Liberia’s new president, former soccer star George Weah, pledged to cut his salary after the government’s revenue declined last year as the nation struggles to recover from the worst outbreak of Ebola yet, reports Bloomberg. Weah will reduce his pay and benefits by a quarter, he told lawmakers Monday in
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Jubilee party fired about 200 workers early last week, The Standard reports. Those affected by the changes include members of the secretariat, senior directors and county coordinators. This came as the officers resumed from the holidays on January 9, and was unexpected. This has seen most of the party operatives
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Kenya is emerging from a protracted presidential election process and seeing a return to political stability. Nonetheless, challenges will persist in 2018 for organisations operating in the country and East Africa more widely. High debt levels in Kenya and unpredictable policymaking in Tanzania are among the key risks for businesses
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African presidents reached a strong consensus to focus on regional integration, inclusive growth and youth empowerment in order to achieve continued and sustained growth on the continent at the Africa 2017 Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al Sisi hosted African heads of state and
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President Yoweri Museveni’s desire to have the ‘mushrooming’ government agencies scrapped off or merged will soon come to pass after a section of MPs backed the idea. Last Friday, some MPs issued aa30-day ultimatum to Government to merge, scrap and downsize public Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to curtail on
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President Yoweri Museveni has said he is optimistic that the economy of Uganda will grow sustainably as government has now got the facts. The President was speaking at the opening and review of the 5th phase of the Presidential Investors’ Round Table (PIRT) that took place on Wednesday at State
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government recruited fighters from a rebellion it defeated in 2013 to suppress protests by opponents of President Joseph Kabila in December last year, Human Rights Watch says in a new report. Senior Congolese security officials mobilized “at least 200 and likely many more” M23 combatants
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that multi-lateral agencies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund don’t work to advance developing countries, revealing that they are agents of colonialists. Museveni made the remarks on Friday during the 25th Joseph Mubiru Memorial Lecture held at Serena Hotel,
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To meet or not to meet President Yoweri Museveni over Constitutional Amendment Bill (No.2) 2017? That was the question that has left MPs on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee divided. During an internal Committee meeting held on Thursday at Parliament, Jacob Oboth, the Committee Chairperson rejected the proposal to
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Zimbabwe's ruling party has sacked President Robert Mugabe as its leader, officials say. Zanu-PF has instead appointed ex-Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who had been fired by Mr Mugabe two weeks ago. The sacking of Mr Mnangagwa had prompted an extraordinary chain of events as the military intervened to block Mr Mugabe,
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