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Vodacom Group appoints new chief financial officer

July 27, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

Vodacom Group Ltd., the South African unit of Vodafone Group Plc, appointed Till Streichert as chief financial officer after Ivan Dittrich resigned. Ivan Dittrich, chief […]

Zimbambwe: China to build $1.1bn thermal power plant

July 24, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Zimbambwe signed on Thursday a $1.1 billion agreement with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) to build a 600-megawatt thermal power plant by 2019 […]

Nigeria’s Union Bank Pretax Profit up 2.3% in H1 2015

July 23, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

Union Bank of Nigeria plc (UBN) on Thursday said its 2015 first half (H1) pretax profit rose 2.3 percent to 6.61 billion naira ($33 million), […]

Senegal: Chad’s Habre trial adjourned until Sept.7

July 22, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

The trial in Senegal of Chad’s former dictator Hissène Habré has been adjourned until September so that court-appointed lawyers can prepare his defense against charges […]

Desmond Tutu leaves hospital after a week-long treatment

July 22, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu has returned home after a week-long treatment in hospital for an unspecified infection, the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation […]

Gabon: Messi lays foundation for a new 20,000-seat stadium in Port-Gentil

July 21, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The Barcelona star was guest of President Ali Bongo Ondimba last weekend to lay the foundation stone for a new 20,000-seat stadium in Port-Gentil. The […]

Chad’s Hissene Habre to face trial in Senegal for crimes against humanity

July 20, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

Hissene Habre, the former leader of Chad is facing trial in Senegal as of this Monday over the alleged political killings of thousands of people […]

U.N. must intervene in Burundi, Human-rights experts

July 18, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

Seven independent U.N. human rights investigators said on Thursday that the U.N. Security Council must intervene in Burundi to prevent mass atrocities and the risk of […]

Islamic State launched rocket attack on Egypt navy vessel

July 18, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Islamic State-affiliated militants in Sinai say on Thursday that they have carried out a missile attack on an Egyptian naval vessel in the Mediterranean Sea […]