Clayson Monyela rebukes Elon Musk over tweets regarding KwaZulu-Natal's crosses, clarifying their symbolic nature linked to rural crime, not murders.
Namibian MP McHenry Venaani criticises the government's silence on South Africa's treatment by the US, sparking regional debate on accountability and diplomacy.
Usman Musa had spent more than $1,300 on his 10-hectare rice farm in Nigeria's Kogi state, now submerged by the country's worst floods in a decade. Now the situation will worsen, with nearly 110,000 hectares (272,000 acres) of farmland completely destroyed by flooding since August according to the latest government figures.
At least 150 people have been killed in two days of fighting in the latest ethnic clashes triggered by land disputes in Sudan's southern Blue Nile state, a medic said Thursday. Clashes in Sudan's troubled Blue Nile broke out last week after reported arguments over land between members of the Hausa people and rival groups.
At least 150 people have been killed in two days of fighting in the latest ethnic clashes triggered by land disputes in Sudan's southern Blue Nile state, a medic said Thursday. Clashes in Sudan's troubled Blue Nile state broke out last week after reported arguments over land between members of the Hausa people and rival groups.
Rebels killed at least seven people and kidnapped a nurse during an attack overnight Wednesday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, targeting two health centres, local sources said. The attackers first set fire to the health centre, where they killed three people, before spreading terror in the centre of the town, where three more killings were reported.
The United Arab Emirates won their first-ever game at a Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday to upset Namibia by seven runs and send the Netherlands into the Super 12 stage of the tournament. UAE skipper Chundangapoyil Rizwan won the toss and chose to bat, but it was hard going against an attack led by paceman Ruben Trumpelmann, a key performer in Namibia's run to the second round 12 months ago.
Five people were killed Thursday when police clashed with demonstrators in the Chadian capital during a banned protest against the ruling military, an AFP journalist saw. They are killing our people," Succes Masra, whose Transformers party was among groups that had called the protest, said on Twitter.
Chad's leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Wednesday declared a state of emergency as the country struggles to deal with exceptional flooding that has affected hundreds of thousands of lives. The 38-year-old five-star general took the helm in April 2021 after his father, Idriss Deby Itno -- Chad's iron-fisted ruler for three decades -- was killed during an operation against rebels. dwi-lad/pvh/rox
Sphelele Mkhulise scored his first South African Premiership goal this season to give Mamelodi Sundowns a 1-0 win over Marumo Gallants on Wednesday that takes them top again. Seeking a sixth straight Premiership title and 13th overall, Sundowns reclaimed top spot with 22 points from 10 matches, ahead of promoted Richards Bay on goal difference.
A giraffe crushed to death a 16-month-old toddler in an eastern region of South Africa on Wednesday, police said, in a rare attack by the world's tallest mammal. Police spokeswoman Nqobile Gwala said in a text message to AFP that a 25-year-old mother and her 16-month-old daughter were attacked around 1400 GMT at Kuleni Farm in the Hluhluwe area "when they were trampled by a giraffe".
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