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‘Sarafina!’ celebrated South African playwright Mbongeni Ngema dies in car crash at 68/in /by
"Sarafina" had made Ngema a pan-African music star, and the stage version ran for two years on Broadway.
Pics of the day: December 27, 2023/in /by
Africanews focuses on the most striking images of the day
Colombian Singer Shakira Honored with Statue in Barranquilla/in /by
In her Caribbean hometown of Barranquilla, Colombian superstar Shakira was honoured with the unveiling of a 6.5-meters statue on Tuesday
Zambian foreign minister resigns over ‘Malicious’ Claims on business deal/in /by
Zambian Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo resigned on Tuesday following suspicions over a business transaction with a Chinese businessman, the presidency of the southern African country said.
Burkina: kidnapping of former foreign minister/in /by
Ablassé Ouédraogo, aged 70, "was taken by individuals claiming to be members of the national police force from his home in Ouagadougou on Sunday 24 December at around 6.30pm", wrote the party he chairs, Le Faso autrement, in a press release.
Private American military company in discussions with the Central African Republic/in /by
The American private military company Bancroft Global Development is in discussions with the Central African Republic, it told AFP, while the Russian mercenary group Wagner, established in the country since 2018, is in the process of reorganization.
Cholera Outbreak Ravages Port Sudan Amidst War/in /by
Port Sudan, which lies on Sudan's Red Sea coast, is facing a cholera outbreak exacerbated by a lack of medical supplies as the country remains in the grips of war.
Presidential election in Senegal: 79 candidates register their candidacies/in /by
Seventy-nine people filed their candidacy for the February 2024 presidential election in Senegal before the deadline of Tuesday evening (midnight local time and GMT), according to the Senegalese daily Le Soleil.
Egypt: Passport holders stranded in Rafah plead with authorities to be allowed home/in /by
Dozens of Egyptian passport and ID holders have been stuck in the Gaza Strip for weeks, increasingly desperate for the opportunity to leave the besieged territory and escape the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Guinea: fire at Conakry fuel depot “completely extinguished” (government)/in /by
"Cooling operations in all segments of the oil facility are continuing. However, the area affected by the fire remains closed to the public for investigation purposes", the government said.