HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean teachers will strike from Tuesday to press for U.S. dollar salaries as talks with the government failed to bring a breakthrough, a union said, adding pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to contain a runaway currency crisis. Cash shortages have plunged Zimbabwe’s financial system into disarray, threatening social unrest and undermining Mnangagwa’s efforts to win back foreign… Read more »
Voters awaiting the results of last Sunday’s presidential poll in the Democratic Republic of Congo need to be patient, the electoral commission says. So far 53% of votes from the country’s 75,000 polling stations had been counted, the electoral commission chief Corneille Nangaa told journalists. Results had initially been expected this Sunday. The influential Catholic Church, which fielded thousands of… Read more »
Two soldiers who took part in Monday’s attempted coup in Gabon have been killed, the president’s office says. They were shot dead after security officers stormed the national radio building which they had taken over. Three others are under arrest. The junior officers claimed they seized power “to restore democracy” in oil-rich Gabon, where the ailing leader’s family has ruled… Read more »
Nigerian soldiers have raided the main office of the private Daily Trust newspaper and confiscated computers. It follows the arrest of some staff at the newspaper’s office in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Daily Trust says it may be connected with its lead story on Sunday about the military preparing an operation… Read more »
The European Union has renewed sanctions against the DR Congo’s top officials. These sanctions were first imposed in December of 2016 and renewed in March of 2017. These sanctions consist of travel bans, asset freezing, and a ban on making funds or economic resources available to, or engaging in transactions with the listed individuals. These sanctions directly affect President Laurent… Read more »
The Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) has called on governments to ensure Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) is completely free, accessible and without user fee in 2019. Peter Obialor, Lagos State Coordinator of the group, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. He added that his members were… Read more »
As bandits continue to wreak havoc in Zamfara State, Governor Abdulaziz Yari said, yesterday, that he is ready to quit as governor if a state of emergency is declared to solve the security problem in the state. This came as the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, revealed also yesterday that all five of its personnel, including the pilot, co-pilot and three… Read more »
Teachers in Narok County have dismissed the directive by Commissioner George Natembeya for all upper primary and secondary school girls checks for pregnancy and female genital mutilation. The tests are demeaning and a violation of rights, said Charles Ng’eno, the county’s secretary-general of the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet). RIGHTS Mr Ng’eno said the directive does not… Read more »
Cape Town — Despite all the lobbying, the European Union has renewed sanctions against the DR Congo’s top officials. These sanctions were first imposed on December 12, 2016, and renewed on March 29, 2017. The sanctions consist of travel bans and asset freezing, and a ban on making funds or economic resources available to, or engaging in transactions with, the … Read more »
Presidential elections are being held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the first time in 17 years. The current President, Joseph Kabila, is stepping down two years later than expected- earlier elections were postponed due to issues counting votes. This alone has caused controversy that Kabila has been holding onto power, since he cannot run for another term…. Read more »