UPDATE: 26 dead following Al-Shabaab hotel siege in Somalia
A combination suicide bomb and gun attack has claimed 26 lives so far and left 56 injured.
At least 26 people, including several foreigners, were killed and 56 injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants on a popular hotel in southern Somalia, a top regional official said Saturday.
Botswana’s biggest ever diamond found
The oval shaped blue diamond weighs over 20 carats.
Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir moved to prison as protesters rally
Sudan’s military rulers have transferred ousted president Omar al-Bashir to prison, a family source said Wednesday.
Death toll rises to 58 amid armed clashes and heavy shelling in Libyan capital
In addition, 275 people have been wounded, including two doctors and an ambulance driver.
Africa’s richest man withdrew $10m just to look at it
Aliko Dangote says he needed to see the money so he could understand it was real.
US provides additional $2.5 million in response to Cyclone Idai
More than a 100,000 people were affected in the Manicaland province, Zimbabwe.
Downtown Cairo battles to keep cosmopolitan heritage alive
Cairo’s downtown, with its old European-designed buildings, is wrestling to preserve its cultural heritage as Egypt readies a new capital in the desert.
Ramaphosa stands by the Saharawi in their fight for independence from Morocco
The president also expressed the importance of the international community showing solidarity with the people of Western Sahara.
Mozambique cyclone death toll climbs to 417: government
The World Food Programme says the humanitarian crisis following the cyclone is on a par with crises in Yemen, Syria and South Sudan.
Ramaphosa pledges to support Zimbabwe in its quest for ‘economic renewal’
Some feel the president has not been tough enough on our northern neighbour’s government.
The long road to gender equality
Many women are told they are cute but they will never win in an electoral poll.
Zimbabwe faces bread shortage crisis
The country has already seen increases in the price of bread of up to 70% in the past few weeks.
International organisations petition Mnangagwa over human rights abuses
Since the January 14 to 16 mass labour stayaway, 17 people have died and more than a thousand arrested, including opposition figures and human rights activists.
Nelson Chamisa barred from Oliver Mtukudzi’s memorial concert
Zimbabwean opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa was on Saturday barred from attending a music concert organised in honour of the late music grandee Oliver Mtukudzi, who died on Wednesday in Harare.
Artists, politicians mourn African music giant Oliver Mtukudzi
Mtukudzi also worked with the late Hugh Masekela, who died on the same day last year. He also worked with Black Mambazo.
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