Wealthy businessman appointed leader in Haiti as gangs threaten to overthrow government/in /by
A wealthy businessman on Thursday became the head of Haiti's transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order in the troubled country as a top gang leader underscored the challenges facing the nation by vowing to overthrow the government.
Egypt seeks to renew cooperation with Sudan/in /by
Egypt and Sudan discussed the Nile River and cooperation during a visit to Cairo by Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil al-Taib Idris on Thursday.
Ivory Coast marks 65th independence anniversary with military parade/in /by
Just a week after the Ivorian president announced his intention to run for a controversial fourth term this October, supporters and members of his administration gathered in the central city of Bouaké to mark the country’s 65th independence anniversary with a military parade.
Nigeria: FG Should Have Sold Refineries to Dangote – Rewane/in /by
[Daily Trust] Foremost Economist and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company (FDC), Mr. Bismark Rewane, has said the Federal Government should have sold the government-owned refineries to the Dangote Industries Limited.
Tanzania: Tanzania Sees a 121percent Rise in Firms Importing Fuel/in /by
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE Joint Petroleum Procurement Agency (PBPA) has observed a substantial increase in the number of companies involved in the fuel importation process in the country.
Senegal, Turkey deepen cooperation in key sectors/in /by
Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko met with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday
Air ambulance crashes near Kenya’s capital killing 6/in /by
AMREF Flying Doctors said that the mid-size jet, a Cessna Citation XLS, took off from an airport in Nairobi and was heading to the territory of Somaliland when it crashed
South Africa: Uproar as accused in pig farm murder case walks free/in /by
Adrian De Wet was one of three men facing murder charges after two Black women were killed at a farm and their bodies fed to pigs near Polokwane in Limpopo province last year
Liberia: ‘Smuggling’ of ‘Political Goods’ to Guinea Persists Amid Price Hikes in Liberia/in /by
[Liberian Observer] The "smuggling" of cement, rice, and petroleum products--classified by the government as "political goods"--continues to escalate across Liberia's borders, raising concerns about commodity shortages and soaring prices in local markets.
Zambia says mining area hit by acid spill safe from contamination/in /by
It followed a US embassy alert Wednesday which warned of 'hazardous and carcinogenic substances' in Chambisi, an area in northern Zambia affected by a spill from a copper processing plant in February