South Africa: Mayor Rejects over $100,000 Car Gift
Florence Radzilani, the mayor of Vhembe district municipality in South Africa, has turned down an offer by the municipality to buy her a car worth […]
Articles by Geraldine Boechat
Nigeria: Female Football Team Storms Parliament
The Nigerian female football national team, the Super-Falcons, on Tuesday, stormed the National Assembly, at capital Abuja, protesting the non-payment of their allowances by the […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Legislative Elections Campaign Begins
Campaigning began this weekend for the legislative elections in Côte d’Ivoire where some 1,337 candidates are vying for a seat in the 255-member National Assembly. […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Three Newspapers Supporting Gbagbo’s Party Suspended
La Voie Originale, LG infos and Aujourd’hui, three ivorian newspapers, have been suspended on Friday by the national press council (CNP) for publishing “wrong information.” […]
Ghana Election Day: Polls open with tight race predicted
Over 15 million registered voters in Ghana are expected to vote for seven presidential candidates and 1,158 parliamentary candidates at 28,992 polling stations nationwide on […]
Cameroon: Anglophone teachers, lawyers embark on indefinite strike
Anglophone teachers and lawyers in Cameroon have embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday, accusing the government of trying to marginalise them by imposing […]
Tunisia: 45 per cent of youth poised for “illegal migration”
A research conducted to identify motives behind option for migration has revealed that 45 per cent of youth in the North African country are eager […]
Kenya: Two Iranian Diplomats suspected of spying for terror group arrested
Two Iranians and their Kenyan driver, who worked for the Iranian embassy in Nairobi, have been arrested and charged on Thursday with collecting information for […]
Morocco accuses A.U Chief of obstructing readmission
Morocco’s foreign ministry on Wednesday accused the African Union (AU) commission chairperson, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma of frustrating its attempt at readmission. According to the North […]
Samuel Eto’o faces 10 years imprisonment for tax fraud
Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison term of more than 10 years for former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o for alleged tax crimes committed when he […]