PRETORIA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned a wave of looting and violence that has mostly targeted foreign nationals.“There can be no justification for any South African to attack people from other countries,” he said.Dozens of people were arrested in Johannesburg on Monday. At least…

ADDIS ABABA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Opposition political parties in Ethiopia threatened to boycott national elections scheduled for next year if changes to an electoral law they view as biased towards the ruling party are not made. There have been regular parliamentary elections since the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front…

Burkina Faso’s former foreign minister, Djibril Bassole (R), and General Gilbert Diendere OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A military court in Burkina Faso convicted and jailed two generals on charges of masterminding a coup in the fragile Sahel state in 2015. General Gilbert Diendere was convicted on charges of murder…

KINSHASA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres suggested the UN help fund the fight against jihadism in the Sahel, warning “we are not winning the war against terrorism” in the frail region. “I am in favour of funding by the United Nations, with obligatory contributions for the…

ZURICH, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Africa’s lesser-known soccer teams will enjoy worldwide exposure in the next week after FIFA announced that their opening World Cup qualifying matches would be live-streamed on its website and on Youtube. World soccer’s ruling body said it had invested in the production of the broadcasting…

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has called off the country’s friendly soccer international against South Africa in Lusaka on Saturday after riots in Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria left at least five people dead. South African police arrested more than 80 people and confirmed…