More than $16m (£12m) in cash and luxury watches were seized at an airport in Brazil in the luggage of a delegation accompanying the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, local media has reported. Teodorin Nguema Obiang, vice-president of Equatorial Guinea and son of its longtime president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema,
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Kagame Pardons 2,000 Prisoners Including Opposition Figure Victoire Ingabire
Rwanda has pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners, including a top opposition figure, Victoire Ingabire (in featured photo). Ingabire of the FDU-Inkingi party, has been serving a 15-year jail term for threatening state security and "belittling" the 1994 genocide. She has been a leading critic of President Paul Kagame and says
Read MoreSouth Sudan warring parties have signed a final power-sharing agreement meant to end five years of civil war. The ceremony on Wednesday evening in the Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, follows an agreement reached last month by President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar. It was a “final final” deal,
Read MoreWorld hunger rose in 2017 for a third consecutive year, fueled by conflict and climate change, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, jeopardizing a global goal to end the scourge by 2030. Hunger appears to be increasing in almost all of Africa and in South America, with 821 million people
Read MoreSouth Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has dismissed reports of a plot to oust President Cyril Ramaphosa, calling them blatant lies and shameless gossip. South Africa's Sunday Times said it had evidence that senior ANC officials were plotting with the country's former President Jacob Zuma. The paper published a
Read MoreWest Criticises China Over Its Debt Policy In ‘New Scramble For Africa’
A war of words is emerging between China and the West over who has the best interests of Africa at heart when it comes to vitally needed investment. With political analysts talking about a ‘new scramble for African resources’ following the high level meeting in China attended by 54 African
Read MoreJack Ma, China’s richest man, is laying the groundwork for a future away from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the company he co-founded and turned into an e-commerce juggernaut, Bloomberg reports. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, the Alibaba chairman said he is dedicating more of his time and fortune to
Read MoreBy Reuters South Africa’s economy will soon recover from its recession, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday and repeated promises for a stimulus package to reignite growth. Ramaphosa took power in February and staked his reputation on reviving the economy of South Africa, the continent’s most industrialized country, after a
Read MoreAfrican leaders attending this week’s summit with China don’t think that cooperation between the continent and Beijing has added to their debt burden, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Thursday. Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged $60 billion to African nations at Monday’s opening of a China-Africa forum on cooperation,
Read MoreKyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine will today address an international press conference in Washington DC to “Am going to hold International Press Conference in Washington DC today and my international lawyer Robert Amsterdam at 10:00 EST and 17:00 local Kampala time,” Bobi Wine said in
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