Armed security men have sealed off the Ondo state House of Assembly following an alleged plot to impeach the Speaker, Rt Hon. Bamidele Oloyelogun. This is coming a few hours after a letter purportedly written by the embattled Speaker announced his resignation. The letter, according to sources was hurriedly written by the speaker to escape […]
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Harare — As Zimbabweans prepare to cast their ballots in 2 months’ time, allAfrica takes a look at how the southern African country’s electoral process works. President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the country’s presidential and legislative elections will take place on August 23. The announcement comes at a time Zimbabwe struggles with a severe economic […]
Gauteng MEC for Transport and Logistics Kedibone Diale-Tlabela has strongly condemned the attacks on e-hailing drivers and burning of cars at Maponya Mall in Soweto on Thursday, 01 June 2023. This comes after an alleged confrontation between minibus taxi drivers and e-hailing drivers where it is alleged that minibus taxi drivers attacked e-hailing operators drivers […]
Marén de Klerk, the self-proclaimed paymaster in Namibia’s “Fishrot” corruption case, has been arrested in Paarl, South Africa, reports Mail & Guardian . De Klerk is wanted by the Namibian government for corruption and money laundering related to the Fishrot scandal . The Namibian government had requested De Klerk’s extradition, and he faces a maximum penalty of […]
A 55-year-old suspect will be appearing this morning, 02 June 2023 in Paarl Magistrates’ court following a joint operation by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation and Interpol wherein he was arrested for charges of racketeering, fraud, corruption and money laundering under an Interpol red notice. It is reported that during 2020, the complainants mandated […]
In commemoration of International Children’s Day, the Department of Social Development encourages all social partners, including parents, caregivers, civil society organisations and South Africans from all walks of life, to protect children against harmful practices. The commemoration, which is today, is observed under the theme, ‘Eliminating Harmful Practices Affecting Children’. Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu […]
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Liberia: Protest At Weah’s Jamaica Resort
Hundreds of citizens, including brokers, miners, and family members of a Liberian, who found a 53.3-carat diamond recently in Gbarpolu County, protest here before President George Weah’s Jamaica Resort entertainment center along the Roberts International Airport highway outside Monrovia, demanding the dismissal of the Assistant Minister of Mines Emmanuel T.T. Swen, for allegedly withholding the […]
Mombasa — Controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie implicated in the Shakahola cult forest massacre will be re-arraigned in court today after spending a month in police custody. Mackenzie together with seventeen other suspects are accused of influencing his followers to starve to death and so far, more than 240 bodies have been exhumed. The prosecution is […]
Namibian Fishrot Paymaster Arrested in South Africa for Extradition Marén de Klerk, the self-proclaimed paymaster in Namibia’s “Fishrot” corruption case, has been arrested in Paarl, South Africa, reports Mail & Guardian. De Klerk is wanted by the Namibian government for corruption and money laundering related to the Fishrot scandal. The Namibian government had requested De Klerk’s extradition, and […]
Government critic Ousmane Sonko was acquitted of rape charges but found guilty of “corrupting youth.” His trial has triggered street protests that left nine people dead. Nine people were killed in the protests that erupted following the sentencing of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, authorities said early on Friday. Interior Minister Antoine Felix Abdoulaye Diome […]
Government critic Ousmane Sonko was acquitted of rape charges but found guilty of “corrupting youth.” His trial has triggered street protests in Senegal. A Senegalese court sentenced on Thursday sentenced former presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko to two years in prison over “corrupting youth,” but acquitted him of rape charges. Sonko, who is particularly popular among […]
Harare — President Emmerson Mnangagwa has set August 23 as the long-awaited election date. A presidential runoff election, if necessary, was also scheduled for October 2 after the announcement in the government gazette. The election which will determine the makeup of the 300-seat parliament and over 2,000 local councils in addition to the presidency, comes […]
THE trial in which opposition lawmaker Job Sikhala is accused of inciting public violence in Nyatsime area to avenge Moreblessing Ali’s death will continue on June 12. This follows his request to give the State videos he intends to use in his defence case. Trial was stopped in March this year when the presiding magistrate […]
The Police in Nsangi are investigating a fatal accident which occurred in the wee hours of Thursday at St Lawrence Nakati, along the Kampala- Masaka highway. The accident happened after the driver of a bus UAL 881Z lost control of it and rammed into pilgrims from Makondo parish, Masaka District, who were on their way […]
Minister in the Presidency for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says 1 952 cases related to corruption at Eskom have been registered with the police since April last year. Ramokgopa was delivering the ministry’s Budget Vote Debate at Parliament’s Good Hope Chamber on Wednesday evening. Corruption, including state capture, has hampered the power utility and is […]
At least 100 wooden structures and metal containers were destroyed, displacing scores of people when fire engulfed a slum at Madina Ritz junction on Tuesday in Accra. The Ghanaian Times gathered that the slum had recorded nine fires within a spate of three years with the recent one, two weeks ago resulting in the death […]
The Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 29-year-old head porter to 60 months imprisonment for presenting a five-year-old girl for money ritual, at Pokuase, in the Greater Accra Region. Isaac Gabianu, convict, stole the victim at a public toilet in Accra and took her to a herbalist at Pokuase for ‘money sacrifice.’ The herbalist, however, […]
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Liberia: ‘Liberia Under Serious Curse’
The head of one of Liberia’s newly certificated political parties, Cllr. Luther N. Yorfee says the country is under a serious spiritual curse. Yorfee links the alleged spiritual curse to the unnecessary murder of former Liberian presidents Samuel Kanyon Doe, and William R. Tolbert, and the elimination of thirteen ex-government officials. Yorfee is the Vision […]