Somalia: Al Shabab militants attack A.U. peacekeepers’ base
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab group rammed a suicide car bomb into an African Union army base in southern Somalia, AMISOM, early Tuesday and stormed inside, an […]
Burundi
Burundi: Five Gov’t Officials Murdered
Five Burundi government officials have been killed by unidentified assailants since Sunday, police said on Thursday. “We have realized that people from institutions are being […]
Obama tells African leaders to respect presidential term limits
In the speech he delivered at the African Union on Tuesday, the US president Barack Obama called African leaders to respect presidential term limits. He […]
Burundians vote today despite violent protest
Around 3.8 million Burundians are eligible to vote in Burundi today despite international condemnation and thousands of people fleeing feared violence. Polls opened at 06:00 […]
U.N. must intervene in Burundi, Human-rights experts
Seven independent U.N. human rights investigators said on Thursday that the U.N. Security Council must intervene in Burundi to prevent mass atrocities and the risk of […]
Burundi: Uganda President starts mediation role
Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has started mediating talks between Burundi’s government and opposition groups to help ease tensions that have arisen over plans by President […]
Coffee giant Starbucks to open stores in Sub Saharan Africa in 2016
After it struck a deal with Taste Holdings on Tuesday, the coffee giant Starbucks says it will open stores in sub-Saharan Africa for the first […]
Tanzania earmarks $ 2 billion for roads construction in Dar Es-Salaam
The Tanzania government is planning to invest 4.394 trillion shillings ($ 2 billion) to build new road infrastructure and launch a rapid transit bus to […]
Equity Bank to open office in DR Congo
Leading kenyan commercial bank, Equity Bank plans to expand to Congo. The Bank’s banking group has announced that it would soon open office in DR […]
IFC and Ecobank to supports SMEs in Africa
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group and a leading pan-African full-service banking group, […]