News24.com | Gunmen kill 13 in central Nigeria attack
Unknown gunmen have killed 13 people in an attack in central Nigeria, police said on Monday, in an area known for ethnic clashes. A local resident said the assailants opened…
News24.com | Isabel dos Santos may lose top job in Angola’s Unitel
Angola’s state-owned oil giant Sonangol has become a majority shareholder in mobile phone operator Unitel, a move that could threaten Isabel dos Santos’ position as head of the telecoms firm.…
News24.com | Egypt court backs niqab ban on Cairo University staff
A top Egyptian court has ruled in favour of banning female academic staff at Cairo University from wearing the Muslim face veil, known as the niqab, lawyer Ahmed Mahran said…
News24.com | Gabon’s Bongo attacks mob justice after ‘child kidnap’ lynchings
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba has attacked mob justice after a second person was lynched by a crowd in the capital Libreville after rumours spread of child kidnappings. “Two of…
News24.com | Lina Ben Mhenni, activist who chronicled Tunisia uprising, dies at 36
Acclaimed Tunisian blogger Lina Ben Mhenni, who chronicled the popular uprising that toppled longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, died on Monday aged 36 after a long…
News24.com | Zimbabwe’s farmers lament: ‘The taxes are just too much’
Dressed in torn, baggy safari shorts, a khaki shirt, gumboots and a sun hat, fifty-five-year-old farmer Joseph Mupakare sits on a hand-made wooden stool at his farm in Chegutu in…
News24.com | Lassa fever outbreak kills dozens in Nigeria
Nigerian authorities have announced increased emergency measures to contain the latest outbreak of Lassa fever in the West African country, following the death of 29 people this month from the…
News24.com | Portuguese hacker says he is behind Angola corruption leaks
Lawyers for a Portuguese computer hacker said on Monday he was responsible for revealing the dealings of Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, a corruption scandal with fallout across Europe and…
News24.com | Isabel dos Santos’s Portugal funds embezzled – Angolan prosecutor
Angola’s chief prosecutor on Friday said funds that Isabel dos Santos – who is accused of stealing millions of dollars from state companies – invested in Portugal had been embezzled…