Africa – Sowetan
Civil war fuels surge in deadly airstrikes targeting civilians and miners
Former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy wounded as ambush leaves at least 20 dead or injured
Navi Pillay is former head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Revised draft restores 20-year mining lease after industry pushback
Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of deploying troops 60km inside its border
King Mswati III attends Taiwan’s national day amid Chinese pressure
Ghana’s Cocobod has raised $288m in domestic debt to fund cocoa purchases from farmers
Declaration signed in Doha in July 2025 committing to a permanent ceasefire has yielded limited progress
Officials scramble to trace contacts as questions mount over airport screening procedures
The International Monetary Fund says a staff visit to Malawi made progress on a set of macroeconomic policies that could be supported by a new lending programme
Kenya has recorded its first confirmed Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who arrived in Nairobi on Saturday, health minister Aden Duale said
Nearly 2,000 Nigerians have been repatriated since the June xenophobic attacks in South Africa
Less than 10% of Congo’s mineral-rich land has been fully explored, officials say
An envoy of US President Donald Trump met the head of Sudan’s army in Egypt at the weekend as the US and other intermediaries sought to end a devastating war that has created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises
Heavy rains flooded roads and destroyed buildings in Senegal at the weekend. Several people have been killed, the government said, as it warned of more rain to come.