Kenya cuts 2017 growth outlook
Kenya has cut its 2017 growth outlook on Wednesday due to slowing credit growth, Geoffrey Mwau, the director general of fiscal and economic affairs, told […]
Month: November 2016
Amnesty International: Military killed 150 pro-Biafra activists in Nigeria
Nigerian security forces led by the army have carried out the executions of at least 150 peaceful pro-Biafra protesters in the Southeast of Nigeria, Amnesty […]
Rwanda raises $18.57 million Treasury bond
Rwandan government borrowed about $18.57 million from the market through a three-year Treasury bond, the central bank said late on Wednesday. The bond, which has […]
Cameroon: Boko Haram launches three deadly assaults
The Nigeria-based Islamist militants carried out raids in neighbouring Cameroon killing about 6 soldiers, local media Cameroonweb reported on Wednesday. “Between yesterday and today there […]
Ivory Coast will not leave ICC – President
Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday said Ivory Coast will not follow the decision of Burundi, South Africa and the Gambia to leave the international […]
Benin: Police seized 54 kg of cocaine from Brazil
Police in Benin on Monday confirmed the seizure of 54 kilogrammes of cocaine from Brazil. The consignment was hidden in a container in the port […]
AU top job candidates to pitch for the position in Dec 9
The African Union Commission (AU) on Tuesday said five aspirants of the bloc’s Chairperson Position will face off in a debate at the Union’s headquarters […]
Zimbabwe: Mugabe announces retirement
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has finally announced his retirement, Africanews portal reports. According to Africanews, the 92-year-old Mugabe, the only President Zimbabwe has had in […]
Cambodia-based Nigerian footballer sets new world record
Nigerian footballer Harrison Chinedu cycled 64 miles with a football on his head, hoping to enter the Guinness Book of Records, local media reported. In […]
DRC: Controversy rises over new PM dual citizenship
The newly appointed Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Samy Badibanga is at the centre of controversy in the central African nation after […]