Legal Confusion As Millions of SIM Cards Blocked

Citizen

Legal confusion has surfaced over the biometric Sim card registration exercise - with the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) coming under attack for what critics… Read more »

Is Anti-Corruption Drive Real or Cosmetic? [analysis]

VOA

Angola's president, Joao Lourenco, quickly earned an impressive nickname after he swept into office in 2017 and launched an anti-corruption drive after 38 years of cronyism under… Read more »

Kenyatta Secures U.S.$1.6 Billion Investment Deals in London

Nation

President Uhuru Kenyatta has secured major investment deals worth over Sh170.8 billion in the ongoing UK-Africa Investment Summit in London. Read more »

Billionaire Deji Adeleke Lavishes U.S.$65 Million On New Private Jet

This Day

It doesn't need pointing out that wealth affords its handlers a lot of perks, privileges, and bragging rights, and why not? They worked for it. But that has never deterred other… Read more »

Landmark Court Ruling Highlights Crisis in Cities and Towns [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

A high court in South Africa has passed a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications for municipalities that fail to carry out their constitutional duty to citizens. Read more »

Talks With Barrick Gold Still On, Tanzania Government Says

Citizen

The government says it was still negotiating with Barrick Gold Corporation despite missing the December 31, 2019 deadline for the negotiations. Read more »

U.S. Diplomat's Remarks Stir Controversy in Cameroon

VOA

There have been mixed reactions in Cameroon to the meeting between the top U.S. diplomat to Africa, Tibor Nagy, and opposition leader Maurice Kamto, who says he was the rightful… Read more »

Anthrax Kills 177 Cattle, Infects 87 People

The Herald

Eighty-seven people have been hospitalised after eating meat from cattle affected by anthrax. Read more »

Ramaphosa Promises End to Employing Poorly Qualified, Politically Connected People

News24Wire

While struggling state-owned enterprises such as Eskom and SAA are diminishing the state's capacity, the practice of parachuting poorly qualified, but politically connected, people… Read more »

145 Cases of Suspected Cholera Reported

Dalsan Radio

The Ministry of Health of Somalia has announced 145 new suspected cases of cholera, with one death reported, for epidemiological week 2 (6-12 January 2020). The cumulative total… Read more »

Rwanda to Scrap Visa Fees for Over 90 Countries

New Times

Rwanda is considering scrapping visa fees for citizens of the Commonwealth, as well as the African Union and La Francophonie member countries, President Paul Kagame has announced. Read more »

Counting Losses - Blocking Unregistered SIM Cards...

Citizen

The government - as well as telecommunication companies, commercial banks, utility bodies, mobile money agencies and individuals - will be counting losses as about 20.4 million… Read more »

Calls for International Investigation of Isabel Dos Santos's Wealth

Deutsche Welle

Angolans are calling for an international investigation into the world-wide dealings that allowed Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the former president, to become the richest… Read more »

How Africa's Richest Woman Used Family Ties, Shell Companies, Inside Deals to Build Empire

Premium Times

She spun a story the world wanted to believe: a self-made billionaire who had risen in a male-dominated business world in an African country ravaged by civil war and poverty. Read more »

2022 World Cup Qualifiers - Super Eagles Get 'Easy' Draw

Premium Times

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been given a seemingly easy draw in the race for qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar. Read more »