Niger’s military government has revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer, Orano, at one of the world’s biggest uranium mines, the company said on Thursday. The decision has highlighted tensions between the junta, which came to power in a coup in July last year, and the former colonial power, France. The military seized…
Stefanutti Stocks coastal manager Matthew Horwill survived a hit-style shooting in Pinetown, west of Durban, on Friday morning. A gunman – who was lying in wait at the construction giant’s headquarters in Henwood Road – ambushed the 44-year-old as he approached the office. His Toyota Land Cruiser was peppered with gunfire, with at least seven…
Controversial South African opposition politician, Renaldo Gouws, has been suspended by his party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), less than a week after being sworn in as a member of parliament. According to Africanews, Gouws’ suspension comes after videos he made about 15 years ago, in which he is seen spewing racist language against black people,…
Jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighbouring Benin, a new report said Wednesday, the latest trend in the militants’ movements to wealthier West African coastal nations. The extremists believed to be linked to al-Qaida have in the last year crossed over from…
Egypt has carried out mass arrests and unlawful deportations of thousands of refugees fleeing the war in Sudan, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The rights group said it had documented 12 incidents in which Egyptian authorities returned an estimated total of 800 Sudanese nationals between January and March this year,…
