Corruption Allegations Rock Higher Education Ministry - South African News Briefs - April 29, 2024
allAfrica
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Shell - Nigerian Govt Develops Divestment Framework
Premium Times
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) said the framework, which consists of seven cardinal pillars, would also guide other similar investments in the… Read more »
Boakai Outmaneuvers Tenured Officials Following Court's Ruling
New Dawn
Following a recent Supreme Court opinion that went against his attempt to forcibly remove commissioners of the Liberia Telecommunication Authority and other tenure position holders… Read more »
'I Want to Give Peace a Chance' - Congo President Tshisekedi
DW
President Felix Tshisekedi was in Germany to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He spoke with DW exclusively about the ongoing Congo-Rwanda standoff, his country's first female… Read more »
UK Imposes Sanctions On Speaker, Others
Nile Post
The UK Government has slapped incredible raft of sanctions of Speaker of Parliament Anita Among for exercising "corruption at its worst and that has no place in society." Read more »
Defending Democracy, the Senegalese Way [analysis]
ISS
Senegal's people stood up to protect their democracy rather than wait for the military or external help. Read more »
Armed Police Besiege Office Of Suspended Officials
Liberian Observer
Armed officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP) on Friday, April 26, besieged the head office of Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) headquarters. The police's action,… Read more »
Coltart Slams Chamisa Loyalists for Handing Zanu-PF Seats 'On a Platter' in Saturday's By-Election
New Zimbabwe
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has criticised opposition legislators who resigned from their constituencies in solidarity with leader Nelson Chamisa thereby "donating" National… Read more »
UP Alarms National Emergency
New Dawn
Barely days from completing its first hundred days in office, the ruling Unity Party (UP) says the scramble for jobs among its partisans and political collaborators has become a… Read more »
Togo Heads to Polls Amid Claims of Power Grab By President Gnassingbé
RFI
Some four million Togolese are to vote Monday for legislative and regional elections that have been twice delayed. Opponents accuse longtime ruler Faure Gnassingbe of seeking to… Read more »
Nigerians Have Lost Trust in INEC - Yiaga
Premium Times
Yiaga Africa said despite the technological strides by INEC, citizens do not trust the umpire to conduct free and fair elections. Read more »
How the Mandela Myth Helped Win the Battle for Democracy in South Africa [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Political history scholar Jonny Steinberg's 2023 book Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is a double biography of South Africa's most famous political figures - Nelson… Read more »
A Slap in the Face of Liberian Veterans - Pres. Boakai Appoints Senegalese Kebe
FrontPageAfrica
As many Liberians struggle to find jobs in the country, President Joseph N. Boakai has appointed Senegalese Alioune Kebe as Ambassador-At-Large for Youth and Sports Development. Read more »
Nasarawa Approves N1bn for Gratuity Payment
Vanguard
Nasarawa State government has approved N1billion for payment of gratuities to over 1,000 retirees in the state. Read more »
Presidential Election - National Salvation Front Will Not Field Candidate
Tunis Afrique Presse
National Salvation Front President Ahmed Nejib Chebbi on Tuesday announced that the front will not field a candidate in the next presidential election, given the current situation,… Read more »