Africa

4 years ago | December 27, 2018

MTN settles $8.1 billion Nigeria case

MTN Group Limited shares jumped as much as 8,2 percent after the phone carrier settled allegations it illegally ...

4 years ago | September 26, 2018

Kabila vows ‘peaceful, credible’ DRC vote

Congolese President Joseph Kabila pledged at the United Nations on Tuesday that elections planned for December will go ...

4 years ago | September 18, 2018

UPDATED: SA court decriminalises dagga possession

The highest court in South Africa lived up to its name yesterday and upheld a Western Cape High Court decision that it ...

5 years ago | September 14, 2018

Egypt court suspends return of bearded police

An Egyptian court has suspended a ruling that allowed the return to work of policemen with beards which are usually ...

5 years ago | September 5, 2018

Fighting in Tripoli displaces thousands

Fighting in and around the Libyan capital has displaced thousands of people, the government said on Tuesday as the UN ...

Tiny beetle is killing SA’s trees

A beetle smaller than a sesame seed is killing huge trees throughout South Africa, and little can be done to stop it.

Banned Bemba denounces DRC election as ‘parody’

Former Democratic Republic of the Congo warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba on Tuesday denounced a long-delayed December ...