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3 monks killed in South Africa monastery attack, Coptic Orthodox Church says

Three monks belonging to Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church were killed in an attack on a monastery in South Africa on Tuesday. The attacks occurred at the Monastery of St. Mark the Apostle and St. Samuel the Confessor. The Coptic Orthodox Church identified the monks as Friars Hegumen Takra El Samueli, Friars Yostos Ava Markos, and […]

West Africa Drops Sanctions Against Niger, Ceding to Coup Regime

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced on Saturday that it would lift sanctions against Niger’s military junta, ostensibly on humanitarian grounds, but ECOWAS appears to be losing the battle of wills with the military regimes of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali. Minister of ECOWAS met Emergency closed-door talks on the military regime […]

Africa Amateur Championship goes to playoff with The Open berth on the line

The first African Amateur Championship came to a thrilling conclusion as three young South Africans competed in a heated battle at Leopard Creek Country Club, designed by Gary Player. But the playoffs were hardly needed. Altin van der Merwe faced a 10-foot eagle on the par-5 18th at the end of regulation. If he can […]

R&A’s inaugural Africa Amateur Championship sees course record fall

Although he is only a sophomore at the University of Texas, South Africa’s Christian Maas is the shining star of the inaugural African Amateur Championship. His stardom was at its peak on Friday, when he shot a bogey-free 9-under 63 in the third round. Mars soared up the leaderboard with seven birdies and one eagle. […]

South Africa schedules election as Mandela’s party fights to retain majority

South Africa will hold national elections on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday. Ramaphosa’s ruling African National Congress party, once led by Nelson Mandela, is seeking to maintain a majority in South Africa’s seventh fully democratic national election since the end of apartheid, a system of forced racial segregation in 1994. is expected […]

South Africa and Gloucestershire cricket legend Mike Procter dies aged 77 | Cricket

Former South African all-rounder Mike Proctor, the first man to coach South Africa after returning to international cricket after apartheid, has died at the age of 77. Proctor was regarded as one of the most talented players of his generation as a powerful batsman, hard-hitting bowler and, more recently, as a clever spinner, but South […]