming to extend his family’s decades-long domination over the West…
News24.com | Will Kagame and Museveni resolve their dispute?
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is set to meet his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on Friday at the central African countries’ shared border in a bid to resolve a continuing dispute…