News24.com | Libya’s Mitiga airport closes again amid threats from Haftar
The Libyan capital’s only operational airport has closed again after threats by forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, dealing another setback to peace efforts. Despite repeated appeals from…
News24.com | Luxury villa, big cheque for outgoing Burundi presidents
Burundi lawmakers on Tuesday adopted legislation offering a golden parachute to outgoing presidents, including a luxury villa and a one-off sum equivalent to more than half a million dollars. The…
News24.com | ‘Africa’s richest woman’ Isabel dos Santos charged with fraud
Angola’s billionaire former first daughter Isabel dos Santos has been charged with money laundering and mismanagement during her stewardship of state-owned oil firm Sonangol. Documents leaked this week alleged the…
News24.com | German businessman shot dead in Liberia
A German businessman was shot dead in his home in Liberia’s third-largest city Buchanan on Wednesday, the government said. Details of the incident are unclear, however, a government statement gave…
News24.com | Angolans divided over Dos Santos graft revelations
Leaked documents alleging the billionaire daughter of Angola’s ex-president plundered state coffers to build her fortune have divided the nation. Shocked at the accusations, some Angolans want Isabel dos Santos…
News24.com | Four killed in Mozambique health centre assault: witnesses
Four people were killed in central Mozambique after assailants targeted a health centre, witnesses said Wednesday, the first attack since President Filipe Nyusi began his second term last week. Mozambique’s…
News24.com | Zimbabwe tycoon’s offer seeks to end doctor strike
A funding offer by a billionaire Zimbabwe telecoms tycoon on Wednesday prompted the country’s doctors to consider ending a long-running strike over wage payments. Doctors and the government have failed…
News24.com | Libya neighbours to meet in Algiers
Foreign ministers of states neighbouring Libya are to meet on Thursday in Algiers as part of international efforts to reach a political settlement to the country’s conflict, the foreign ministry…
News24.com | Turkey says Haftar ‘only problem’ in way of Libya peace
Turkey’s top diplomat said on Wednesday Libyan eastern commander Khalifa Haftar is the only obstacle to a peace deal for the North African country, defending Ankara’s cooperation with Moscow to…