CAR leader launches meme-coin ‘experiment’
President Touadéra says it could “unite people” but many have lost money on similar investments.
Africa
Pink flamingos ‘seized from smugglers’ in Tunisia
Birds are discovered wrapped into packages and crammed inside crates, official photos show.
Withdrawal worse than surrender, says Lamola during DRC debate in parliament
The ANC and its GNU partners are divided over South Africa’s military involvement in the DRC, as opposition parties call for an immediate withdrawal of troops
South Africa mourns pioneering female nuclear scientist
Senamile Masango, dubbed by some as the “queen of science”, set out to inspire a younger generation.
News24 | Phillip de Wet | Trump, genocide, and a fresh atrocity in the DRC
A fresh atrocity in Goma shows how long the shadow of genocide is, writes Phillip de Wet.
News24 | Sudan army claims huge gains in its war to ‘cleanse’ the country of Rapid Support Forces
Sudan’s military said that it had recaptured most of Khartoum North, as it intensified its offensive aimed at reclaiming full control of the capital from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Ramaphosa welcomes outcome of summit on eastern DRC
Southern and East African leaders gave military commanders five days to give technical direction on an immediate ceasefire
Sudan army plans new government as it advances in capital
The military leader says a caretaker government will be formed as his forces gain ground in Khartoum.
The DR Congo rebel leader whose fighters have created turmoil
M23 chief Sultani Makenga, wanted for war crimes, has fought as a rebel and a soldier in two countries.
How Somalis see the ‘Black Hawk Down’ battle three decades on
As a documentary about the military disaster is released the BBC speaks to some still affected.
News24 | A towering figure: Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s liberator, founding father and fierce defender
Namibia’s first president Sam Nujoma, who died on Saturday, aged 95, was revered for leading his country to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990.
News24 | Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president after winning independence, dies aged 95
Sam Nujoma, the guerrilla leader who became Namibia’s first president after it won independence from South Africa in 1990, died aged 95 on Saturday, the Namibian presidency said in a post on Facebook.
News24 | African leaders call for direct talks with rebels to resolve Congo conflict
Leaders at an unprecedented joint summit of Eastern and Southern African blocs aimed at defusing the crisis in Eastern Congo urged all parties to hold direct talks, including with Rwanda-backed rebels whose advance has fanned fears of a wider war.
Trump signs order freezing aid to South Africa over land law
The White House said South Africa’s new law amounts to race-based discrimination.
News24 | DR Congo conflict advances as UN warns of regional escalation
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday as the United Nations warned that the risk of violence spreading regionally had “never been higher”.
News24 | ‘It is a difficult war’: Somali forces in Puntland hit Islamic State hard, take territory
Forces from Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a weeks-long offensive they hope will draw increased international support.
Congo-Brazzaville suspended from international football
Football’s world governing body suspends Congo-Brazzaville from internationals because of third-party interference in the affairs of the country’s FA.
News24 | Tshisekedi to join Ramaphosa, Kagame and others in regional summit on eastern DRC conflict
DRC President Felix Tshisekedi will take part in a joint summit of Eastern and Southern African leaders to discuss the conflict in the country’s east.
Stylish earrings to gold shoes on show at South Africa’s biggest political event
A collection of some of the best outfits from the State of the Nation Address.
Boss ladies and holy men: Africa’s top shots
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
Ugandan rugby international jailed for rape in the UK
Philip Pariyo had represented his country at the 2014 Commonwealths in Glasgow before disappearing.