Chad’s former prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra was placed in provisional detention Wednesday nearly a week after his arrest on suspicion of inciting hatred, his lawyers said.Masra faced off against President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno in presidential elections a year ago, winning 18.5 percent against Deby’s 61.3 percent but claimed victory.One of Deby’s …
Kenya has admitted to assisting in the kidnapping of a Ugandan opposition leader on its soil last year, prompting his lawyer to accuse Nairobi of acting like a “rogue state.”Kizza Besigye, 68, who appeared in court for the latest hearing of his treason trial on Wednesday, was abducted by armed men in the heart of the …
Algeria and France are currently experiencing their worst crisis since the former French colony won independence in 1962, said the author of a landmark report on France’s legacy in the north African nation.It will take painstaking work, including on historical grievances, to restore trust, Benjamin Stora, one of the world’s leading experts on French-Algerian history, …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will seek to reset ties with Donald Trump and Elon Musk Wednesday after Washington’s unfounded claims of “genocide” against white Afrikaners sent relations plunging.Ramaphosa is bringing two of South Africa’s top golfers, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, and its richest man Johann Rupert, to the Oval Office in a bid …
S.Africa’s Ramaphosa woos Trump, Musk after tensionsWed, 21 May 2025 15:10:02 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s finance minister presented Wednesday a third version of the 2025 budget after being forced to backtrack on a proposed increase in value-added tax that threatened to split the coalition government. Africa’s most industrialised nation will now look towards hiking fuel prices to cover the budget deficit, minister Enoch Godongwana told parliament. Tax revenue projections had …
Third time lucky? South Africa presents revised budgetWed, 21 May 2025 14:44:30 GMT Read More »
Two of South Africa’s top golfers and its richest businessman are in the delegation meeting US President Donald Trump Wednesday in a bid to mend tattered bilateral ties, the presidency said.President Cyril Ramaphosa will be joined by four cabinet ministers at the Washington talks that South Africa hopes will reset relations and save trade with …
S.Africa golf stars, richest man to join Trump talksWed, 21 May 2025 14:07:22 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s competition authority announced Wednesday it had approved the buyout of Africa’s largest pay TV enterprise MultiChoice by France’s Canal+, which wants to expand its footprint on the continent.The merger, which has been in the works for nearly a year, needs the final go-ahead from the commission’s Competition Tribunal, it said in a statement. Canal+ …
Canal+ buyout of S.Africa’s MultiChoice one step closerWed, 21 May 2025 10:37:58 GMT Read More »
Kenya has admitted it assisted in the kidnapping of a Ugandan opposition leader on its soil last year as he appeared in court for the latest hearing of his treason trial on Wednesday.Kizza Besigye, 68, was abducted by armed men in the heart of the Kenyan capital Nairobi in November and re-emerged a few days …
Kenya admits role in kidnapping of Uganda opposition leaderWed, 21 May 2025 09:18:13 GMT Read More »
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets Donald Trump on Wednesday amid tensions over Washington’s resettlement of white Afrikaners that the US president claims are the victims of “genocide.”The Trump administration’s admission of around 50 white South Africans last week — even as it halts refugee arrivals from most of the rest of the world — …
Tanzanian authorities have detained a leading Kenyan activist and a Ugandan journalist who tried to attend an opposition leader’s treason trial, a rights group said Tuesday.Amnesty International said that Boniface Mwangi — a prominent campaigner against corruption and police violence in Kenya — and Ugandan journalist Agatha Atuhaire were being held in “secret” after being …
