HARARE - A Rwandan national, Samuel Habimana, was brutally murdered in his home by armed robbers in Harare on Friday night. The incident has sent shockwaves through the Rwandan community, with many believing it was an assassination orchestrated by the regime of President Paul Kagame in Kigali.
South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has rejected a request to remove former President Jacob Zuma as the leader of the newly formed Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party arguing it does not interfere with political parties' internal affairs.
Former South African world boxing champion Dingaan Thobela, nicknamed 'The Rose of Soweto', was on Monday found dead at his home in Johannesburg after suffering ill health.
KAMPALA, UGANDA - Eight members of a Ugandan music band, the Crane Performers, have been arrested for complaining that the president's speech at the weekend was too long.
SOUTH AFRICA - Nine suspected criminals have been shot and killed in a shootout with police on Wednesday morning. Police said the crime scene in Desai in Mariannhill was still active at 6.30am on Wednesday.
Popular SABC analyst and ex-Kaizer Chiefs and SuperSport United defender Siphiwe 'Dr Mnandi' Mkhonza (44) has died. Mkhonza reportedly passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Nigeria's Aliko Dangote has been listed as the richest man in Africa for the 13th year in a row despite the economic turmoil in his country. The rankings by Forbes Magazine show almost 20 billionaires on the African continent with a combined worth of $82.4bn (£64.8bn).
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired prominent economist, Thabi Leoka, from his Presidential Economic Advisory Council after she allegedly lied about having a PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE).
LAGOS - The autopsy of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa "Mohbad" Aloba, will not be released immediately, his management company has announced in a statement.
