Head of Kenya’s soccer federation arrested
Nick Mwenda, the head of the Kenya Football Federation (FKF), which has been placed under trusteeship on corruption charges, has been arrested, police sources said. […]
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Crisis in Ethiopia: US sanctions against Eritreans
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four entities and two individuals on November 12 in connection with the humanitarian crisis […]
Sudan: Al-Jazeera chief arrested, six protesters killed
Security forces arrested the Khartoum bureau chief of the Qatari TV station Al-Jazeera on Sunday, increasing pressure on the media in the wake of the […]
Sudan: General Burhan announces new Sovereignty Council
General Abdelfattah al-Burhan, author of the October 25 putsch, appointed a new Sovereignty Council on Thursday, November 11. Several personalities who called for a rapid […]
Boeing agrees to compensate families of 2019 Ethiopian crash victims
Boeing has reached a settlement with the families of the victims of the 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people in Ethiopia in March 2019, […]
Death of Frederik Willem de Klerk, last white president of South Africa
The last white president of South Africa, Frederik Willem de Klerk, died Thursday at his home in Cape Town at the age of 85, his […]
Manuel Chang will be extradited to the United States to stand trial in the “hidden debt”
Former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang, detained in South Africa, will be extradited to the United States to stand trial in the “hidden debt” scandal […]
Nigeria: Charles Soludo elected Governor of Anambra State
Nigeria’s opposition retains the governorship seat in the southeastern state of Anambra following Saturday’s election. Charles Soludo, 61, former head of the Central Bank (2004-2009), […]
Possible conditional release for Oscar Pistorius in South Africa
South African prison authorities have launched the first procedural steps to consider the parole of Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, jailed for the murder of his […]
Ethiopia: An Oromo rebel leader promises a victory “very soon
A leader of the Oromo armed group OLA, which is fighting the Ethiopian government alongside Tigrayan rebels, said his fighters were near the capital and […]