October 30
Liberia: Public Works Minister Giddings Denies Spending $22 Million On Road Maintenance
Liberian Investigator
The Minister of Public Works, Roland Lafayette Giddings, has strongly refuted allegations that his ministry expended US$22 million on road maintenance across Liberia. Read more »
Ghana: Ghana's Vigilante Groups Increase From 27 to 72 - Security Expert
Ghanaian Times
The number of vigilante groups operating in the country has increased from 27 to about 72, as captured under the Vigilantism and Related Offences Act 2019 (Act 999), a security… Read more »
Kenya: Directors of an Unregistered Eldoret School Arrested for Administering Fake Kpsea Exams
Capital FM
Police in Eldoret have apprehended two directors of Silver Bells Academy for allegedly administering fake Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) exams to 23 pupils. Read more »
Nigeria: Court Stops Rivers Govt's Allocations
Premium Times
The court held that the receipt and disbursement of monthly allocations since January 2024 by Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is a constitutional somersault and… Read more »
Nigeria: Governor Sanwo-Olu Never Sued EFCC - Lagos Govt
Premium Times
Governor Sanwo-Olu never engaged any lawyer to file such a suit and had no reason to do so, a statement from the Lagos State Government has clarified. Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Hosts Annual Mano River Union Civil Peace Service Conference
Liberian Observer
Liberia is hosting the annual Mano River Union Civil Peace Service (MRUCPS) Conference, a gathering aimed at addressing the urgent issue of drug and substance abuse across the… Read more »
Nigeria: 'I've Never Had Sex With Male Teenager' - - Suspended RCCG Pastor
Premium Times
The famous youth pastor has been in the news in the last few days ever since a popular gossip blog alleged that he engages in same-sex relations with young men, allegedly offering… Read more »
Kenya: Court Declares Uasu Strike Unprotected, Defers Mention to November 28
Capital FM
The Employment and Labour Court has declared the lecturers' strike that began on Tuesday illegal, directing the government and lecturers to expedite negotiations pending a full… Read more »
Kenya: Drama As Kisumu County Employees Shield Finance Executive From Arrest in Contempt Case
Capital FM
Drama unfolded at the Kisumu High Court on Tuesday evening after Kisumu County Executive Committee Member for Finance, George Okong'o, narrowly avoided imprisonment. Read more »
Nigeria: Kidnapped Nigerian Professor Escapes From Captivity
Premium Times
The professor was kidnapped on Sunday evening along Opi-Nsukka- Ugwogo-Nike Road in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. Read more »
South Africa: Shocking Non-Compliance With Provisions of Domestic Violence Act At Police Station-Level [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The Portfolio Committee on Police is extremely dismayed by the South African Police Service's level of non-compliance with prescripts of the Domestic Violence Act The committee… Read more »
South Africa: Minister Notes Competition Tribunal's Decision On Vodacom, Maziv Merger
SAnews.gov.za
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister, Parks Tau, has noted the order issued by the Competition Tribunal prohibiting the proposed merger between Vodacom (Pty) Ltd and Maziv… Read more »
Gambia: Man Who Hypnotised Police Officer Gets 4 Years Imprisonment
The Point
One Ebou Sanneh was yesterday convicted and sentenced to a mandatory jail term of 4 years imprisonment for hypnotising a police officer, Siga Faal, and stole some items from her. Read more »
Malawi: General Namathanga Awarded Merit in Leadership By African Bar Association
Nyasa Times
Retired General Peter Namathanga of Malawi has been honored with the Merit in Leadership Award by the African Bar Association during its annual conference held on October 28, 2024,… Read more »
South Africa: Mandela Relative and Traditional Leader, Mtirara, Gunned Down in Eastern Cape Crime Spree
Daily Maverick
The MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Eastern Cape has described the assassination of a local chief and rape of five school girls in Bityi outside… Read more »
Zimbabwe: DNA Testing Nails Madzibaba Ishmael
The Herald
The leader of Johane Masowe eChishanu Gorejena Penyeranyika Sect, Ishmael Chokurongerwa, yesterday appeared in court on allegations of raping and impregnating three 14-year-old… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Serial Rapist, Robber Sentenced to 60 Years
The Herald
A 21-year-old Harare man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for raping two women and committing three robberies. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Internal Audit Betrays Man Using Fake Certificate
The Herald
A Harare internal auditor has been fined $300 for using a fake certificate to secure his job at the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC). Read more »
Zimbabwe: Chimombe, Mpofu Hearing Deferred Again
The Herald
The defence team in the case of businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, accused of US$7 million fraud in a goat contract with the Government, wants to call four witnesses to… Read more »
Kenya: Police Boss Assures Tatu City Residents, Businesses of Security
Capital FM
Inspector General (IG) of the National Police Service (NPS), Douglas Kanja Kirocho, has assured residents and businesses in Tatu City of enhanced security measures. Read more »
October 29
Congo-Kinshasa: Former President Kabila Wants to Block Revision of Constitution
allAfrica
Joseph Kabila, former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is launching a "call to mobilize the Congolese people" to ensure the failure of incumbent President… Read more »
South Africa: Home Affairs Official Bust in Fake Marriage Scam - South African News Briefs - October 29, 2024
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Somalia: Somalia Expels Ethiopian Diplomat
VOA
Somalia has declared an Ethiopian diplomat working in Mogadishu a persona non grata. Read more »
Kenya: Finance Act Declared Constitutional By Supreme Court
Capital FM
The Supreme Court has overturned a Court of Appeal (CoA) decision that had declared the Finance Act 2023 unconstitutional. Read more »
Chad: Chad President Launches Operation to Fight Boko Haram After Attack Kills Over 40 Troops
VOA
Chad's President Mahama Idriss Deby has launched a security operation to track and neutralize several hundred Boko Haram fighters who attacked and killed on Sunday more than 40… Read more »
