The application of mobile money services such as M-Pesa, Airtel Money, Pesapal, and Kenswitch in Kenya might incur additional costs to Kenyans owing to the newly proposed charges in the Finance Bill 2026. The National Treasury is proposing to add a 16% VAT on the charges made by the payment platforms, which will definitely have […]
The Finance Bill proposed in Kenya is expected to increase the price of all smartphones within the country significantly since it imposes a duty of 25 percent on all mobile phones. According to the bill that has been introduced this week, the government intends to impose an excise tax equaling 25 percent of the excisable […]
Businesses in Zambia have warned that a move to ration electricity to non-mining businesses could hurt industrial production and commercial services. The country began rationing power on Saturday to address a daily electricity deficit of 273 Megawatts (MW), said Henry Kapata, spokesman for state power utility Zesco. “If generation is maintained at the current level, […]
Sudan’s military leaders say they are scrapping all existing agreements with the main opposition coalition and will hold elections within nine months. The announcement came as the military faced mounting international condemnation for their violent attack on protesters in the capital, Khartoum, which reportedly left at least 30 dead. The US said it was a […]
The new moon marking the end of Ramadan has been seen, an official has told PREMIUM TIMES. Ishaq Oloyede, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) said the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar, will make an official announcement on Monday night. The Sultan is the head of the NSCIA. The moon […]
Lobby group AfriForum has threatened to start seizing property from the EFF and Julius Malema if they do not receive the nearly R109 000 owed them before Friday. “Should the money not be paid by then, AfriForum will start a process again to seize the EFF’s assets,” said Afriforum CEO Kallie Kriel on Sunday. This […]
Sudanese security forces have attacked a protest camp in the capital Khartoum , killing at least 13 people, witnesses and protest leaders said. In videos posted online amid the early-morning assault, civilians were seen running through streets lined with sit-in tents, heads down, as the sound of gunfire filled the air. Smoke rose from the […]
Four people were killed and 18 others injured when a bakkie rolled off the R40 near Hazyview in Mpumalanga, emergency services said on Monday. ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said their paramedics, along with several other emergency services, arrived on the scene at 8:10am to find the bakkie lying upright on the side of the road. […]
Uganda on Saturday protested an incursion by Rwandan soldiers on its territory that it said resulted in two deaths, a development that could inflame already tense relations between the neighbours. Two Rwandan soldiers entered Ugandan territory in the southwestern district of Rukiga on Friday in pursuit of a suspected smuggler, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. […]
Silverstone Air has introduced two daily return flights on the Nairobi-Eldoret route. The carrier, which operates two Dash 8-100s, one Dash 8-300s, a cargo plane as well as two Fokker 50s, made its maiden flight on Friday from Wilson Airport, Nairobi to Eldoret International Airport in Uasin Gishu County. According to officials of the company, […]
Security forces in Sudan have killed at least two protesters in an early morning raid on their camp outside the army headquarters, sparking off yet even more protests in Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum. Live footage broadcast by Arab television stations showed chaotic scenes, with protesters running away as black smoke rose from tents […]
Sudan’s security forces have used force to try to break up a long-running sit-in outside the army headquarters in Khartoum, protesters say. Gunfire has been heard in the capital and casualties are reported. Sudan has been governed by a Transitional Military Council (TMC) since President Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in a coup in April. Protesters […]
Inside the world of a Serbian national “who travels the world fomenting revolution”. Srdja Popovic has been at the centre of training anti-government activists from his native Serbia to Sudan, Swaziland, Venezuela, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Burma, Vietnam, Belarus, Syria, Somalia and Zimbabwe. Popovic is the founder and executive director of the Belgrade-based Centre for Applied […]
THE much-awaited African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which is expected to boost intra-African trade, has finally come into force. AfCFTA came into being on May 30 after it was ratified by 22 member countries including Zimbabwe, in what the African Union (AU) believes will be a continent-wide market of 1,2 billion people worth US$2,5 […]
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday met for talks with Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo in Addis Ababa. Abiy’s office said the two: “held discussions on bilateral issues, including further strengthening cooperation in regional peace & security. Relations between the two countries have received a greater boost in recent times with visits by both […]
The body which oversees elections in Algeria says it is not possible to hold presidential elections as planned on 4 July. A statement from the constitutional council said it was up to the president to name a new date for the vote. Algeria has seen months of anti-government protests. Long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in […]
Nearly 150 migrants from East Africa, including 65 minors and 13 babies under one, were rescued from conflict-torn Libya and airlifted to Rome on Thursday by the UN refugee agency. “Due to the violent clashes and deteriorating security conditions in Tripoli, 149 refugees and vulnerable asylum seekers were evacuated and transferred to Rome,” the United […]
Amnesty International Zimbabwe, which was exposed in an audit that unearthed serious fraud and mismanagement involving millions of United States dollars has been suspended from its mother body, Amnesty International. Amnesty International is an international human rights organisation that has been part of a phalanx of anti-establishment non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Zimbabwe. In a statement […]
The presidency has photoshopped an image of Kenya skyline for the cover of the Ghana Beyond Aid Charter document. The document put together by a committee headed by the senior minister, Yaw Osarfo Marfo and launched by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on May Day depicts high rise buildings over a green landscape. One of […]
An Igbosere High Court in Lagos State on Friday ordered a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Rickey Tarfa, to present a fresh medical report explaining his health condition. Justice Adedayo Akintoye gave the order following Mr Tarfa’s application for more time to recuperate from a surgery. Mr Tarfa is standing trial on a 26-count charge […]