Writing to The Economist, Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, outlined the UAE's unshaken commitment toward the peace process in Sudan. The letter underlined the…
Zimbabwe: Chinese to Invest US$15m in Solar Plant
A Chinese firm, Yaowei Technology will set up a US$15 million solar panel plant in Zimbabwe and produce about 500 solar panels per day. Once the project takes off, it will significantly address the ongoing…
Turkish sailors held hostage by armed pirates in…
A group of 10 Turkish sailors has been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, reportedly for ransom. The Paksoy-1 was sailing from Cameroon to Ivory Coast when the pirates boarded the ship in…
South Africa: Zuma says he received death threat…
Day 2 of Zuma’s testimony South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said he had received a death threat after his testimony the previous day to an inquiry on corruption. Appearing for the second day…
Cameroon: Gunshots, ghost town rock Kumba
Gunshots were heard in parts of Kumba on Monday morning as parts of the city got up to the regular ghost towns despite efforts at the weekend to frustrate the move. Sources say shots were…
Activists move to declare new federal state in…
Speculation is rife in Ethiopia that the Sidama area in the southern region will be granted a referendum to determine whether it should become its own federal state. Sidama is currently part of the multi-ethnic…
South Africa’s ex-president Zuma bemoans ‘conspiracy to eliminate…
South Africa’s ex-president, Jacob Zuma is now defending himself at the commision of inquiry into state capture, where he is accused of having presided over a corrupt government. Over the past year, this commission, chaired…
Asantehene: Let’s Boldly Deal with Lawlessness to Avert…
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has warned of imminent political disturbances in the 2020 general elections if existing laws are not enforced to deal with vigilantism and other related crimes. He has therefore admonished…
Somalia: Aftermath of Deadly Hotel Siege
Ruins of a deadly hotel siege are left in the Port city of Kismayo in Southern Somalia on Saturday. Damaged vehicles and other properties lay on the premises of the hotel. President of the semi-autonomous…
Mnangagwa Reportedly Wears Bulletproof Vest to Clinic Opening
Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa reportdely wore a bulletproof vest to a clinic opening event in Harare. A report on Zimlive which describes him as Paranoid says Mnangagwa faces multiple threats to his rule and that…
Mnangagwa Reportedly Wears Bulletproof Vest to Clinic Opening
Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa reportdely wore a bulletproof vest to a clinic opening event in Harare. A report on Zimlive which describes him as Paranoid says Mnangagwa faces multiple threats to his rule and that…
Nigeria: Obasanjo Reacts to Killing of Afenifere Leader’s…
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the killing of the daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, late Mrs Funke Olakunri, by suspected herdsmen as a worrisome development for Nigeria. Obasanjo on Saturday said…
South Sudan’s Machar Wants House Arrest Lifted
South Sudan’s opposition leader, Riek Machar says he is ready to pursue progressive peace talks with president Salva Kiir, nearly a year after the latest peace deal was signed. In a letter to Kiir’s security…
At Least 26 Dead as Gunmen Storm Somali…
At least 26 people, including a prominent journalist and several foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a hotel in southern Somalia. A suicide bomber rammed a car containing explosives into the Asasey hotel…
Around R1m Worth of Heroin Found in Briefcase…
A traveller was arrested at the Cape Town International Airport this week after customs officers found around three kilograms of heroin in his luggage, the SA Revenue Service (SARS) said on Friday. The heroin had…
Former Apartheid Detainees Condemn EFF Attack on Gordhan…
A group claiming to be former members of the United Democratic Front, South African Youth Congress, and Congress of the Students have come out in support of Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan after he was…
Nigerian Lawmakers, Police, Judges Most Corrupt, Says TI,…
Transparency International has released a survey showing that the police, legislature and the judiciary are among the most corrupt institutions in Nigeria. The TI, in the publication of the 10th edition of the Global Corruption…
South African Court Finds Ex-president Jacob Zuma’s Son…
A South African court on Friday (July 12) found Mr Duduzane Zuma, son of former president Jacob Zuma, not guilty of culpable homicide and negligent driving over a fatal car crash, saying prosecutors had failed…
Cameroon Takes Over Chairmanship of COMIFAC
Cameroon’s Minister of Forestry and wild life Jules Doret Ndongo is the new chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the Central African Forests Commission dubbed COMIFAC for the next two years. Jules Doret Ndongo…
