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A single flourish of a US president’s pen in Washington continues to reverberate some 13,000km (8,000 miles) away in South Africa, shaping lives long after the ink dried. There was a sharp intake of breath across South Africa’s health sector last year when, just hours after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order […]

Fears that taps could soon run dry in Knysna, a popular South African tourist town known for its turquoise waters, sandy beaches and mild climate, have led authorities to declare a local state of disaster. The prospect of reaching “day zero” — when municipal water supplies are switched off — is alarming for the roughly […]

Drones targeted a strategic airport in the city of Kisangani in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend, the provincial government said Monday. No claim of responsibility has been made for the drone attack but local authorities accuse the armed M23 anti-governmental group and its ally Rwanda of being behind it. The explosive […]

South Africa’s leading cinema chains have pulled a documentary about US First Lady Melania Trump on the eve of its release, with the local distributor citing “the current climate” as the reason, according to media reports. The film, titled Melania, was absent from the listings of Nu Metro and Ster-Kinekor theatres on Thursday, a day […]

US President Donald Trump has threatened legal action against comedian Trevor Noah following a joke made at the Grammy Awards that referenced Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. While hosting the ceremony, Noah quipped: “Song of the Year — that is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland, […]

Five years after suspending operations following a devastating jihadist attack, French energy giant TotalEnergies is preparing to relaunch its flagship liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique. The company declared force majeure in 2021 after militants overran parts of Cabo Delgado province, killing about 800 people and forcing thousands to flee. TotalEnergies is now […]

Roland-Gilbert Okito Lumumba, the youngest son of Democratic Republic of Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba, has died in the capital, Kinshasa, at the age of 67 following an illness. Trained as an architect, Roland-Gilbert Okito Lumumba served as a Member of Parliament for nearly a decade and remained a prominent defender of his father’s political […]

At least 11 people, including a schoolchild, were killed early on Thursday in a head-on collision between a truck and a minibus taxi on a highway south of Durban, authorities said. Eight other passengers were seriously injured and rushed to nearby hospitals for urgent treatment. According to officials, preliminary witness accounts suggest the truck driver […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has invited Chadian President Mahamat Déby to Paris, as both countries move to reset ties after a sharp deterioration in their relations. The invitation was conveyed by France’s ambassador to Chad, Éric Gérard, during a meeting with Déby at the presidential palace in N’Djamena on Monday. Chad’s presidency said Déby accepted […]

Norwegian prosecutors have charged an oil company and two of its executives over allegations that millions of dollars in bribes were paid to Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso and his family. Police said the case stems from an investigation launched after authorities in Monaco requested legal assistance over a suspicious bank transfer. Investigators […]