Tanzania freezes assets of anti-graft official over suspected corruption
DAR ES SALAAMÂ – Tanzania’s anti-graft watchdog said on Thursday it had frozen the assets of its chief accountant and planned to charge him with Read more
DAR ES SALAAMÂ – Tanzania’s anti-graft watchdog said on Thursday it had frozen the assets of its chief accountant and planned to charge him with Read more
An unidentified man threw a grenade into a house in Burundi’s capital late on Wednesday, killing three people believed to be members of the ruling Read more
Long queues have been forming in parts of Uganda’s capital Kampala today ahead of tomorrow’s deadline to verify mobile Sim cards. Hundreds are gathered at Read more
DAKARÂ – Red Cross workers have found 115 bodies in Central African Republic’s diamond-mining town of Bangassou after several days of militia attacks, the president Read more
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, says the implementation of free trade policy by African Union will advance the course of Nigeria’s exports and boost the country’s Read more
The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commiserated with former Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, on Read more
Ethiopian opposition politician Yonatan Tesfaye has been found guilty of encouraging terrorism for comments he made on Facebook. He was arrested in December 2015 as Read more
Soldiers in Ivory Coast have accepted a deal to end a five-day mutiny over pay. The government offered the mutineers an immediate bonus payment of Read more
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has written a letter to his top security chiefs warning against the use of torture. He described it as “unnecessary and Read more
The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has concluded arrangements to terminate about six abandoned projects spread across the region with a view to enhance the Read more
The Ivory Coast government says it has reached a deal with soldiers involved in a four-day revolt over pay. Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi appeared on Read more
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who heads the regional group Ecowas, has condemned the actions of the mutinous soldiers in Ivory Coast. In a brief Read more
Ugandan soldiers sexually abused at least 13 girls and women in the Central African Republic while the troops were helping to hunt for warlord Joseph Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Sunday a second case of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo after an outbreak this week of 17 Read more
Seven South Sudanese opposition groups, including that of rebel leader Riek Machar, said on Saturday they had agreed to work closely in their bid to Read more
ABIDJANÂ – Mutinous soldiers in Ivory Coast shot two people and cut off access to the second largest city, Bouake, on Saturday, as a nationwide revolt Read more
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 17 mummies in desert catacombs in Minya province, the antiquities ministry announced Saturday. The mummies, yet to be dated, were Read more
Mutinying soldiers left their barracks and blocked streets in several towns and cities across Ivory Coast on Friday, including the commercial capital, firing volleys of Read more
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is not asleep when he closes his eyes for long periods during meetings but is resting his eyes, his spokesman says. Read more
Tunisian police fired tear gas to break up rioting by hundreds of protesters who took to the streets after a fruit seller set himself on Read more
The United Nations is seeking a further $900 million this year for Somalia, where more than 6 million people need humanitarian assistance and 275,000 malnourished Read more
The Nigeria Union in South Africa said on Wednesday that two Nigerians were shot dead in Western Cape Province of that country. Mr Mike Ibitoye, Read more
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has approved a law which allows low-income earners to secure loans from banks using livestock, crops and household appliances such as Read more
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s spokesman has hit back at critics who accuse him of falling asleep at public events, saying the 93 year old is Read more
A Ugandan academic was released on bail on Wednesday after spending more than a month in jail on charges related to posts she made on Read more
The Nigerian Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has charged the ECOWAS Parliament to prove itself as an effective instrument to foster regional integration and development. Read more
Medical samples from four of the victims of a disease in Liberia that initially baffled scientists have tested positive for a type of meningitis, the Read more
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has left the country for medical checks in Singapore, the government said in a statement, about two months after his previous Read more
Armed South African wildlife rangers and police scoured farmland around a small town near the Mozambican border on Tuesday for five lions that escaped from Read more
MOGADISHUÂ – Al Shabaab fighters attacked a remote Somali army base northwest of the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, killing several government soldiers, officials and the militants Read more
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