Tags NEWS Court gives Kenyan police power to impose instant fines on motorists The High Court has allowed police officers to impose instant fines on motorists for minor offences. Justice John Mativo yesterday
Tags GENERAL New Morocco law banning forced marriages now in effect A new law in Morocco criminalising violence against women goes into effect on Wednesday, in what critics say is merely a first
Tags GENERAL Kenya’s Central Bank fines five banks a total of $3.89M Kenya’s central bank on Wednesday said it had fined five commercial banks a total of 392.5 million shillings ($3.89 million)
Tags GENERAL Ramaphosa not worried that land reform program will bring U.S. sanctions South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday brushed aside the possibility of U.S.-imposed sanctions over the land reform South Africa
Tags GENERAL EU eyes new Africa alliance to create jobs European Commission head Jean Claude Juncker on Wednesday called for a “new alliance” with Africa that would create millions of
Tags GENERAL DR Congo’s Bemba warns of chaos if upcoming elections aren’t fair A top Congo opposition figure who is barred from December’s presidential election is warning that “chaos” will follow if the
Tags GENERAL Burundi under fire at U.N. for expelling UN human rights team Burundi’s ambassador in Geneva struggled to explain to the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday why his government had thrown
Tags GENERAL Rockets fired near airport in Tripoli, flights diverted Rockets were fired late on Tuesday in the direction of the airport in Libya’s capital, residents said, forcing flights to
Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency in Harare Zimbabwe on Tuesday declared a cholera outbreak in the capital Harare after 20 people died from the disease and more
Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe’s Chamisa plans mock presidential swearing in The leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, Nelson Chamisa, may take a mock presidential oath on Saturday, Reuters news agency