South Africa is once again feeling the heat over the treatment of undocumented immigrants, with Nigeria taking a decision to ban all ‘all official visits’ to the country, while the matter was discussed among several African states at the 18th ... Read More
A court in Yamena sentenced Abdoulaye Miskine to 15 years in prison on Wednesday. Miskine was known for leading the rebel militia Central African People's Democratic Front (FDPC) and for his direct role in decades of violence, extrajudicial executions ... Read More
The DRC plans to tighten control over geological data that guides billions of dollars in mining exploration, potentially extending state influence over the development of future mineral discoveries, reports CNBC Africa. The country is accelerating geological mapping, airborne surveys and ... Read More
A member of the Lesotho Parliament has agreed to repay M6m ($37 1097) from an allegedly corrupt scheme involving the supply of fertilisers, seeds and pesticides to the Ministry of Agriculture, according to the country’s Directorate on Corruption and Economic ... Read More
An Egyptian man deported from the US to Equatorial Guinea and who spoke out against alleged rough treatment by security forces there has been taken into police custody and is being held incommunicado, his lawyer said on Friday. Police in ... Read More
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to briefly extend the arms embargo on Sudan’s western Darfur region while negotiations continue on a contentious US proposal to impose a nationwide ban, reports Al Jazeera. All 15 Security Council members on ... Read More
US President Donald Trump’s administration has backed Kenya’s new regulation, which requires foreign companies to process minerals locally instead of exporting them raw, reports the Kenyans. US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Frank Garcia said American companies were ... Read More
The Kenyan Government on Tuesday gave foreigners running businesses in the country 90 days to obtain or update required documents, including work permits and business licences. The move followed remarks by the President about foreign-owned businesses that sparked panic in ... Read More
Uganda's King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, once the world's youngest reigning monarch, was buried on Saturday, days after a row broke out over who would succeed him, reports BBC News. Oyo (34), who had ruled the ... Read More
African languages once pushed to the margins by decades of colonialism are enjoying a renaissance that is also creating business opportunities, reports TimesLIVE. Africa is home to more than 1bn people speaking roughly a third of the world’s languages, with ... Read More
With 11 months to the general election, Kenyan President William Ruto's directive restricting foreign nationals from small-scale retail and informal trade has become the latest flashpoint in a desperate re-election strategy defined by crisis management, writes Oliver-Twist Amani in ... Read More
The dangers of a couple contracting a marriage in community of property have been dramatically illustrated, yet again, in a new decision by the High Court in Namibia. As Carmel Rickard explains, it involves a man who must pay back ... Read More
‘This trial is politically untimely, given the country’s current political situation. But at the same time, it is legally timely for Venancio himself, because it gives him an opportunity to finally put these pending cases behind him.’ Salomão Moyana ... Read More
Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations. Kofi Anan, former UN general-secretary Read More
Lesotho is the highest country above sea level in the entire world. Read More
* Six Nigerian nationals wanted in the US for allegedly defrauding more than 100 women of over R100m in online romance scams have been extradited from SA. Hawks spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said the men, allegedly part of the Black Axe ... Read More
