Category Archives: AFRICA

Current headlines in Africa

SOLD! Malawi’s presidential luxury jet goes for $15 million

May 22, 2013 no comments

Cash-strapped Malawi has found a buyer for the luxury jet that had once belonged to late leader Bingu wa Mutharika. A government official said on Wednesday that the presidential jet has been sold for...

Nigeria seeks military support from Niger to battle Boko Haram

May 21, 2013 no comments

Nigeria has asked neighboring Niger Republic to join in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency. Over the past week, Nigeria’s military has launched its biggest offensive against the radical Is...

President Barack Obama to go on Africa tour in June

May 20, 2013 no comments

U.S. President Barack Obama is set to go on an Africa tour in June, reports have said. Obama will start his eight-day tour on June 26 and is set to visit three African nations – Senegal, South ...

Nelson Mandela’s daughters sue him for millions

May 20, 2013 no comments

Nelson Mandela’s daughters are suing him for the rights to his artworks and control of his millions, says a report.   According to the Star newspaper on Monday, Zenani and Makaziwe Mandela...

Asylum seeker in Britain fears becoming 14th bride of Swaziland’...

May 19, 2013 no comments

A young woman, 22-year-old Tintswalo Ngobeni, is seeking asylum in Britain after she turned down an offer of marriage from Swaziland’s polygamous King Mswati III. Ngobeni, who fled the south Af...

Mandela’s daughters driven by greed to secure companies’ c...

May 17, 2013 no comments

Nelson Mandela did not want his daughters Makaziwe and Zenani involved in the management of his money and artwork, his lawyer Bally Chuene said during proceedings in a High Court in Johannesburg. Law...

At least 20 boys killed in archaic circumcision ritual

May 17, 2013 no comments

South Africa police on Thursday said at least 20 boys were killed in a coming of age circumcision ritual gone deadly. Reuters reported that police in the Northern Mpumalanga province opened 22 murder...

Swaziland warns witches against flying too high

May 14, 2013 no comments

Witches be warned! Flying your witching broomsticks more than 150 meters above the ground will get you arrested by Swaziland‘s aviation authorities and liable to pay a whopping R500,000 fine. R...

Military identifies two Nigerians killed in fighter jet crash in Niame...

May 8, 2013 no comments

Nigeria’s Air Force authorities have identified the two crew members killed in a fighter jet crash in Niger as Benjamin Ado and Ayuba Layelmenson. Ado, a squadron leader and Layelmenson, a flyi...

Will Mandela family reality show ruin icon’s reputation? South A...

April 28, 2013 no comments

A new reality television show, “Being Mandela,” which stars two of Nelson Mandela’s grandchildren, Swati Dlamini and Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway, has been widely criticised by many who b...