Rescue workers pulled 18 bodies from the rubble after a plane crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo shortly after take-off on Sunday. The aircraft, operated by local company Busy Bee, was en route to the city of Beni, about
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Zimbabweans have reacted with disbelief to news that the government has approved plans to rename major roads and buildings after "national heroes" - including 10 streets named after President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured), BBC reports. Many of those honoured fought in the 1970s guerrilla war against white-minority rule and went on
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Measles has killed nearly 5,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019, authorities said, after the disease spread to all the provinces in the country. Close to a quarter of a million people have been infected this year alone. The World Health Organization (WHO) says this is the
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Israel's attorney general has charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three cases, the justice ministry says. Mr Netanyahu is alleged to have accepted gifts from wealthy businessmen and dispensed favours to try to get more positive press coverage. He has denied any wrongdoing
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The Global CEO and Chairman of The Coca-Cola Company, James Quincey culminated a tour of Africa last week. Accompanied by his extended leadership team, the visit was a testament of Coca-Cola’s commitment to Africa and its interest in the vast opportunity that the continent presents in driving the beverage company’s
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US President Donald Trump has written to the US Congress to advise that he was extending the state of national emergency against Burundi. The measure which restricts US travel, business and aid to a designated country was first imposed by Mr Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, in 2015. It was introduced after the
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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has appealed to the European Union (EU) to respect the sovereignty of African states. He accused the EU of continuously influencing how African countries define democracy, saying that whilst many African states are independent, they cannot practice their own ideologies of democracy. “Why
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A convicted internet fraudster has been placed under investigation in Nigeria for allegedly masterminding a "mega scam" from a maximum-security prison worth at least $1m (Shs3.86bn), BBC reports. Anti-corruption officials said Hope Olusegun Aroke (pictured) used a "network of accomplices" for the fraud. He was arrested in 2012 and has
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Half a million of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable families are set to benefit from a new US$451 million project to increase their resilience to climate shocks in the country’s poorest regions. For more than two decades, climate change has placed a major stress on the Ethiopian economy and on people’s livelihoods.
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African revenue tax authorities are meeting in Kampala to discuss ways of taxing mushrooming international online companies that have been dodging paying taxes in the past. This is being discussed at the 4th International Conference on Tax in Africa (ICTA) and the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF)’s 10th anniversary celebration
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