Category: Africa

Fri 30 August 2019: Zimbabwe has accused western envoys of fomenting unrest in the country after the main opposition party requested police clearance for a fresh wave of demonstrations. Police last week banned marches planned by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in five cities as the party sought to protest against the deteriorating economic […]

Thu 29 August 2019: ‘If we do not pay attention, it will lead to the destruction of communities,’ says local leader At least 11 people were killed amid fresh inter-communal clashes in southern Chad between farmers and herders earlier this week, local media reported. The incident took place in Koumogo, around 80 kilometers (50 miles) […]

Wed 28 August 2019: Several shops were set alight in the Pretoria CBD following violent protests that flared up on Wednesday morning. #PretoriaCBD just took this now 8 seconds is all I could get ?? buildings getting burned down by angry protestors pic.twitter.com/PtmA2sYNua — Corporate K?⌚? (@LysisRealz_LR) August 28, 2019 Protesters targeted shops near the […]

Mon 26 August 2019: South Africa has impounded a plane belonging to Tanzania’s national carrier over a farmer’s $33-million compensation claim for his land which the Tanzanian government nationalised decades ago, a lawyer said Sunday. The Air Tanzania aircraft was seized on Friday at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport after it landed during a scheduled […]

Sun 25 August 2019: Ghana’s Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, makes announcement of Saudi investment in education sector Ghana’s Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced that Saudi Arabia has agreed to fund the construction of a medical university and 42 senior high schools. The announcement follows an appeal by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo […]

Sun 25 August 2019: Abdalla Hamdok, sworn in three days earlier in to head a transitional ruling body after the ousting of veteran leader Omar al-Bashir, said up to another $2 billion of foreign reserves deposits were needed in the next three months to halt a fall in the currency. The economist who has worked […]

Sat 24 August 2019: Ethiopia’s parliament has approved an electoral and political parties draft bill, the state broadcaster reported on Saturday, paving the way for national elections next year, the first to be held under reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. On August 9 Ethiopia’s ruling coalition said it will hold a national election in 2020, […]

Fri 23 August 2019: Crude find is first since country’s independence in 2011, says petroleum minister South Sudan has discovered a new oil well in the Adar area of Northern Upper Nile State that contains 5.3 million barrels of recoverable crude, Petroleum Minister Awow Daniel Chuang said Thursday. “This is the first of its kind […]

Fri 23 August 2019: Police in Zimbabwe arrested a senior opposition official on Thursday on charges of failing to stop a banned protest last week in the capital, his lawyer said. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which accuses President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government of repression and economic mismanagement, called a demonstration last Friday as the […]