Ghana: tear gas on protesters demanding new electoral list
Police in the Ghanaian capital Accra on Wednesday fired tear gas and rubber bullets to bar opposition protesters from the headquarters of the Electoral Commission […]
Month: September 2015
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 […]
BBC: Algeria Spy Chief Ouster Raises Concern over Future
The dismissal of Algeria’s head of intelligence, Mohamed Mediene, is “one of the biggest political shake-ups in the North African country’s recent memory “, says […]
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 […]
Senegal launches plan work to decongest capital city
The government of Senegal is laying the groundwork for a new city close to Diamniadio town. This plan was established to decongest the country’s capital […]
Zimbabwe: Mugabe delivers wrong speech to MPs, opposition questions his mental health
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe read out the wrong speech at the opening session of parliament on Tuesday, apparently unaware that he was delivering the same […]
Libya: Tobruk rejects draft amendments and recalls delegation
The 20 September deadline eyed by U.N special envoy Bernardino Leon to reach an agreement between the rival Libyan governments received a blow on Tuesday […]
Ghana: Central Bank increases benchmark interest rate
The Bank of Ghana increased the policy rate by 1 percentage point, Governor Kofi Wampah told reporters in the capital, Accra after the 66th regular […]
Namibia: 30 people guilty of high treason over 1999 secession attempt
A Namibian court, on Monday, found 30 people guilty of high treason after a failed 1999 secession attempt, marking the end of a marathon case. […]