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Shadow of Lesotho's 'famo' music wars hangs over Soweto massacre
When 16 people were shot dead at a South African tavern, few thought the investigation would lead to the kingdom of Lesotho, where a war between rival music gangs has claimed scores of lives. More than 15 percent of mountainous Lesotho's 2.2 million people live in South Africa.
Hours before Queen's death, double rainbow appears at Buckingham Palace, many get emotional
Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch died at Balmoral aged 96 but before her death, at exact 6.30 pm, a rainbow appeared in the sky.
Julius Malema chides South Africans mourning Queen Elizabeth II
EFF leader, Mr. Julius Malema has likened expressing sympathy for the British royal family over the death of Queen Elizabeth II to celebrating colonialism.
BREAKING: Powerful Nigerian governor elected into new position in morocco, just 1 month to leave Office
The governor of Ekiti state and chairman of Nigerian governors forum, Kayode Fayemi, has been elected as president of FORAF, just one month to end of his tenure
Ethiopia rebels call for conditional truce
Tigrayan rebels have proposed a conditional truce in the war in northern Ethiopia, a spokesman for the group said Friday, as fresh fighting forced a halt to aid deliveries in the stricken Tigray region. The truce had allowed aid convoys to travel to Tigray for the first time since mid-December but on Wednesday, a UN report said deliveries, including by air, had been halted due to renewed fighting.
Senegal leads way on women legislators but challenges ahead
Senegal will break new ground Monday as West Africa's largest-ever proportion of women MPs take their seats in a newly elected legislature, stirring hopes of change in a country where patriarchal laws and attitudes are entrenched.
Scuffles in Chad capital as opposition leader summonsed
Police in the Chadian capital N'Djamena fired tear gas on Friday to disperse supporters of a leading critic of the country's ruling junta as he was summonsed for questioning following clashes last week, an AFP reporter saw. Police fired tear gas to break up the crowd, and the car turned around and headed back to the party's headquarters.
To Mandela, the queen was simply 'Elizabeth'
Nelson Mandela was on first-name basis with Queen Elizabeth II, a rare privilege contravening royal etiquette, the late anti-apartheid hero's foundation said Friday, sharing anecdotes of their fond relationship.
Kenya's Kenyatta says queen was 'a towering icon of selfless service'
Queen Elizabeth was "a towering icon of selfless service", Kenya's outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta said Friday, in a statement expressing his "deep sense of loss" at her death aged 96.
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