Botswana To Deport Anti-gay US Pastor Steven Anderson

 Botswana is to deport a controversial US pastor a week after he was barred from South Africa because of his critical remarks about homosexuality.A government statement did not say why Steven An…

MTN scraps mobile money business in South Africa

South African mobile phone operator, MTN Group, on Thursday scrapped its local mobile money business due to its high operating cost.MTN said, in a statement in Johannesburg, that the business was no …

South Africa bans anti-gay American pastor from visiting

South Africa on Tuesday banned a Holocaust-denying, anti-gay American pastor from entering the country, after an outcry from rights groups over his characterisation of gays as "sodomites"? and "paedo…

Zambia's Edgar Lungu sworn in after disputed vote

Zambian President Edgar Lungu said on Tuesday after being sworn in for a new five-year term that he would focus on unlocking agricultural potential in his tropical nation to reduce its dependence on …

Sudan's Bashir says peace has returned to Darfur

 President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday declared that peace had returned to Sudan's war-torn Darfur despite a deadlock in African Union-brokered ceasefire talks and persistent fighting that has d…

Gabon justice minister resigns, calls for vote recount

Gabon's justice minister resigned on Monday, in the first high-level defection after days of violence following incumbent Ali Bongo's disputed re-election, as the opposition leader called for a gener…

The office of Gabon's President Ali Bongo on Thursday accused the camp of his rival in the just-concluded disputed election, Jean Ping, of planning "coordinated attacks on symbols of the state"?.This…

Kenya's anti-corruption boss steps down after accusations of conflict of interest in corruption case

After being recommended for removal from office by lawmakers over an alleged conflict of interest between his family business and another state-run agency, the Chairman of Kenya's anti-graft body, Ph…

Prosecutors lose appeal to have Judge extend Oscar Pistorius' jail term

South African state prosecutors have failed to convince a Judge to add more years to Oscar Pistorius' prison sentence.The former Paralympian who shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp in 201…

ANC loses Jo'Burg for the first time in 22years

South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, ANC, has lost control of the country's largest city and economic centre, Johannesburg, for the first time in 22 years.This comes after the …

Zambian President is re-elected as opponent cries foul

Zambian President, Edgar Lungu, narrowly won re-election on Monday in a vote described by his main rival as being rigged.Hakainde Hichilema's United Party for National Development (UPND), accused ele…

AU appoints GEJ to lead Elections Observation Mission to Zambia

The African Union, AU, has appointed former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan,  to lead its Election Mission, the African Union Elections Observation Mission, AUEOM, to the Zambian gener…

25 Years after, AU finally launches long-awaited e-passport

 The long awaited African Union (AU) passport was on Sunday launched at the opening ceremony of the 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the AU Summit in Kigali, Rwanda.The Assembly is made …

How Abacha gave me $2m only- Jerry Rawlings

18 years after the death of former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, former Ghanaian President, Jerry Rawlings has revealed how he received an unsolicited $2m from the former dictator.In a…

Outbreak of violence in South Sudan leaves 272 dead

Violence has broken out in South Sudan's capital city, Juba, due to a conflict between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and forces loyal to the Vice President, Riek Machar.So far, 272 lives have …

Pistorius, sentenced to 6years in jail

Disgraced South African amputee athlete, Oscar Pitorius AKA the Blade Runner, who rose to fame during the 2012 Olympics, was on Wednesday sentenced to 6years behind bars, for the 2013 Valentine's Day…

11 Killed In Congo Fighting

 Eleven people have been killed in fighting between the Congolese army and an armed group in the east of the country, the army said on Tuesday.Clashes between the army and the Patriotic Resistan…

DR Congo warlord Bemba jailed over war crimes

   The International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail for charges of rapes and murders in Central African Republic o…

Egypt's former president Morsi sentenced to life

An Egyptian court has sentenced former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to life in prison in an espionage trial in which six of his co-defendants were handed death penalties. The court acquitted…

Al Shabaab Kills 43 in Attack on Ethiopian Base in Somalia

Somalia al Shabaab militants confirmed killing 43 soldiers on Thursday, when their fighters rammed a suicide car bomb into a base of Ethiopian troops serving with the African Union's AMISOM force.Res…