The House of Representatives Committee on Oil and Gas on Thursday gave 10 indigenous oil companies in the country two weeks to remit 250 million dollars oil royalty to federal government’s coffers. Jerigbe Agom, the chairman of the committee, gave the ultimatum at the ongoing sitting over unremitted funds in the industry. According to the chairman, Nigeria can no longer… Read more »
Amid reports of violent clashes that have led to at least 15 deaths, the Ethiopian government has partially blocked internet access to its citizens, suppressing information about the exact scope of the violence and the response of federal security forces. Ethiopians have been unable to reliably reach Twitter and Facebook since Tuesday, and other services may also be affected. Restricting… Read more »
I’m hoping this will be the last ANC National Elective Conference to be decided by a minority vote – the last where a minority of ANC members elect leaders for the majority, and where a small ANC minority nominate leaders for the entire population of South Africa. Elections within the ANC have always been conducted by a minority, an elite… Read more »
Seven former MPs and two youthful greenhorns have been elected to represent Kenya at the East African Legislative Assembly. The most experienced amongst them is Dr Oburu Oginga, the former Bondo MP, and the youngest is Flowrence Jematiah Sergon. They were declared elected after more than six hours of voting and tallying in both the National Assembly and the Senate…. Read more »
In the Refugee Crisis simulation, my group was assigned the role of the United States Department of State. I acted as the main speaker for the D.o.S. and did most of the formal negotiations. Going into the situation, I felt very prepared. I read up on all the material I could, and had a firm grasp on how our current… Read more »
Zimbabwe’s embattled former finance minister Ignatius Chombo has finally been granted bail by High Court Judge Edith Mushore. The judge who set aside the earlier magistrate court’s ruling that denied Chombo bail blasted the state for illegally detaining the former finance minister beyond the constitutionally prescribed 48hrs. She then granted bail at $5,000 and ordered Chombo to specifically reside at… Read more »
Currently in Liberia the Supreme Court has ruled that the evidence of fraud during the first round of the election was insufficient. So this means that the final round of voting can take place. Liberia has had some problems in the past with its politicians seeing that they haven’t had a smooth transitions of powers in 73 years. President Ellen… Read more »
Nigeria has unveiled a major railway expansion project to ease congestion on roads and to boost the economy, writes Ijeoma Ndukwe from the commercial capital, Lagos. A train pulls into Ebute Meta station on mainland Lagos. The station is housed within an old railway compound built during British rule in Africa’s most populous state with a population of more than… Read more »
Zimbabwe has taken steps towards ending its economic isolation in its first budget since the end of Robert Mugabe’s 37-year authoritarian rule. Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa announced a package of measures aimed at wooing international investors, including new curbs on laws that require firms to be 51% locally owned. He said privatisation of some state firms was being considered. He… Read more »
Zimbabwe’s new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Tuesday announced a three-month amnesty window for the return of public funds illegally stashed abroad by individuals and companies. Upon the expiry of the amnesty at the end of February next year, the government will arrest and prosecute those who have failed to comply, Mnangagwa said in a statement. Mnangagwa was sworn-in as president… Read more »