Corruption
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Tax evasion, theft cost Africa $89b annually – UN
AljazeeraAfrica has lost nearly $89bn a year in illicit financial flows such as tax evasion and theft, amounting to more than it receives in development aid, a United Nations study has showed.The estimate, in the United Nations Conference on...
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Corruption: South African healthcare workers , threaten strike
South African healthcare workers have protested against poor working conditions and urged the government to end corruption in the purchase of COVID-19 personal protective equipment.The protesters gathered Thursday in Pretoria and Cape Town, charging that the lives of healthcare...
Nigeria News
Corronavirus palliatives in Nigeria: Tales of corruption and deception
Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are in agony over the distribution of the palliatives running into millions of naira as allegations of thuggery; partiality and wanton corruption mar the exercise. AfricanQuarters investigatesBlessing John was eight months...
Southern Africa
Son of Angola’s ex-leader handed 5 yrs jail term in $500m graft case
Angolan Supreme Court sentenced Jose Filomeno Dos Santos, son of former Angolan president Eduardo Dos Santos to five years in prison over a $500 million corruption case, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported on Friday.Jose Filomeno dos Santos, the...
Business & Finance
Angola’s Isabel dos Santos steps down from Unitel
Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos will leave her job in the administration of telecoms operator Unitel amid ongoing tensions between board members, Portugal’s news agency Lusa reported on Tuesday.“After 20 years dedicated to the creation, development and success of...
Southern Africa
After arrest, Zimbabwean novelist decries state “chokehold”
Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker arrested at recent protests accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government on Tuesday of holding its people in a repressive “chokehold” as they endured an economic emergency.Tsitsi Dangarembga, whose latest book “This Mournable Body” has been...
Southern Africa
CIVICUS, others condemn Zimbabwe continued crackdown on critics
Zimbabwe’s military and police continue the arrests of scores of critics/opposition figures after last week's aborted anti-government protest, according to reports.Global civil society alliance CIVICUS has condemned the action of the government, describing it as barbaric, the group also...
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe police intensifies crackdown on journalists, opposition, scores arrested
Zimbabwean police has intensified crackdown on opposing voices in the wake of opposition defiance to embark on protest over corruptions in the President Mnangagwa led Zanu-PF government.Scores of protesters were arrested Friday including the award-winning Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga...
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe businesses closed, streets deserted on day of protests
Zimbabwe’s businesses were shut and streets deserted in the capital Harare early on Friday as security forces increased patrols to stop anti-government protests called by activists over corruption and economic hardship.President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is under pressure to revive...
Southern Africa
A day before planned protest, Zimbabwe shutdown streets, shops
Zimbabwe’s security forces on Thursday cleared people off streets of the capital Harare and forced shops to close, a day before planned anti-government protests during the worst economic crisis in nearly a decade.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has struggled to keep...
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Libya rivals agree steps for interim government
Libya political Dialogue team have adopted a mechanism to select and appoint the next executive authority that will rule...