AFRICA

Police in the South African city of Durban fire rubber bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades at alleged looters to prevent the people from stealing what’s left at a warehouse – which stores a large quantity of alcohol. The warehouse was initially looted of its stock during the week of …

Twenty South African teenagers have built their own plane and are flying it from Cape Town to Cairo. With the support of U-Dream Global, an NGO, the teenagers built different parts of the plane including the fuselage and the horizontal and vertical stabilisers. BBC Africa’s children’s programme BBC What’s New went …

Unrest in South Africa has claimed 212 lives, the government said on Friday, a sharp jump from the 117 deaths announced the previous day. Government minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told a news conference most of the new fatalities had occurred in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, the epicenter of …

Popular Nigerian televangelist Prophet T.B Joshua was exactly a week ago buried in Lagos after a week of funeral rites at his Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in the Ikotun area of Lagos. One distinctive attraction at the funeral was the clear view casket in which the Philanthropist was …

Leading a comfortable life in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban, John – not his real name – risks running out of food for the first time ever following the mass looting and burning of supermarkets and shops after protests over the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma spiralled out …

Some are calling events over the last week democratic South Africa’s “darkest hour”. Is it more than a spontaneous triggering of anger brought about by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma? Many analysts say it is and that there is a “third force” sympathetic to the former president at …

The South African president on Friday visited the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal to assess the extent of damage caused by looters. Cyril Ramaphosa said the events following the imprisonment of his predecessor Jacob Zuma were instigated. He added that authorities have identified some of the instigators. “It’s quite clear that …

A man sentenced to death for raping his three-year-old stepdaughter has been executed by firing squad in southern Somalia’s Jubaland state. BBC reports that the man, Hussein Adan Ali, had been chewing khat leaves, a mild stimulant, when he sexually assaulted the child. It is currently not known when the …

A Kenyan lawmaker, who recently made the headlines after she was spotted in the company of an all-female, armed security detail, says she decided to choose them over male bodyguards because she believes they can do better. Garissa County Woman Representative Anab Gure was seen being escorted by her conspicuous …

Relatives on Wednesday mourned the death of a 14-year-old boy killed in the violence that has left South Africa on edge, as the government urged communities to “work with law enforcement agencies to stop the looting and violence.” At the Chris Hani Mall in Vosloorus, far east of Johannesburg, Vusi …