AFRICA

Sixty-three endangered African penguins have been killed by a swarm of bees in a rare occurrence near Cape Town, bird conservationists in South Africa say. The protected birds, from a colony in Simonstown, were found on a beach with multiple bee stings but no other injuries. An official from the …

Former President Jacob Zuma says SA is moving from a democracy to a constitutional dictatorship. This after the Constitutional Court on Friday gave its verdict on the former president’s rescission application. Zuma had asked the apex court to set aside his 15-month contempt of court jail sentence, which was handed …

The farm that served as the nerve center of Nelson Mandela and other activists in their campaign to overturn South Africa’s apartheid regime risks permanent closure, according to British broadcaster Sky News. The secret base at Liliesleaf Farm was used by leading figures of the country’s liberation struggle, including Walter …

The mayor of Johannesburg was killed in a car accident as he returned from campaigning with South Africa’s president on Saturday, just over a month after being elected, his office said in a statement. Jolidee Matongo, 46, was returning from a voter registration drive in Soweto township ahead of local …

The Guinea military junta who seized power from President Alpha Conde, in a coup on the 5th of September 2021, have assured the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), that they are prepared to respect the regional bloc’s six-month demand to restore constitutional rule as theirs is only a …

• Akufo-Addo was in Guinea as Chair of ECOWAS to meet the military junta • He was met in Conakry by Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara • Guineans celebrated ‘democrat’ Akufo-Addo and protested against Ouattara, who they called a ‘copy of Conde’  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addoalong with his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane …

Junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya said Conakry would not surrender deposed President Alpha Conde. Regional leaders have put pressure and sanctions on the junta members. After a meeting with regional leaders Friday, Guinean junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya dismissed the idea of letting deposed President Alpha Conde leave the country. …

• President Akufo-Addo has landed in Guinea to deliberate with leaders of the September 5 coup • He arrived in Guinea in the company of Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara • President Akufo-Addo is leading the delegation in his capacity as Chairperson of ECOWAS President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is currently in Guinea …

Leaders from 14 of the 15 Western African countries in the ECOWAS regional group met in the Ghanaian capital Accra on Thursday to discuss their approach towards Guinea after it was suspended following a coup there earlier this month. The Economic Community of West African States decided to freeze bank accounts and introduce travel bans for …

In a tweet on Thursday, the apex court said its decision on former president Jacob Zuma’s application will be made at 10am on Friday South Africans will know on Friday whether the jail sentence handed down to former president Jacob Zuma should be set aside. At the end of June, …