Poverty and turmoil: South Sudan’s post-independence history
Nairobi – South Sudan’s leaders have announced they will remain in power two years beyond an agreed deadline, sparking... Read more
5 Aug, 2022
The tricky challenges ahead for Kenya’s next leader
Nairobi – Spiralling prices, endemic corruption and a mammoth debt mountain: whoever takes the helm after Kenya’s presidential elections... Read more
5 Aug, 2022
Mali ex-ministers reject graft allegations
Bamako – Three Malian ex-ministers named in international arrest warrants for alleged fraud have denied any guilt and say... Read more
5 Aug, 2022
Chad junta takes step towards national ‘dialogue’
N’Djamena – Chad’s ruling junta has unveiled a list of participants for a much-touted forum of national reconciliation, but... Read more
5 Aug, 2022
Morocco’s petro-PM faces heat over soaring fuel prices
Rabat – Morocco’s prime minister Aziz Akhannouch, a billionaire petrol baron, is facing a growing online campaign demanding he... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
South Sudan extends transitional govt by two years
Juba – South Sudan’s leaders announced on Thursday that the country’s transitional government would remain in power two years... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
Top Zimbabwe novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga defiant after acquittal bid fails
Harare – Award-winning Zimbabwean author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga will go on trial next week for inciting violence after... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
Kenya’s Ruto: the chicken seller turned presidential ‘hustler’
Nairobi – Kenya’s William Ruto, the sharp-suited deputy president now running for the top office, is one of the... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
UN ‘regrets’ DRC expelling peacekeeping mission spokesperson
Kinshasa – The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday said it “regretted” a move... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
29 minors detained in Guinea following protests
Conakry – Twenty-nine Guinean minors have been arrested and charged with unlawful assembly and the destruction of property following... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
