Africa

Africans Outraged at Woman's Tale of Gap Year in Zambia

They say Louise Linton's book is filled with stereotypes and inaccuracies

• 9 years ago

EgyptAir crew ‘tried to put out fire’

THE cockpit voice recorder of the crashed EgyptAir MS804 suggests attempts were made to put out a fire on board, investigation committee sources have indicated.

• 9 years ago

Investigators say voice recording from EgyptAir crash intact

THE memory chips of EgyptAir 804’s black box voice recorder are intact and investigators should be able to access it, a committee probing the plane disaster said on Saturday.

• 9 years ago

The opposite of Brexit: African Union launches an all-Africa passport

But now the A.U. faces the challenge of making sure the “e-Passport” lives up to its potential – and doesn’t fulfill detractors’ fears of heightened terrorism, smuggling and illegal immigration.

• 9 years ago

Egypt's Sisi celebrates Morsi's ouster

Sisi declares the ouster of Egypt's first democratically-elected president a national holiday with lavish celebrations.

• 9 years ago

EgyptAir blackbox points to fire

Investigators have downloaded data from one of the black box flight recorders on EgyptAir Flight MS804 and are preparing to analyze it, bringing them closer discovering what caused the jet to crash, Egypt’s investigation committee said on Wednesday.

• 9 years ago

These Africans living in the UK told the BBC they supported Brexit

In our series of letters from African journalists, the film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo looks at why some Africans living in the UK wanted to leave the European Union.

• 9 years ago

Flight data recorder repaired as EgyptAir crash inquiry begins in France

Meanwhile, Egypt's investigation committee says it hopes to glean data from repaired recorder

• 9 years ago

Deadly al-Shabab attack on Mogadishu hotel

AT LEAST 35 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a car bomb attack followed by an invasion of a hotel in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu.

• 9 years ago

Oscar Pistorius: ‘Reeva wouldn’t want me to waste my life behind bars’

IN a new television interview, convicted killer Oscar Pistorius has said he doesn’t want to go back to jail and that he believes his victim, Reeva Steenkamp, would also not want him to waste his life behind bars.

• 9 years ago

S. African’s racist rant at black police officer sparks outrage

When police came to assist a South African who was robbed in her car, the victim launched into a violent, racist rant against black people - including black police officers - that was filmed by a witness. Though the incident took place in March, the video was only made public last week when it was broadcast by South African television channel eNCA. Since then, many people have condemned the woman’s racist language.

• 9 years ago

'Virtual doctors' helping patients in Zambia

The idea of a "virtual doctor" project might sound rather futuristic.

• 9 years ago

Oscar Pistorius legal team pushes for leniency during his sentencing hearing in South Africa

REEVA Steenkamp’s father broke down in court as he told a dramatic sentencing hearing that Oscar Pistorius must “pay for his crime” for shooting dead his daughter.

• 9 years ago

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  News Australia

Dirtied by success? Nigeria is home to city with worst PM10 levels

But an increasingly common sight for Africans -- especially those in Nigeria

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  CNN

How South African women are reclaiming the headscarf

African women have worn headscarves for many years for religious, cultural reasons and even as a fashion statement but they were traditionally worn by older, usually married women.

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  BBC News

'We are scared' _ Africans in India say racism is constant

The daily indignities Africans suffer usually go undocumented both by the police and local media.

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  AP