Tags GENERAL DR Congo presidential hopeful asks EU to lift ‘humiliating’ sanctions DR Congo President Joseph Kabila’s designated successor to contest the December 23 presidential election, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, on Tuesday
Tags GENERAL FIFA ban leads to cancellation of Sierra Leone’s match against Ghana Sierra Leone’s African Nations Cup qualifier against Ghana in Kumasi will not go ahead on Thursday after the country’s football
Tags GENERAL African women with albinism vow to fight on after Kilimanjaro climb Six African women with albinism who made an attempt on the continent’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, said on Tuesday the
Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe govt uses cholera concerns to ban protests against new tax Zimbabwe police will stop planned protests by the labour movement against a new tax on money transfers on Thursday because
Tags GENERAL Botswana to open ivory, geology & mining museums Botswana will open an ivory museum and a geology and mining museum, an official said on Tuesday. The ivory museum
Tags GENERAL Nigeria’s Buhari asks lawmakers to approve $2.79B Eurobond Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked lawmakers to approve the issuance of a $2.79 billion Eurobond, in a letter
Tags GENERAL 50 dead in Kenya bus accident At least 50 people died in a bus crash in Kericho County, Kenya early Wednesday morning. The bus, ferrying 52
Tags GENERAL Former South African central bank governor Mboweni takes over as finance minister South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday acknowledged the resignation of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene and appointed former central bank
Tags GENERAL Zulu king teams up with Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini said he will partner with the Afrikaner pressure group AfriForum to ensure food security, South African
Tags GENERAL South Africa’s Woolworths to test plastic bag free store South African department store chain Woolworths Holdings will remove single-use plastic bags from one of its stores during a six-month