January 2018 – Page 3 – Medafrica Times

Cameroonian government sued over internet shutdown

January 25, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Two net freedom groups, Access Now and Internet Sans Frontières (ISF), on January 19, sued the government of Cameroon before the country’s top court over […]

Ghana grants refugee status to two ex-Guantanamo detainees

January 25, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees transferred to Ghana by the United States in 2016 have been granted refugee status, the government said on Wednesday. The two […]

IMF cuts South Africa’s growth as Lagarde meets Ramaphosa

January 24, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

IMF chief Christine Lagarde has met South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa in Davos on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum. The […]

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa orders top officials to declare assets

January 24, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered top officials to declare their assets by February 28 as the southern African nation seeks to foster transparency and […]

African heads of State, CEOs seek partnerships at WEF

January 24, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

African CEOs, policymakers and heads of state have joined the global business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as the continent seeks […]

Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni says he ‘loves Trump for frankness’

January 24, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday said he loves US President Donald Trump for being “frank” with Africans, calling them “shitholes” nations. Speaking to lawmakers […]

Morocco’s King Names a Minister for African Affairs

January 23, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Monday appointed Mohcine Jazouli, as minister delegate in charge of African Affairs, giving thus an additional evidence of […]

Liberia’s George Weah vows to fight corruption, pay ‘a living wage’

January 23, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Football legend George Weah was officially sworn-in on Monday as president of Liberia, in the country’s first democratic transition of power since 1944. Weah, 51, […]

Central Africa’s first one-stop border post inaugurated

January 23, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Cameroon and Congo have inaugurated the first one Stop Border Post (OSBP) of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). According to the ECCAS […]