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South Africa promises crackdown on xenophobic attacks after Ghana protests
South African authorities promised on Friday to crack down on anyone carrying out xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians and other foreign...
Read moreDetailsMugabe’s son pleads guilty to lesser charges in Johannesburg shooting case
The son of Zimbabwe’s late former leader Robert Mugabe has pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a high-profile shooting case...
Read moreDetailsPope Leo, in Cameroon, decries ‘handful of tyrants’ ravaging the world
Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants",...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa’s Malema faces political crisis after jail sentence in firearm case
Julius Malema, a polarizing figure in South African politics, faces an uncertain political future after being sentenced to five years prison on...
Read moreDetailsKenyan court fines and jails Chinese man in ant-smuggling case
A Kenyan court on Wednesday ordered a Chinese man to pay a fine of 1 million shillings ($7,746) and gave...
Read moreDetailsTogo to ask UN member states to use map showing Africa’s true size
Togo will ask United Nations member states to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the true size of...
Read moreDetailsGhana says France is open to engaging on slavery reparations
Ghana said France was open to having discussions with a coalition of countries that are calling for reparations for transatlantic...
Read moreDetailsGuinea-Bissau: Civil society activist Vigário Luís Balanta found dead
Vigário Luís Balanta, a Guinea-Bissau civil society activist and a critic of the country’s military junta, was found dead on...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa: 12 police officers charged with corruption appear in court
South African anti-graft investigators have arrested 12 senior police officers on allegations of corruption and fraud, prosecutors said Wednesday. The...
Read moreDetailsUN adopts Ghana’s slavery resolution, defying resistance from US, Europe
A resolution proposed by Ghana at the United Nations on Wednesday to recognise transatlantic slavery as the "gravest crime against humanity" and calling for...
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