Nigeria: Gov’t urges MTN to drop lawsuit
Nigerian telecommunications minister, Adebayo Shittu, on Tuesday, told the South African mobile phone operator MTN to drop its legal action over a $3.9 billion fine […]
Month: January 2016
DRC: Rape cases drop by 25 %
The number of reported rape cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) courts dropped by 25 percent in 2015, an official source said. The […]
Blackmail against Morocco: Paris Court Rejects Plea to Annul Recordings
The investigation chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal rejected on Tuesday a petition to annul audio recordings implicating the two French journalists, Eric Laurent […]
South Sudan: UN Panel urges arms embargo
A new report due to be released by a United Nations panel of experts tasked to investigate South Sudan’s civil war has recommend U.N Security […]
Liberia to cut down expenditure by 11%
The Liberian government plans to slash spending in the current budget by 11 percent due to a slowdown of its mining sector, President Ellen Johnson […]
Qatar Airways to start direct Maputo-Doha flights
Qatar Airways operated direct flights between Mozambique’s capital city Maputo and Doha, the capital city of Qatar, will start from March this year. The information […]
Algeria’s Bouteflika dissolves powerful DRS
Algerian President, AbdelazizBouteflika has dissolved the military spy directorate known as the DRS, creating a new agency staffed by loyalists and reporting directly to the […]
Libya: Tobruk rejects agreement, questions article 8
Efforts to bring an end to the existence of two rival governments and parliaments hit a stumbling block on Monday as the Tobruk-based House of […]
Rwanda: Imam, suspected IS scout, killed
Rwandan security forces killed Saturday an imam suspected to be an IS recruiter in the small central Africa country. Muhammad Mugemangango, a deputy imam at […]
Nigeria plans up to $5bn Eurobond in 2016
Nigerian Federal Government plans to borrow up to $5 billion in 2016, from multiple sources, including the Eurobond market, to plug its deficit as the […]