South Africa’s unemployment rate hits 29 percent
By Agencies
South Africa’s unemployment rate in Q2 2019 grew by 1.4% to 29%, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. The figure is the highest unemployment rate in the...
Killings unabated in South Africa’s gangland despite army presence
By Agencies
Murders in South Africa’s gang-ridden areas continued to rise over the weekend despite the deployment of troops, authorities said.
A total of 46 people...
Xenophobia Attacks: Nigerians abroad now live in palpable fear, says NGO
The Presidential Candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore, flanked by other sympathisers at the candlelight Procession for the slain Mrs Obiajunu Ndubuisi-Chukwu, at Liberty Bridge Maryland, Lagos on Thursday, July...
Activists move to declare new federal state in Southern Ethiopia
By Agencies
Speculation is rife in Ethiopia that the Sidama area in the southern region will be granted a referendum to determine whether it should become its own...
Zambians Protests Corruption & Bad Governance with the #YellowCard Movement
By BellaNaija.com
Zambians on social media have had it with corruption, bad governance, debt, and the reduction of food, education and health services for the most vulnerable, so they...
Benin’s former president Boni Yayi leaves amid political crisis
Benin’s former president Thomas Boni Yayi was in Togo Sunday having left effective house arrest in his homeland for health reasons, his representatives said, as political crisis grips the nation following controversial...
South African lawmaker, Phumzile van Damme says she punched a man in self-defence after...
A black South African lawmaker has confirmed that she punched a man in self-defence after he allegedly hurled racial abuse at her.
Phumzile van Damme from the opposition Democratic Alliance said...
Chadian rebel leader Mahamat Nouri arrested in Paris
France has arrested a Chadian rebel leader, General Mahamat Nouri, along with two other persons for alleged crimes against humanity, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
General Nouri,...
Nigeria has more girls working as prostitutes in Dubai than any other country in...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode appears to be pained by the state of the Nation. In a twitter thread he posted today, FFK listed the ills of Nigeria and how things are getting...
Cameroon moving towards full-blown war
By Agencies
Aid workers said Cameroon is edging towards full-blown war, as the country got the crown for harbouring the world’s most neglected displacement crisis, arising from a conflict that has forced half a million...
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