Why South Africa and Ukraine are wooing each other – and what will Trump think?
Volodymyr Zelensky is on a historic visit to South Africa to counter Russia’s influence on the continent.
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News24 | White and black farmers still bear the scars of Zimbabwe’s land grabs
How mishandling of land reform evicted many white farmers, ‘enriched elites’ and left black Zimbabweans in poverty.
Africa is important to Trump, despite aid cuts, envoy tells BBC
Donald Trump “highly values Africa and African people”, says his African envoy, Massad Boulos.
Suspension of Ghana’s chief justice is ‘abuse of power’, says opposition
This is the first time in Ghana’s history that a president has removed a chief justice from office.
Will the next Pope be from Africa?
Despite having the world’s fastest-growing Catholic population, odds are against Africa producing the next pontiff.
News24 | South Sudan opposition says it’s under fresh govt military attack
South Sudan’s opposition accused government forces of attacking one of its military positions near the capital on Tuesday as a fragile power-sharing agreement unravelled further.
Ghana president suspends chief justice in unprecedented move
An investigation has been launched into allegations against Gertrude Torkornoo, Ghana’s third female chief justice.
News24 | ‘We will starve’: Zimbabwe’s national shutdown fails to take off as citizens blame hunger
Zimbabwe’s indefinite national shutdown due to start after the Easter weekend – called for by war veterans leader Blessed Geza – failed to take off on Tuesday.
Ethiopians are one shock away from catastrophe – UN
A lack of cash has forced the UN to halt live-saving aid to 650,000 women and children from May.
News24 | What happens if Trump trashes the AGOA pact?
African nations have enjoyed duty-free access to the US market for over two decades under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), up for renewal in September. How prepared are they should Trump refuse to sign it?
The female prisoners becoming football coaches
A scheme is offering female prisoners in West Africa an opportunity to earn a football coaching badge which could help them get a job after their release.
Burkina Faso army says it foiled ‘major’ coup plot
The plotters, some ex-army officers, hatched the plan in Ivory Coast, the authorities say.
Africa remembers Pope who spoke for the continent
African Catholics, who are becoming more important in the Church, remember a man who spoke for them.
News24 | Extended Easter holidays on cards for Zimbabwe after calls for another national shutdown
Zimbabweans may have an extended Easter holiday as war veterans leader and expelled Zanu-PF member Blessed Geza called for another national shutdown to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down.
Girl, 14, killed by lion in Kenya
The child was snatched from a residential compound on a ranch next to Nairobi National Park, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said.
News24 | Luxury train carrying tourists from Pretoria derails in collision with locomotive in Zimbabwe
A South African luxury train carrying foreign tourists to Zimbabwe for Easter collided with another locomotive on Friday, derailing carriages and injuring several people on board, the operating company and a local rail employee have said.
Tunisian opposition leaders jailed on terror charges
The defendants get sentences of up to 66 years after a trial described by a defence lawyer as a farce.
Actor in film warning of revenge killings shot dead in family feud
A top Somali actor is targeted in a revenge killing shortly after making a film warning about such feuds.
Chepngetich and Jepchirchir out of London Marathon
World record holder Ruth Chepngetich pulls out of the London Marathon, along with defending champion Peres Jepchirchir.
‘Child in arms, luggage on my head, I fled Sudan camp for safety’
Inhabitants of Sudan’s biggest camp for displaced people have had their lives upturned once again.
Former Credit Suisse boss to run for Ivory Coast president
Seasoned business executive Tidjane Thiam is named as the candidate for Ivory Coast’s main opposition party.