Africa

South Africa

South Africa: riots hit Pretoria after ANC imposes local mayor candidate

Protesters in South Africa burned buses and trucks, barricaded roads and looted shops in townships in an impoverished district of Pretoria, in a dispute over the ruling party’s candidate for local…

22/06/2016

Egypt

Egypt court gives Mursi another life sentence over spying case

Egypt’s former President Mohamed Mursi has been given another life sentence after a court in Cairo found him guilty of espionage and leaking state secrets.

18/06/2016

Tunisia

Key trial hearing adjourned in Tunisia

The judge decided to end Thursday's hearing after three hours of angry debate between defense lawyers and the civil prosecution team of Chokri Belaid.

18/06/2016

Egypt

Black box recovered from wreckage of EgyptAir plane crash

The cockpit voice recorder from crashed EgyptAir flight 804 has been found, according to the Egyptian investigation committee.

16/06/2016

Egypt

EgyptAir crash: wreckage spotted in several locations, say investigators

Egypt says it has found wreckage of the EgyptAir plane which crashed in the Mediterranean last month.

16/06/2016

South Africa

Pistorius removes prosthetic legs in court

Seen by many as a desperate last bid for leniency for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has removed his prosthetic legs and hobbled in…

15/06/2016

Africanews

The 1976 Soweto Uprising [2] - Apartheid Bantu education policy

Bantu was an educational system designed in 1948 (same year the first white elections were held) primarily to ‘train and fit’ Africans for their role in the newly evolving apartheid society.

15/06/2016

South Africa

Pistorius must pay for Reeva's death - father

Barry Steenkamp has told the paralympian's murder sentencing hearing in Pretoria that his daughter's death has devastated the family

14/06/2016

South Africa

Oscar Pistorius 'broken' South African court hears

A psychologist has said South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is a ‘‘broken’‘ man who should be hospitalised rather than go to jail.

13/06/2016

Libya

Libyan forces claim port in Islamic State militant stronghold of Sirte

Troops aligned with Libya’s unity government claim to have seized control of the port of Sirte, a key stronghold of Islamic State militants.

11/06/2016

Libya

Libyan pro-government brigades advance on ISIL stronghold of Sirte

In Libya the so-called Islamic State group is battling to hold on to its stronghold of Sirte after forces aligned with the new unity government advanced on the…

09/06/2016

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Protesters in Kenya say electoral body must go

Hundreds of protesters gather in Kenya’s capital to demand the resignation of the country’s election body ahead of a vote next year.

07/06/2016

Cult

Top sounds from Africa resurrected on 'Beating Heart - Malawi'

A new charity album is giving a new lease of life to decades old African music.

06/06/2016

World

Madagascar's President to finance future by using resources

Seven years ago Madagascar was rocked by violence as a political coup turned bloody.

04/06/2016

Libya

Migrants in the Med: Over 100 more bodies wash up on Libyan coast

Familiar scenes as bodies are recovered from the beach close to Libyan coastal city of Zuwara as numbers of boats making the crossing to Italy surge.

03/06/2016

Somalia

Mogadishu hotel attack: 15 dead, al-Shabaab claim assault

Smoke rises from a hotel in Mogadishu after a car bomber rammed the gates and gunmen stormed the building in the Somali capital.

02/06/2016

Egypt

Signals picked up in Mediterranean could be doomed MS804's black box

A French naval search vessel has picked up signals that could be emanating from one of EqyptAir flight MS804’s black boxes, according to an Egyptian…

01/06/2016

Culture news

Capturing wildlife on Art Safari

A group of safari artists have the privilege to create a still life of the fastest land animal, the cheetah, at the Na an Kuse Game Reserve, Namibia.

01/06/2016

Algeria

Polisario leader's death announced

68-year-old Mohamed Abdelaziz led a decades-long fight for independence in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

31/05/2016

Focus

Focus: education supporting peace in Tunisia

Focus looks at how education can support peace in Tunisia and help with one of the country’s big concerns: youth unemployment?

31/05/2016

Senegal

Ex-Chad leader Hissène Habré gets life in prison for crimes against humanity

Habré ruled Chad from 1982-1990 Investigators told trial he was responsible for 40,000 killings and torture of 200,000 people He denied all charges, refuses court’s authority Victims campaigned for 25

30/05/2016

Somalia

Two jailed for life over Somali airline blast

A Somali military court on Monday jailed 10 people it said were behind a bomb blast that blew a hole in a Daallo Airlines plane bound for Djibouti in…

30/05/2016

Culture news

Hoba Hoba's 'Moroccan spirit'

Formed during the late 90s in Casablanca, ““Hoba Hoba Spirit”“:http://www.

30/05/2016

Libya

Libya migrant route does roaring trade in absence of authority

Libya has become, once again, the main jump-off point for migrants heading for Europe, after the closure of the Balkan and Aegean Sea routes.

30/05/2016

Senegal

Ex-Chad president sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity

Hissene Habre has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for ordering the killing and torture of thousands of political opponents during his rule from 1982-1990.

30/05/2016

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The army of feathered farmers

A vineyard in Stellenbosch, South Africa is using an army of 1,000 Indian Runner ducks to help control snails and pests that are attacking…

27/05/2016