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Angola billionaire Isabel dos Santos lashes out over graft probe
Isabel dos Santos, Angola's billionaire businesswoman and daughter of the former president, has launched a head-on…
Suspect arrested in connection with Zinhle Muthwa’s murder in KZN
SOUTH AFRICA - A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of Zinhle Muthwa, police…
Algeria frees prominent war veteran, government critics
Algeria released several prominent anti-government protest figures from detention on Thursday, including well-known…
Kenya bus attack: Three killed in Lamu county
Three people have been killed after a bus was attacked in Kenya close to the Somali border, local officials say.
WATCH | Former Hard Livings gang boss Rashied Staggie killed in a hail of bullets
SOUTH AFRICA - The family of former gang boss Rashied Staggie was still trying to come to terms with his death,…
Senegal chaining: Head teacher receives suspended sentence
A court in Senegal has handed down a two-year suspended prison sentence to the head of a Koranic school for…
Court dismisses rape case against Nigerian pastor
A Nigerian court has thrown out a case brought by a celebrity photographer who accused a flamboyant pastor of…
Dickson Etuhu: Ex-Nigeria player’s sentence appealed
Both prosecution and defence will appeal over former Nigeria international Dickson Etuhu's sentence after he was…
Kenya prisoners denied pay rise
The High Court in Kenya has dismissed a petition seeking to increase prisoners' wages. Three ex-inmates filed the…
Rwanda trial marks end of sister’s long struggle
A quarter of a century since extremist leaders unleashed death squads in the hills of Rwanda, Martine Beckers'…