March 2018 – Page 4 – Medafrica Times

Burundi sets May 17 for a vote on extending presidential terms

March 20, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Burundi has set May 17 as the date for a referendum that could extend President Pierre Nkurunziza’s rule for at least a decade. A statement […]

Zimbabweans return $591 million illegally hidden abroad

March 20, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday said companies and individuals in the southern African nation have returned about $591 million state funds illegally stashed abroad […]

Kenya: World’s last male northern white rhino dies

March 20, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Sudan, The world’s last male northern white rhino, died on Monday after “age-related complications,” Kenyan authorities said on Tuesday. According to Old Pejeta Conservancy in […]

United States to establish military base in Ghana

March 20, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Ghana has approved an agreement granting unrestricted access to US Military to use Ghanaian facilities as well as a wide-range of tax exemptions. The agreement […]

African leaders to sign the Continental Free Trade deal in Kigali

March 19, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) will hold an extraordinary meeting this week for the official launch of the African […]

ICC assigns judges to Kenyan leaders’ withdrawn cases

March 19, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Three Judges of the Trial Chamber IV at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have been assigned the withdrawn cases against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and […]

Canada to deploy helicopters and support troops to war-torn Mali

March 19, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

The Canadian government will send troops, helicopters and medical staff, to terrorism-stricken Mali later this year as part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission, a […]

South Sudan protests against UN peacekeeping mission

March 19, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

South Sudan government has protested the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan’s (UNMISS) in the war-stricken country. According to […]