Tags GENERAL Angola seeks conviction of top journalist for graft story An Angolan prosecutor on Friday sought the conviction of outspoken rights activist and journalist Rafael Marques for accusing a former
Tags GENERAL No live chickens at the World Cup for Nigeria fans A Russian official in the city of Kaliningrad says authorities forbade World Cup fans from bringing live chickens to matches.
Tags GENERAL Congo cancels passport of exiled opposition leader Congolese authorities have cancelled the passport of opposition leader Moise Katumbi, his office said in a statement on Friday, just
Tags GENERAL Cameroon dismisses Amnesty report on Anglophone crisis terms it as ‘crude lies’ Cameroon is accusing Amnesty International of disseminating “crude lies” after it said security forces had committed summary killings, arrests and
Tags GENERAL Chinese-built Ethio-Djibouti railway drives Africa’s development and integration Officials from the African Union (AU) and African diplomats have hailed the Chinese-built Ethio-Djibouti railway as a project that helps
Tags GENERAL Egypt replaces defense, interior, finance ministers in cabinet reshuffle The Egyptian new cabinet under Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli was sworn in on Thursday with newly appointed defence and interior
Tags GENERAL Nigeria’s Buhari to sign off 2018 budget on Tuesday Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to sign the government’s long-delayed budget into law on Tuesday. This is according to
Tags GENERAL Without Salah, Egypt falls to Uruguay 1-0 Uruguay’s Jose Gimenez cannoned in an 89th minute header to deal Egypt a 1-0 defeat in their World Cup opener
Tags GENERAL Dutch think tank urges West to participate in China-led forums on Africa The Netherlands Institute of International Relations in a paper Wednesday called on Western countries to actively participate in the multilateral
Tags GENERAL Worker protests lead to second day of power outages in South Africa South Africa suffered power outages for a second straight day on Friday as workers protest over wages at national electricity