Somalia holds National Consultative Forum for 2016 polls
Somalia regional authorities have started consultations in a bid to prepare for elections in 2016. The current government was mandated to lead Somalia into general […]
Month: November 2015
US condemns Rwandan parliament over Kagame’s third term vote
The United States has condemned on Wednesday a vote by Rwanda’s two houses of parliament to approve a change to their constitution that allows President […]
DRC: Gov’t soldiers raped 14 women in three days – UN report
Government soldiers in Democratic Republic of Congo raped 14 women over a three-day period in the eastern region of the country, the human rights office […]
Egypt not endorsing Russian crash findings
Russia concluded its investigations on the crashing of the Metrojet Airbus flight on 31 October over the Sinai Peninsula considering it as “a terrorist act” […]
South Africa: BMW to invest $417 mln for new model
BMW AG plans to invest more than $417 million in its South African plant to manufacture its new X3 sport-utility model, the German company said […]
Paris attack: German police arrest Algerian suspect
German police have arrested an Algerian man in a refugee reception centre in connection with the attacks in Paris, officials said on Monday. The man […]
Zimbabwe: 1 million mobile subscribers disconnected
Zimbabwe’s largest mobile operator, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, has disconnected one million unregistered lines over last week, local newspapers reported on Monday. The move follows recent […]
Tanzania: 40% drop in cashew harvest due to poor rains
Cashew nut output in Tanzania, Africa’s fourth-largest producer, could decline by 40 percent this year as poor rains in major growing areas hurt harvests in […]
Nigeria gives more time to MTN to negotiate $5.2 bn fine
Africa’s biggest mobile-phone company, MTN Group Ltd. on Monday said Nigerian authorities have pushed back a Monday deadline for it to pay a $5.2 billion […]
Niger arrests opposition candidate after returning from exile
Nigerien opposition presidential candidate, Hama Amadou, was arrested on Saturday over child trafficking charges upon returning to the country a year after he fled to […]