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With investment downgrades looming in the near future for South Africa, uncertainty has increased.  The failure of the African National Congress (ANC) led government to deal effectively with farm attacks and murders has also contributed to the uncertainty.  Farming in South Africa has become the most dangerous occupation in the world, and the government has

The Ghana 2016 election appears to be headed to a conclusion, with an update on Thursday that challenger Nana Akufo-Addo is leading with 57 percent of the votes counted — putting him ahead of the threshold for a second round of voting.  Akuf0-Addo had built a sizeable lead over President John Mahama in the early

A pair of twins in South Africa has been charged with trying to join ISIS and planning a terrorist attack against the American Embassy.  The pair of brothers were caught while trying to catch a flight to Syria.  The New York Times reported that the twins were arrested with two other people after investigators from

As the worst drought in 35 years continues in Southern Africa, South African farmers are struggling.  With the droughts, farm murders and farm attacks, some farmers are considering selling their farms because they can’t access the funds they need to continue to operate.  The Times Live reported that South Africa has been hit with a

Boko Haram released a video on Sunday showing the bodies of the schoolgirls it kidnapped, claiming that the girls were killed by Nigerian airstrikes.  Boko Haram kidnapped more than 250 schoolgirls from Chibok, Nigeria, over two years ago.  The horrific act triggered worldwide outrage and sparked a Bring Back Our Girls campaign.  The campaign keeps

There are speculations that Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is dead after the 92-year-old made a stop in Dubai to receive medical care this week en route to Singapore.  Mugabe allegedly fell ill while attending the South African Development Community (SADC) meeting in Swaziland, Times Live reported.  Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe at the Great Hall of

The northeastern portion of Nigeria has suffered tremendous drought and has been under political control of Boko Haram, threatening the lives of 75,000 children unless someone intervenes, a report from UNICEF said today.  While other countries have offered aid to those starving and dying in the famine, Boko Haram controls what food reaches the indigenous

In 2009, President Jacob Zuma was charged with 783 different charges, many of those related to corruption.  Those charges were later dropped, and Zuma denied all the charges.  Last month, a high court judge in South Africa said that the decision in Zuma’s case was irrational.  A commission led by another judge said that there

A 48-year-old British tourist has died after falling from a hot air balloon in South Africa on Tuesday.  The woman, identified as Susan Astle, was reportedly on the hot air balloon ride with her husband and two sons when it was suddenly swept by a powerful wind and crashed into a tree, News24 reported.  Astle

Acie Lumumba is facing a tape controversy, with the former Zimbabwe Youth Council chair claiming that police illegally confiscated a video of him having that was then released as a form of political retribution.  Lumumba claimed that the tape leak was meant as a way to punish him for his falling out with the council,