Uganda has deported the chief executive of MTN Uganda, the largest telecoms firm in Uganda which is part of South Africa’s MTN Group, over national security concerns. The move follows the East African country’s deportation last month of three senior MTN Uganda executives who were alleged to have planned to compromise national security. Wim Vanhelleputte, a Belgian national, had been… Read more »
Cameroon’s main opposition leader, Maurice Kamto, has been charged in a military court with rebellion and seven other offences, indictments that could carry the death penalty, his lawyers said on Wednesday. Kamto lost what he says was a fraudulent presidential election in October and was detained late last month after organizing a small rally against long-serving President Paul Biya. Security… Read more »
Images of a rare African black leopard have been captured in Kenya, the first verifiable record of the animal for nearly 100 years, researchers have said. Using motion-sensitive cameras set up near water holes, researchers from San Diego Zoo Global and the Loisaba Conservancy captured video of the largely nocturnal cat after receiving reports of sightings from local pastoralists in… Read more »
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In a small village in Africa only women are allowed and if they have sons they must leave once they turn 18. This village started off because a certain group of women were getting assisted and mistreated. About 15 of them left and found vacant land and started a new life where they were finally in control and made sure… Read more »
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(CNN) — The traditional dhow is made from wood, but an ambitious new project is making waves in the waters of East Africa. A dhow made entirely from recycled plastic aims to go on at least two expeditions this year. Its first voyage from the Kenyan island of Lamu to Stone Town in Zanzibar, Tanzania, began this month. Dubbed the… Read more »