South Sudan’s petroleum ministry on Friday signed an agreement with South Africa that will allow…
Africa
UK pledges £50m to help end FGM in Africa (BBC)
The UK is to give £50m ($64m) in aid money to help stop female genital…
Boy stabbed to death in SA school toilet (BBC)
A 17-year-old boy is due in court in South Africa today accused of stabbing a…
Child bride auctioned on Facebook in ‘barbaric use of technology’ (CNN)
Facebook has come under fire for a “barbaric use of technology” that allowed the sale…
BREAKING: Kenyan priest killed in Cameroon’s anglophone region (Punch)
A Kenyan priest was killed in francophone Cameroon’s volatile English-speaking Southwest region where violence has…
Cameroon army frees kidnapped students (BBC)
Cameroon’s security forces have rescued kidnapped students and one teacher after a raid on a…
UN Human Rights Body Decries Cameroon Violence (CNN)
The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has condemned the continuing insecurity in Cameroon, amid…
South Africa’s Zuma seeks to have corruption case scrapped (Punch)
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma on Friday lodged a court application to try to…
Don’t die during our strike, mortuary union warns public (Punch)
Mortuary Staff Union in Ghana, on Thursday, advised members of the public to wait until…
Angola shut 34 Churches (Vanguard)
No fewer than 34 churches have been shut in Angola following an operation dubbed Operação…