Mayor of Zimbabwe capital arrested over graft allegations
The new mayor of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare has been arrested for alleged corruption, his lawyer said Thursday, as the top opposition figure’s party slammed the...
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Ethiopia: UN ‘deeply worried’ over impending military offensive – chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed “deep concern” over the unfolding conflict in the breakaway Tigray region of Ethiopia. Guterres’ latest comments on the conflict...
HRW flags ‘serious abuses’ in Tanzania’s elections
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that at least four people were killed by the state forces who also carried out other serious abuses...
Ivory Coast opposition gives conditions for dialogue
Ivory Coast’s two main opposition parties on Friday made a string of demands they want to see met before engaging in further dialogue on the...
Former Malian president Amadou Toumani Toure passes on
Mali’s former president, Amadou Toumani Toure, who steered the Sahel nation to democracy and led it for a decade before being ousted in a coup,...
Ethiopia: From historic peace to the brink of war
As Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed replaces his army chief on Sunday amid an escalating conflict in the northern Tigray region, here are the key...
OIF lifts suspension on Mali
The International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) has lifted the suspension it slammed on Mali following the military coup in the West African nation on...
Ivory Coast opposition probed for murder, Affi N’Guessan arrested
Three opposition leaders in the Ivory Coast are under investigation for insurrection, murder and acts of terrorism after they rejected President Alassane Ouattara’s re-election for...
Namibia suspends new applications for mineral rights
Informante Namibia will not consider or process new applications for mineral rights for a period of nine months to review the requirements and procedures, an...
Nigerian government hands over Afam Power Plant to Transcorp Consortium
Independent Energy Watch Initiative In a bid to accelerate reforms in the power sector, the Federal Government Thursday singed sale and purchase agreement for the...