Monthly Archives: March, 2016

Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Sunday appealed to Tanzanians to work hard in order to enable the east African nation to lessen foreign donor dependence.  The head of state was speaking at a special Easter mass at the Azania...

Authorities in Mali have arrested two men believed to be linked to an al Qaeda attack on a beach resort town in neighboring Ivory Coast that killed 19 people earlier this month, military officials said on Sunday. Gunmen...

The Democratic Republic of Congo called for halving the size of the UN peacekeeping force in the country by the end of the year. The mandate for the 20,000-strong peacekeeping force expires in March, but the United Nations envisions...

Congo president Denis Sassou Nguesso extended his 32 years in power winning elections in the first round with 60 percent of the vote, the interior minister said on Thursday. Interior minister Raymond Zephyrin Mboulou announced the results on...

Zimbabwe on Wednesday gave foreign businesses until April 1 to comply with controversial equity laws that compel them to cede majority stakes to locals or risk closure. "The law is the law. The law must be adhered to," Indigenisation...

South Africa has launched a corruption probe into President Jacob Zuma's son Duduzane and the Guptas, a family of businessmen accused of wielding improper political influence, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. A spokesman for the elite 'Hawks'...

African football outsiders Sao Tome e Principe and Guinea-Bissau achieved rare Cup of Nations victories Wednesday as seven days of qualifying kicked off. A couple of late goals gave Sao Tome a dramatic 2-1 triumph over Libya while Guinea-Bissau...

The U.N. envoy to Libya said on Wednesday he had been forced to cancel a flight to Tripoli because he had not been granted landing rights by the self-declared government there. Martin Kobler said he had intended to...

Separatist guerrillas operating in Angola's oil-rich Cabinda enclave on Wednesday claimed to have shot dead around 30 Angolan government soldiers in March. Angolan authorities refused to comment on the claims which AFP could not independently verify. The Front...

At least seven people were killed in clashes Wednesday west of Tripoli between tribesmen and forces loyal to Libya's unrecognised government, an army officer said. The violence in the village of Touebiya, 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the capital,...