Violence has flared in South Africa’s Ennerdale area and police have had to use teargas to disperse a protesting crowd. Motorists have been advised to avoid driving into Ennerdale as there were stones being thrown. Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) spokesman Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said the South African Police Service and…
Parents of the missing Chibok girls are slowly learning if their daughters are among the 82 freed by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria two days ago. The girls’ names were put on Twitter by the president’s office on Sunday. They were flown to the capital Abuja. But in Chibok, their…
MANY DEAD IN GHANA WATERFALL ACCIDENT Up to 20 people have died and many have been injured after a large tree fell on them at a popular waterfall spot in Kintampo, Ghana. They were swimming during a storm when the freak accident happened, emergency officials said. The tree had seemingly…
Police have launched a high-level investigation of the burglary at the Office of the Chief Justice. The multidisciplinary team is led by Gauteng’s deputy commissioner for crime detection, Major-General Mary Motsepe. ENCA reports that thieves made off with 15 computers after breaking into the office’s human resources department. The computers…
A Christian pastor has discovered one of the world’s largest uncut diamonds in Sierra Leone’s Kono district. The diamond, weighing 709 carats, is now locked up in Sierra Leone’s central bank in Freetown. It is one of the 20 largest diamonds ever found. Freelance, or artisanal, miners are common in…
Madagascar Football Association chief Ahmad has been elected Confederation of African Football president, ending Issa Hayatou’s 29-year reign. Ahmad won 34 of the 54 votes in the election, which was held in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa today. The result means a change in Leadership for the first time since Cameroonian…
The death toll from Saturday’s landslide at a vast dump in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, has now risen to 113 people, local officials say. A search operation at the Koshe landfill continued overnight. The BBC reports that as many as 150 people are believed to have been at the site…
Somalis gathered today in the capital, Mogadishu, to pray for rain as a severe drought continues to ravage the country, state-owned SNTV reports. Prime Minister Ali Hassan Kheyre was present at the event, held at the Isbaheysiga mosque, which was also attended by many residents and Islamic scholars. In his…
Doctors in Kenya have agreed to end a 100-day strike that has paralysed the country’s public health system. Union officials representing thousands of striking medical workers have signed an agreement with government officials in the capital, Nairobi. The doctors are to receive increased allowances as negotiations over other issues continue.…
A South African man and his Ukrainian fiancee have been detained in the United Arab Emirates for unlawful sex, a relative says. Emlyn Culverwell‚ 29, and Iryna Nohai, 27, were reportedly arrested after a doctor discovered Ms Nohai, who had stomach cramps, was pregnant. They were arrested for sex outside…