Burkina Faso: Military coup, Compaore’s ally in charge of government
Burkina Faso’s military has overthrown the interim government in a coup that has plunged the capital city, Ouagadougou, into panic. The coup comes just three […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
DRC: Opposition determined to stop Kabila’s third term
Thousands people gathered in the capital, Kinshasa, on Tuesday to oppose President Joseph Kabila’s unconstitutional third term Kabila, in office since 2001, is constitutionally ineligible […]
Guinea: China to build $2 bln hydropower dam
Guinea is in talks with China International Water & Electric Corp. to build a $2 billion hydropower dam that would boost the West African country’s […]
Burkina Faso: Reconciliation committee wants presidential guard disbanded
Burkina Faso’s powerful presidential guard, known locally as the RSP, should be sacked, the national reconciliation commission said on Monday. The elite unit is accused […]
Gabon: Opposition politician accepts top cabinet post rejected by his leader
Gabon’s president Ali Bongo installed a new opposition figure to a senior ministerial post Sunday, three days after Jean de Dieu Moukagni Iwangou, a leader […]
Liberia-IMF: “Stay the course to improve economy,” Lagarde
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde arrived in Liberia Thursday to celebrate the resilience of the Liberian people and the leadership of President Johnson Sirleaf in […]
EU to curb African migration with €1.8 Bln fund
The European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday that the European Union (EU) is setting up a €1.8 billion trust fund to help curb […]
Côte d’Ivoire: 10 candidates in the presidential race
The Ivorian Constitutional Council has validated 10 candidates, including outgoing President Alassane Ouattara, for the presidential election scheduled for October 25. The list released on […]
Ghana: An investigative journalist busts 34 judges in corruption scandal
Thirty-four Ghanaian high profile judges have been videotaped and audio recorded in separate conversations with suspects or persons acting as agents of suspects appearing before […]
Smile Telecom to expand African wireless with $365 mln
Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd, which owns and operates mobile wireless 4G LTE broadband networks in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, has raised $365 million in debt […]