Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has said he will not seek another term in office after the end of his current mandate in 2020. He made the announcement in Bugendana, in Gitega province, where the country’s new constitution was signed into law, reports BBC’s Cyriaque Muhawenayo from the ceremony. Last month,…
The funeral of Tanzania’s conjoined twins, Maria and consolata Mwakikuti, who died on Saturday aged 21, has taken place at Ruaha Catholic University in the southern highlands. The women had been studying education at the university and teaching staff and students were among those who paid tribute to them. They…
A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to two life sentences by the Johannesburg high court for raping and murdering a 14-month-old baby girl. ENCA reports that the man kidnapped the child and its mother then raped and killed the baby in September 2015 in Tembisa. He was also sentenced to an additional…
A South African fashion student has been sentenced to life in prison after throwing acid over her boyfriend – leaving him with such horrific injuries he later chose to end his life. Berlinah Wallace, 48, will serve a minimum of 12 years after being found guilty of throwing a corrosive…
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say two more people have died from the Ebola virus, the Reuters news agency reports. The fatalities were recorded in the north-east city of Mbandaka and a nurse died in the village of Bikoro, where the outbreak was first detected, health ministry…
A business association in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban has asked foreign nationals to close their businesses and leave the city’s northern townships by Friday. The Northern Region Business Association accuses foreign nationals of suffocating the local economy in townships and unfair business practices, eNCA reports. This comes nearly three years…
A court in Sudan has sentenced to death a young woman for killing her husband after he allegedly raped her as his male relatives restrained her. The judge in Omdurman confirmed the death penalty for Noura Hussein after her husband’s family refused to accept financial compensation. Human rights groups are…
Afrikaner lobby group Afriforum is heading to court to challenge a decision by the previous South African government to grant Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity. Zimbabwe’s former first lady is accused of assaulting model Gabriella Engels with an electric cord at an upmarket Johannesburg hotel, where her two sons were staying,…
A woman has been stoned to death in Somalia after a court run by militant Islamist group al-Shabab convicted her of polyandry, reports a news site affiliated to the militants. Shukri Abdullahi Warsame was accused of marrying 11 times, without divorcing previous husbands. She was buried neck-deep and pelted to…
Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe will not appear before a parliament committee this week to answer questions on multi-billion-dollar corruption in the diamond industry after the hearing was postponed, a lawmaker said on Monday. The 94-year-old Mugabe had been summoned to appear before the mines and energy committee on Wednesday.…