AFRICA

A 40-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fire that broke out in the basement of St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town on Sunday. The suspect was captured by surveillance cameras of a hospitality establishment in the area. According to police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut, the man was spotted …

Five persons have been confirmed dead after they were victims of a cult clash in Agbarho community, Ughelli North council of Delta State on Sunday, February 7. The police command in the state confirmed the incident which happened in the wee hours of the morning. The incident was also confirmed …

Morocco is holding a funeral for “little Rayan”, a five-year-old boy who died after being trapped in a well for four days. Rayan Oram fell down the 32m (104ft) well on 1 February, sparking painstaking efforts to rescue him. Hundreds gathered at the well, with the rescue efforts garnering media …

Senegal’s President, Macky Sall declared on Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced. Sall, who had been due to visit Comoros at the end of a trip that took in Egypt and …

Later this year, Egyptian engineering firm Arab Contractors is expected to complete the construction of the Julius Nyerere dam on the Rufiji River. Once completed, the $3 billion dam could be Africa’s fourth-biggest by power production, producing up to 5920GWH of power annually, enabling Tanzania to close the gap between …

A 28-year-old policeman died by suicide after hanging himself on a rope on Wednesday at the Hai Jebel residential area of Wau town in Western Bahr el Ghazal State of South Sudan. Family members said the late Arop Peter Kuol had started exhibiting signs of mental and physical distress. His …

A five-year-old Moroccan boy who was trapped in a well for four days has died, despite painstaking efforts to rescue him. A royal statement announced his death soon after his removal from the well. The bid to free the boy, Rayan Oram, had gripped the country, with hundreds of people …

Moroccan emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well late Saturday in a tragic end to a painstaking five-day rescue operation that gripped the nation and beyond. “Following the tragic accident which cost the life of the child Rayan Oram, His Majesty King Mohammed VI …

Just after 6pm on Saturday, as a marathon day of deliberations behind closed doors at the Judicial Service Commission, Julius Malema tweeted “It’s a girl”. The prophetic statement was confirmed within 30 minutes when the commission announced that it recommends that President Cyril Ramaphosa appoint Supreme Court of Appeal President …

Two pupils died and six others were injured when a minibus taxi driver transporting schoolchildren lost control of the vehicle in Pietermaritzburg on Friday. On Saturday, the KwaZulu-Natal education department said according to preliminary reports the children were on their way home from school when the minibus taxi veered out …