Africa News

Retired law professor Kais Saied has won Tunisia’s presidential election with 73% of the vote, according to preliminary results from the electoral commission. His challenger in the run-off, Nabil Karoui, won 27%.

Sudan’s military rulers offered to resume talks with opposition groups on Wednesday, two days after security forces mounted a deadly raid on a protest camp, but the opposition rejected the invitation. Medics linked to the opposition said the death toll from Monday’s operation and subsequent unrest had risen to 108 and that it was expected to increase. […]

The DA says it will approach the UN, International Criminal Court (ICC) and parliament over the political and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. “Today, [Zimbabwe] finds itself on the verge of a humanitarian crisis,” DA leader Mmusi Maimane said on Monday. “Widespread civilian suppression, military-led violence, and bloodshed has ensued, as Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu-PF government has […]

Harare – Zimbabwe’s tourism sector is enjoying a rebound with visitors returning in hordes to see the majestic Victoria Falls following two decades of stagnation. Back in the 1990s nearly 200 000 people were checking in at ticket office to see the Victoria Falls every year and this dramatically changed when the opposition party, Movement […]

Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe it has be reported that fired six security details provided by the state because he suspected they were spying on him on behalf of the current Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, it has been revealed. According to sources at Mugabe residence, Former President Mugabe took the drastic action last week […]

Police in Rwanda have arrested six church leaders including Bishop Innocent Rugagi, one of the famous pastors in the country, for plotting to defy a government order requiring churches to comply with building regulations and noise pollution. About 700 churches have been closed down for failing meet these requirements. Bishop Rugagi, who leads the “Abacunguwe […]

Home Affairs Minister Obert Mpofu today refused to testify on the $15 billion missing diamonds issue when he appeared before the Parliamentary committee on Mines saying he would never do so as long as Temba Mliswa was presiding. He implied there was a conflict of interest as Mliswa had travelled 600km to his home to […]

Harare – Zimbabwe’s ex-president Robert Mugabe has reportedly told the visiting African Union commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat that he stepped down from his post for the sake of “peace and development” following a military intervention in November. Speaking to journalists in Harare after a three day visit to the southern African country on Monday, Mahamat said his mission […]

Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that African refugees had three months to get out of the country. Describing African refugees numbering about 40 000 as “infiltrators”, Netanyahu said they had two choices. They could either accept a once-off payment of $3500 (R42300) and relocate to another African country or spend the […]