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SARS attaches state capture-linked Trillian’s assets

The South African Revenue Service has attached the assets of state capture-linked firm Trillian and its sole director, Eric Wood.…

February 5, 2020

Tanzanian preacher granted bail over deaths in stampede

Tanzania's Boniface Mwamposa has been released on bail after he was arrested over a stampede that killed 20 people on…

February 5, 2020

Nigeria customs intercepts $8m cash stashed in car at Lagos airport

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday announced the seizure of over $8 million at the main airport in the…

February 4, 2020

Tanzania arrests Pastor Mwamposa after 20 killed in church stampede

The Tanzanian government has arrested Pastor Boniface Mwamposa after twenty people were killed and a dozen others injured in a…

February 4, 2020

Anglophone regions tense as Cameroon parties campaign for Feb. 9 vote

Ahead of Cameroon’s legislative and municipal elections scheduled for February 9, the country’s ruling party held a meeting under a…

February 3, 2020

Nigeria: Okada Riders Take Protest To Ikeja Again, Call For Immediate Reversal Of Ban

Commercial motorcycles riders popularly known as Okada in Lagos on Monday stormed the Ikeja area of the city to register…

February 3, 2020

Eritrea dismayed at unfriendly, unjustified U.S. travel ban

The East African nation of Eritrea on Sunday expressed “dismay at this unfriendly act” after the Trump administration included it…

February 2, 2020

Stampede at anointed oil passage kills 20 in Tanzania church

Tanzania says 20 people have died in a stampede during a church meeting in the northern city of Moshi. The…

February 2, 2020

French defense ministry to send 600 more troops to Africa’s Sahel

France will deploy 600 more soldiers in the fight against Islamists militants in Africa’s Sahel, south of the Sahara, French…

February 2, 2020

Tanzanian politican barred from US for rights ‘violations’

A leading Tanzanian politician who launched a crackdown on homosexuality has been banned from visiting the United States, the US…

February 1, 2020

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