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South Africa’s President Under Renewed Pressure After Court Ruling

Kingsley Oyong Akam9 May 2026

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s president is under renewed pressure after the country’s highest court revived impeachment proceedings against Cyril Ramaphosa over a scandal in which a large amount of foreign currency was stolen from inside a sofa in his farmhouse in 2020. In 2022, Ramaphosa’s political party blocked an impeachment committee from being set up...

“They Burned Him Alive”: The Deadly Cost of Health Rumours in Congo

Kingsley Oyong Akam7 May 2026

CONGO – “They burned him alive, without even leaving me a trace of him.” Those are the words of Justine Tangakeya Basekauke, whose husband, Dr John Tangakeya, was one of four health workers killed by an angry mob in northeastern Congo last October. The trigger? A fake rumour that spread like wildfire on social media...

Hantavirus Outbreak Strands Cruise Passengers Off Cape Verde

Kingsley Oyong Akam6 May 2026

CAPE VERDE – A hantavirus outbreak has stranded passengers on a luxury cruise ship moored off Cape Verde, with seven confirmed or suspected cases and three deaths reported, as the World Health Organization investigates possible rare human-to-human transmission on board. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, carrying mostly British, American, and Spanish passengers, set off from the...

South African Law Firms Contest Equity Targets Amid Discrimination Claims

Kingsley Oyong Akam5 May 2026

PRETORIA — Four of South Africa’s top law firms are contesting new government equity targets, saying the timeline is unrealistic given the expertise required. But underlying the court action are claims of systemic prejudice, as Black lawyers say slow progress in the industry is pushing them out. In Pretoria’s High Court, a major case over...

130 Nigerians Seek Exit from South Africa After Anti-Foreigner Protests

Kingsley Oyong Akam4 May 2026

ABUJA — At least 130 Nigerian citizens in South Africa have asked their government to fly them home after anti-foreigner protests there, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, said. They were the first to apply to a new scheme to repatriate citizens launched by Nigeria’s government, Odumegwu-Ojukwu said on Sunday, amid fears that confrontations in South...

Xenophobia as Policy: How South Africa Is Exporting Its Failures and Importing Its Excuses

Kingsley Oyong Akam3 May 2026

She spoke with the certainty of a woman who had made up her mind. In a video that spread across the continent within hours of appearing on South African social media in late April 2026, a South African woman made a sweeping claim: that Nigerians are responsible for 60 percent of crime in South Africa....

Ugandan Court Hands Death Sentence in Nursery School Killings

Kingsley Oyong Akam1 May 2026

KAMPALA– A court in Kampala has sentenced a man to death for the murder of four toddlers at a nursery school, in a brutal attack that triggered national outrage and renewed fears over children’s safety. The convict, Christopher Okello Onyum, 39, was found guilty of fatally stabbing children aged between two and three years during...

Al-Qaeda-Linked Militants Set Up Checkpoints Around Bamako, Urge Uprising in Mali

Kingsley Oyong Akam1 May 2026

DAKAR — Al-Qaeda-linked militants have called on Malians to rise up against the military-led government and transition to Sharia law, as multiple security sources said the group had set up checkpoints around the capital and seized a northern town. The latest incidents come just days after Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) launched unprecedented assaults across...

Mediterranean tragedy: 17 dead, 9 missing off Libya – were any victims Nigerian?

Kingsley Oyong Akam30 April 2026

At least 17 migrants have died, and nine others are missing after their boat broke down and drifted for eight days in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, according to the Libyan Red Crescent and security sources. The Red Crescent said in a statement that volunteers, working alongside naval forces and coast guards...

Ghana Rejects US Health Deal Over Data Sharing Concerns

Kingsley Oyong Akam30 April 2026

Ghana has rejected a bilateral health deal with the U.S., a source familiar with the negotiations told Reuters, the latest stumbling block to the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul foreign aid. The government of President John Dramani Mahama balked at terms requiring the sharing of sensitive health data, the source said. The same issue sank...

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