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Jacob Zuma has been facing corruption allegations, which he denies Former South African president Jacob Zuma has up to Wednesday to suggest the penalty the country's highest court should impose if he were to be found guilty of contempt. The penalty relates to his ignoring of summons to appear before

Tanzanian auditor-general has revealed how the country's national airline revived by former President John Magufuli and touted as a success made big losses over the last five years. Charles Kicheere announced this while releasing the audit report for the 2019/2020 financial year, saying the airline had made losses of 150

Kenya has banned the importation of vaccines by private entities A private company that imported the Sputnik V vaccine to Kenya is seeking to re-export it back to Russia. This comes a week after the health ministry banned the importation, distribution and administration of Covid-19 vaccines by private entities. Dominic

President Samia has said government must not be seen to curtail media freedom Tanzania has clarified that the lifting of a media ban announced by the country's new president only applies to online television. President Samia Suluhu Hassan had on Tuesday directed authorities to lift a ban on media outlets, imposed

AlShabaab terrorists are a threat to East Africa. They have previously killed UPDF Soldiers in Somalia. East Africa—a key security partner in the war on terror and a principal engine of economic development on the African continent—is being critically undermined by illicit trade, according to the new report An Unholy

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva  The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on April 1, 2021 a third tranche of grants for debt service relief for 28 member countries under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT). This approval follows two prior tranches approved on April 13,

Kenya has joined calls for an enhanced International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout for poor countries that would see the multilateral lender increase special drawing rights (SDRs) limits that would ease the balance of payments for Covid-19 hit economies. Rich countries have been printing trillions of dollars to support businesses and

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved 38-month arrangements under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Kenya in an amount equivalent to SDR 1.655 billion (305 percent of quota or about US$2.34 billion-UShs8.5 Trillion) to support the next phase of the authorities’ COVID-19 response and