www.france24.com South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma is due to appear in court in Durban on Friday to face corruption charges linked to a multi-billion dollar 1990s arms deal that dogged his time in government. Zuma’s supporters are expected to rally at the city’s High Court to protest his prosecution which was announced just four weeks after he resigned under… Read more »
www.france24.com Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will seek another term in elections in February 2019, his office said on Monday, ending months of speculation about his plans after bouts of ill health. The 75-year-old spent much of last year in Britain being treated for an undisclosed ailment, triggering accusations by opposition groups and other critics that he was unfit for office… Read more »
news.mongabay.com Research published yesterday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution finds that pressures from human activities and climate change caused the African continent to lose as much as 2.6 billion metric tons of carbon between 2010 and 2016. The study not only shows that there was an overall net carbon loss across sub-Saharan Africa, but also that substantial losses… Read more »
Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe is expected to soon face tough questions from some of the country’s lawmakers. The Mines and Energy Committee of the Zimbabwean parliament is set to summon the former leader to testify in a probe into lost revenue from diamond mining. It will be the first time Mugabe will be expected to account for his actions… Read more »
Sierra Leone’s new president, Julius Maada Bio, on Friday promised civil servants they need not fear a purge despite a historic shift in the country’s politics. Bio, whose election has ended decade-long rule in Sierra Leone by the All People’s Congress (APC), praised state workers and “gave them assurance and expressed commitment to work with them,” the spokesman for his SLPP party… Read more »
The swearing-in ceremony in parliament came after Ian Khama stepped down having completed the constitutional maximum of 10 years in office. As the vice president, Masisi took over automatically, and he is likely to secure a further five-year term in elections in October 2019 when the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is expected to hold on to power. Botswana prides itself on good… Read more »
Court officials in Liberia raided the offices of a newspaper critical of President George Weah’s government and arrested all its employees on Monday. Editors, journalists and even the caretaker at Frontpage Africa were reportedly detained for several hours at the civil court in the capital, Monrovia. The arresting officers said they were acting in relation to a $1m ( £700,000)… Read more »
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a second term in February 2019 elections, the presidency announced on Twitter on Monday. The governor of Kaduna state had earlier tweeted that Buhari told the ruling party’s National Executive Committee of his intention to contest in the 2019 presidential elections. Kaduna’s governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is one of Buhari’s key allies. The 75-year-old took… Read more »
With 44 of 55 AU countries signing a free trade agreement, intra-continental trade within Africa is expected to flourish. With bureaucratic red tape removed from the trading process it should theoretically allow the process of trade to be less expensive; it should specifically give lesser developed African nations a more even chance to compete in the global market. what makes… Read more »
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)A gun attack by the terror group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday night left 18 people dead and 84 wounded after clashes with soldiers, according to state emergency officials The attack, on the outskirts of Maiduguri city, came days after the government acknowledged it was holding ceasefire talks with the Islamist militant group, which pledges allegiance… Read more »