South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - February 25, 2022

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Burkina Faso: Dozens Killed in Blast at Informal Gold Mine

State television is reporting that at least 60 people were killed and many more injured in an explosion at an informal gold mining site in Burkina Faso. Read more »

Angola: Angola Recovers Looted Assets Worth Over U.S.$11 Billion

Angola has recovered assets worth more than U.S.$11 billion that had been looted from state coffers and stashed in countries around the world, Justice Minister Francisco Queiroz… Read more »

Cameroon: Trump Administration Accused of Exposing Asylum-Seekers to Human Rights Abuses

The Trump administration exposed dozens of Cameroonians, who fled their country between 2019 and 2020, to human rights abuses, including rape and torture, by unfairly denying them… Read more »

South Africa: Refugees, Asylum Seekers to See Better Management After Govt Meets with UN Refugee Agency?

A bilateral meeting between Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has given new focus to the management of refugees… Read more »

South Africa: Commission Rules Employee's Dismissal Over Covid-19 Vaccination Refusal Fair

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has ruled that the dismissal of an employee who refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19 was fair, GroundUp… Read more »

South Africa: Another Seismic Survey Legal Battle Looms for South Africa #AfricaClimateCrisis

Environmental activists are preparing for another legal battle against a planned seismic survey. This comes less than a month after the Makhanda High Court granted an interdict… Read more »

Cameroon: Gunfire Ahead of AFCON Games in Restive Anglophone Region

There have been reports that the Malian team has suspended training in the restive south West region of Buea after sporadic shooting this morning between the military and… Read more »

South Africa: Win for Fishing Communities as Court Pauses Oil Giant's Seismic Scanning

An interdict against seismic scanning by oil giant Shell has been granted by the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda, IOL reports. This puts the oil giant's fuel exploration… Read more »

South Africa: Former President Zuma Granted Leave to Appeal Imprisonment Ruling

The Pretoria High Court has granted former Jacob Zuma leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal. This comes after his medical parole was ruled unlawful. Read more »

South Africa: Court Declares Medical Parole for Former President Zuma Unlawful

The Pretoria High Court set aside the decision to place Jacob Zuma on medical parole, ordering the former president to return to prison, eNCA reports. Read more »

Seychelles: Top Figures Charged as Govt Tries to Clean Up Nation's Reputation

One of the Seychelles' wealthiest and most powerful men, his wife and former senior government officials face charges of laundering U.S. $50 million as a new government, elected… Read more »

Angola: U.S. Treasury Issues Sanctions on Former Govt Officials Nascimento and Dias Junior

Excerpts from a press release issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury: Read more »

Africa: Democracy Spotlighted at Biden Summit – Who's There and Who's Not from Africa?

Leaders from 17 African nations will this week join a 'Summit for Democracy' organized by an American administration clearly aware that the United States is itself under scrutiny… Read more »

Africa: Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Launched in Nigeria

Violence against women and girls is among the most widespread, and devastating human rights violations in the world, but much it is often unreported due to impunity, shame and… Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 Africa Travel Ban Slammed by AU Expert, Renews Call for #VaccineEquity

Dr. Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija, an African Union vaccine expert, has slammed a decision by Western governments to ban African travelers following the emergence of the Omicron… Read more »

South Africa: Oil Giant Capitalising on 'Loophole' to Pursue Hazardous Seismic Scanning #AfricaClimateCrisis

A 2014 government decision to grant oil giant Shell permission to pursue seismic scanning of an area situated over 20km off the Eastern Cape coast has resulted in a cascade of… Read more »

Africa: Sexism, Violence Rife for Women in African Parliaments, Says Study

Sexism, harassment and violence against women permeate parliaments across Africa, according to a new study published Tuesday. Read more »

Nigeria: A Public Health Approach to Ending Building Collapses in Nigeria

Since 2007, 145 buildings have collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous state and so-called centre of excellence. Recently, a nother building under construction in… Read more »

South Africa: Police Minister Points to July Unrest as Factor in Crime Statistics

Speaking to the portfolio committee on police in Parliament, Police Minister Bheki Cele has said that the unrest that followed former president Jacob Zuma's arrest and imprisonment… Read more »

Sudan: Fatalities Climb In Khartoum Amid Anti-Coup Protests

Sudan's capital city Khartoum has been shaken by rising deaths - now at 39 - during protests against the military's seizure of power in a coup in October 2021. The country saw its… Read more »

South Africa: Report Identifies Role-Players in South African Wildlife Crime

Game rangers, vets, casino staff, construction and transport industry workers, as well as customs and other government officials, have been identified as role-players in the… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Are Failing Rape Victims - Amnesty

The Nigerian police are failing rape victims by not supporting and investigating the crime when reported, rights groups Amnesty International has said. Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan Still Struggling Towards Peace

In January 2011 the people of South Sudan voted in a referendum to secede from Sudan, putting behind them two civil wars which had consumed 39 of the 55 years of Sudanese… Read more »

South Africa: Four Kidnapped Brothers Are Free and Safe!

South Africa has been waiting for news of the wellbeing of four brothers who were kidnapped on their way to school three weeks ago. Today (November 11, 2021) it has been confirmed… Read more »