News24.com | Africa must gear up for a population explosion
Africa is the only world region projected to have strong population growth for the rest of this century. Between 2020 and 2100, Africa’s population is expected to increase from 1.3…
News24.com | Torrential rains, floods kill dozens in Madagascar
At least 31 people have died in Madagascar after a week of heavy rains in the country’s northwest, officials said on Saturday. At least 15 people remained missing on the…
News24.com | Outrage after Ugandan climate activist is cropped out of photo with white peers
Social media users have come out in support of Ugandan climate advocate Vanessa Nakate after she was cropped out of a photograph taken with her white peers in Davos. Nakate…
News24.com | Boko Haram kills five in northeast Nigeria: sources
Gunmen from the Boko Haram jihadist group killed five people and abducted several others as they collected firewood in restive northeast Nigeria, security sources said Friday. Fighters opened fire on…
News24.com | Angolan policeman gets 16 years for killing street vendor
An Angolan court on Friday sentenced a policeman to 16 years in jail for gunning down a street vendor who refused to be evicted. Juliana Kafriq, 38, was shot dead…
News24.com | 15 on trial for robbing Morocco king of luxury watches
Fifteen people went on trial in the Moroccan capital on Friday over the theft of dozens of luxury watches belonging to King Mohammed VI. Defence lawyers said the suspects, arrested…
News24.com | Benin police say ringleader of deadly clashes arrested
Police in Benin said on Friday they had arrested the alleged instigator of clashes between the opposition and security forces that left two dead in the restive bastion of the…
News24.com | Rights in DRC still under threat a year after change, Amnesty says
Human rights remain at threat in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Amnesty International said on Friday in a report issued a year to the day since the country underwent historic…
News24.com | Heavy rain kills dozens in Madagascar
At least 21 people have died in Madagascar following almost a week of torrential rain in the north-west of the island, the government said on Friday. The tropical Indian Ocean…