Africa: Lessons from Lawyers During the Ebola Outbreak in an Era of COVID-19

As the world struggles to combat Covid-19, we have regular flashbacks to the Ebola outbreak which killed more than 11,000 people across West Africa. We remember the fear, panic,… Read more »

Africa: COVID-19, The Loyalty Test for Employers

"The coronavirus pandemics is not just a health crisis, but also a social and economic crisis. The impact COVID-19 has on employment/jobs is deep, far-reaching and unparalleled."… Read more »

Africa: Bobi Wine Offers to Rescue Africans 'Mistreated' in China

Ugandan musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has offered to help airlifts Africans allegedly being mistreated in China after reports… Read more »

Rwanda: Police Reportedly Shot Dead 2 For 'Defying COVID-19 Lockdown Orders'

Police shot and killed two people for defying lockdown orders imposed by the government to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to Bloomberg. Read more »

South Africa: Sjava Dropped from Cape Town Jazz Festival Lineup Over Rape Allegations

The popular South African rapper Jabulani Hadebe also known as Sjava is under fire amid allegations of rape claims by his former girlfriend. Read more »

Nigeria: Mexico Returns 'Smuggled' Ancient Sculpture to Nigeria

The ancient bronze sculpture was seized by customs agents at Mexico City airport as its buyer tried to bring it into Mexico. Read more »

Lesotho: Murder Case - Prime Minister Thabane Appears in Court

Lesotho's prime minister Thomas Thabane appeared in court on Monday, Associated Press reports. Read more »

Nigeria: BREAKING - Investigative Journalist Fisayo Soyombo Donates Cash Prize to Free Prisoners

Fisayo Soyombo has donated the N500,000 he won from the People Journalism Prize for Africa 2019 to help in the release of inmates awaiting trial. Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho's PM Thabane a No-Show at Court for Wife's Murder

Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has failed to appear in court to face charges of murdering his estranged wife Lipolelo Thabane in 2017. Read more »

Lesotho: Prime Minister Thabane to be Charged With Murder

Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, is to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife Lipolelo Thabane, police have said. Read more »

Rwanda: Singer Kizito Mihigo Dead - Report

Kizito Mihigo has allegedly died by suicide, according to a tweet from Rwanda Times. Read more »

Botswana: Raffled Elephant Hunts Backfire on Community - Conservationists

Unethical hunting has exposed a community to dangerous, aggressive elephants rather than solving Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) Read more »

Mozambique: Eyewitness Tells How Gunmen Burned Down Cabo Delgado College

Unknown gunmen have attacked six communities and torched a teacher-training college in Quissanga district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, in the space of less… Read more »

Africa: Why Ending FGM Is 'Actually Not Hard', Says Activist Jaha Dukureh

Jaha Dukureh and her organisation Safe Hands for Girls have set themselves a date to end a war that has been going on for 15 years - ending female genital mutilation (FGM).… Read more »

Lesotho: Prime Minister's Wife to Be Charged with Murder - Police

Maesaiah Thabane, wife of Lesotho's prime minister Tom Thabane, is to be charged with murder in connection with the 2017 killing of the prime minister's former wife, police have… Read more »

South Africa: BREAKING NEWS - Arrest Warrant Issued for Former President Zuma

The warrant was issued due to the former president's failure to appear at his corruption trial. Read more »

South Africa: Photojournalist 'Coming Home' After Escaping Syrian Captors

Photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed will be returning home three years after being kidnapped in Syria by the Islamic State, writes News24. Reuters reported that, according to a… Read more »

Angola: Court Orders Asset Freeze of Former President's Daughter Over Graft Claims

All assets of Isabel dos Santos, her husband Sindika Dokolo and Mário Filipe Moreira Leite da Silva, CEO of the Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA), have been frozen following an… Read more »

Africa: 16 Days of Activism is Over, But What's Changed for Women and Children?

The 16 Days of Activism of No Violence Against Women and Children - an international campaign to challenge and bring an end to violence - has just ended, but the work is only… Read more »

South Africa: EFF Occupies Farm of Traditional Healer's Alleged Killer

The Economic Freedom Fighters party has "taken over" the farm of Fritz Joubert after he allegedly killed his friend and traditional healer Anele Hoyana during a "cleansing ceremony… Read more »

South Africa: Mrwetyana Murder-Accused Faces Threats, Insults at Court Appearance

Luyanda Botha, the man accused of the rape and murder of UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana, has appeared in the Western Cape High Court where members in the gallery demanded he show… Read more »

South Africa: Racist on the Run? Police Hunt Vicki Momberg

Convicted racist Vicki Momberg has become the target of a manhunt, News24 reports. A warrant of arrest was issued after she failed to appear in the Randburg Magistrate's Court in… Read more »

South Africa: Zuma Revisits Stalingrad Defence in Bid to Delay Corruption Trial

Jacob Zuma has appealed a court ruling to try him on charges of corruption, enCA reports. The move comes after the KwaZulu-Natal High Court rejected the former president's bid for… Read more »

South Africa: Refugees' Protest Outside UNCHR Offices in Cape Town Turns Violent

Refugees who staged a three-week-long sit-in outside the UN High Commission for Refugees' (UNHCR) offices in Cape Town over fears of xenophobia have been forcefully removed by… Read more »

South Africa: Convicted Rapist Nicholas Ninow Gets Life Sentence

Nicholas Ninow has been handed down a life sentence by Judge Mokhine Mosopa in the North Gauteng High Court for the 2018 rape of a seven-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Dros… Read more »