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Whatever the weather: Southern Africa tries new hunger fixes 22 Jan 2020 - 06:43 pm

JOHANNESBURG: From drone-mapping in Mozambique to community radio weather programmes in Zambia, aid agencies are innovating to help millions of people in drought-ravaged...

Abused circus animals arrive at South African sanctuary 21 Jan 2020 - 07:46 pm

WINBURG: Twelve tigers and five lions have been relocated to a sanctuary in South Africa after being rescued from circuses in Guatemala following...

3 killed, 100-plus hurt in collapse during Ethiopia ceremony 20 Jan 2020 - 06:50 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: An Ethiopian security official says more than 100 people are injured and some people are dead after a wooden stand...

South Africa probes death of anti-apartheid activist 38 years on 20 Jan 2020 - 05:18 pm

Johannesburg: A South African court Monday re-opened an inquest into the death of the first white anti-apartheid activist to die in police custody,...

South Africa misses deadline to bail out its national carrier 20 Jan 2020 - 12:37 pm

South African Airways said all flights are operating normally as the government looks for ways to provide 2 billion rand ($138 million) in...

Comoros votes in election boycotted by opposition 19 Jan 2020 - 09:33 pm

Moroni, Comoros: Comorans turned out in low numbers on Sunday to vote in the first round of a parliamentary election, with victory for...

Suspended in a barrel, South African man set to break ‘pole sitting’ record 19 Jan 2020 - 06:37 pm

Dullstroom, South Africa: Vernon Kruger has been sitting in a barrel suspended 25 metres above ground for more than two months. Overlooking the...

Car bomb hits Turkish contractors, police in town outside Somali capital - police 18 Jan 2020 - 01:29 pm

Mogadishu: A car bomb targeting a group of Turkish contractors exploded on Saturday in Afgoye, northwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said....

Slave descendants in tiny South African town battle for church-owned land 17 Jan 2020 - 09:28 pm

ELIM, South Africa: On the plains of South Africa's Western Cape, a tiny town has become an unlikely contender in South Africa's drive...

Angolan ex-president dos Santos denies ties to daughter's alleged graft 17 Jan 2020 - 07:17 pm

Luanda: Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has denied links to alleged public company embezzlement during his rule, in his first response...

Zimbabwe authorities seize Mugabe nephew's farm 16 Jan 2020 - 07:07 pm

Harare: Zimbabwean authorities have seized a farm allocated to a nephew of former ruler Robert Mugabe during the country's controversial reforms, saying the...

3 African nations reach preliminary deal in Nile dam dispute 16 Jan 2020 - 10:35 am

WASHINGTON : Officials from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan say they have reached a preliminary agreement aimed at clearing the way for the filling...

Women step forward in push to nurture African climate scientists 14 Jan 2020 - 09:50 pm

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe: As a child, Kenyan meteorologist Saumu Shaka helped out on her parents' small farm growing maize and pigeon pea - and...

Ivory Coast pledges trafficking crackdown as 137 child victims are rescued 14 Jan 2020 - 09:50 pm

DAKAR: Ivory Coast police on Monday vowed to ramp up efforts to stop child trafficking after rescuing 137 children from forced labour and...

Jihadists kill three teachers in attack on Kenya school 13 Jan 2020 - 12:36 pm

Nairobi: Suspected Al-Shabaab Islamists killed three teachers and kidnapped another at a primary school in eastern Kenya on Monday, police said, the latest...

Gambia’s Jammeh seeks return to nation he ruled for 22 years 11 Jan 2020 - 06:03 pm

Sign up to our Next Africa newsletter and follow Bloomberg Africa on Twitter Gambia’s exiled former dictator, Yahya Jammeh, is seeking his political...