South Africa police target gang kidnapping women in shopping centres
Police say a group of men are luring women for dates but later robbing and kidnapping them.
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Tears and heartbreak over tragic story of South African girl sold by her mother
Joshlin Smith’s mother, branded the “mastermind” in her child’s disappearance, is to be sentenced.
Giant of African literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o dies aged 87
The Kenyan author sent shockwaves through African literature by refusing to write in English.
Bodies of Malians found in boat washed ashore on Caribbean island
Documents found inside the boat washed ashore in St Vincent and the Grenadines indicate the migrants were from Mali.
South Africans pay tribute to acting ‘icon’ Chweneyagae who died age 40
Presley Chweneyagae, the star of Oscar-winning 2005 film Tsotsi, died from natural causes, his family says.
Kenyan president apologises to Tanzania over deportation row
It follows growing criticism from Kenyans targeting Tanzania’s president over the recent deportation of activists.
Namibia to mark colonial genocide for first time with memorial day
Concentration camps and pseudoscientific experiments were used by German officials to torture and kill.