South Africa finds itself under growing diplomatic strain as an increasing number of African nations threaten countermeasures in response to fresh xenophobic attacks directed at foreign nationals, with Nigerians among
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A teenager aged 17 has been taken into custody in connection with the killing of a 16-year-old girl, whose remains were found in a bushy area in Pharare Village, Limpopo,
The Trump administration is considering raising the US refugee ceiling from 7,500 to over 17,500, earmarking 10,000 additional slots specifically for Afrikaners amid claims of racial persecution in South Africa.
Pope Leo XIV highlighted the dire living conditions in Equatorial Guinea’s prisons during his four-nation African tour, addressing roughly 100,000 worshippers on April 22 in Bata. Public Condemnation Before visiting
A British widow d!ed in a car crash in Ghana after she was conned by romance fraudsters out of her entire £1million life savings, an inquest has heard. According to
South Africans are stepping up their efforts to drive out residents of neighbouring African nations. “These foreigners are sleeping nicely in their homes while we South Africans are outside in
A touching video captures Pope Leo XIV embracing a young girl in Bamenda, Cameroon, moments after Mass on April 16, drawing widespread admiration online. Visit Context The pontiff is midway
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has named Roelf Meyer, a veteran of the country’s final apartheid-era administration, as the nation’s new envoy to Washington. Meyer previously served as the chief
Libya’s eastern and western legislative bodies have agreed to unify public spending for the first time in over 13 years, marking a breakthrough in the oil-rich nation’s divisions, the central
After more than forty years in power, Cameroonian President Paul Biya is set to govern alongside a vice president for the first time, following the passage of sweeping constitutional amendments
Ghana will allow visa-free entry for all African passport holders starting May 25, as part of sweeping immigration reforms. Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Ablakwa announced the policy, declared by President
A 46-year-old woman who was accused of having powers to make men’s private parts disappear has been k!lled by a mob in Kalumbila District, Zambia. Police say the woman,
Senegal’s National Assembly late on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill doubling the maximum prison term for same-s3x s3xual acts to 10 years and criminalising any efforts to promote homos3xuality. The
A 23-year-old man, Sibusiso Patrick Shongwe, received a life sentence in South Africa’s Mpumalanga High Court for murdering his three-week-old son in Driekoppies in March 2023. Shongwe had denied paternity
Uganda’s army chief, who is also the son of long-serving president Yoweri Museveni, said he wants opposition leader Bobi Wine dead, days after Wine claimed he had been forced into