Uganda closes schools backed by Bill Gates and Facebook CEO
Authorities in Ugandan have ordered the closure of a chain of for-profit international schools backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg […]
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Kenya Airways CEO, Mbuvi Ngunze resigns
Kenya Airways Chief Executive Mbuvi Ngunze will quit in the first quarter of 2017, the chairman Michael Joseph said on Thursday. Ngunze will leave the […]
Rwanda raises $18.57 million Treasury bond
Rwandan government borrowed about $18.57 million from the market through a three-year Treasury bond, the central bank said late on Wednesday. The bond, which has […]
AU top job candidates to pitch for the position in Dec 9
The African Union Commission (AU) on Tuesday said five aspirants of the bloc’s Chairperson Position will face off in a debate at the Union’s headquarters […]
DRC: Controversy rises over new PM dual citizenship
The newly appointed Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Samy Badibanga is at the centre of controversy in the central African nation after […]
Nigeria’s GDP shrinks by 2.24 % in Q3 of 2016
Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 2.24 percent in the third quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. According to the […]
South Sudan is our ‘enemy’ – Omar al-Bashir
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is reported to have described the neighbouring South Sudan government as an ‘enemy’ to his country in an address to Sudanese […]
Kenya sets ablaze 5,200 illegal firearms
Kenya government on Tuesday destroyed some 5,250 illegal firearms as part of efforts to fight crimes like cattle rustling, carjacking and threats from terrorism. According […]
Drought-hit Somalia President ‘begs’ for urgent aid
Somalia’s President, Hassan Sheik Mohamud on Monday called on Somalis in the Diaspora and the international community to intervene for urgent humanitarian assistance for his […]
Abubakar Shekau: Boko Haram ready for ‘war’ with Donald Trump
Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram on Sunday night, reacted to the election of Donald Trump. In an audio message […]