Nigeria’s customs chief on Monday said a ban on goods coming into the country across its land borders will last as long as it takes for neighbours to stem the flow of smuggled merchandise. “For now, all goods illegal or legal remain banned from being imported into Nigeria through the land borders,” Hameed Ali, comptroller […]
The African free trade plan is significant move in the continent’s pursuit of economic integration, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. Speaking at the opening address of the Financial Times Africa Summit in London on Monday – a gathering of investors, business people and decision makers – Ramaphosa said the free trade plan would develop a […]
“Wait and see for yourself: the sky is the limit,” said the man halfway up the trailer. He was loading more and more goods on what already appeared to be a mountain of luggage, GroundUp reported. We were about to set off for a journey to Rusape, a town about 250km west of Harare in […]
A lawyer appointed by the United Nations to probe the mysterious 1961 plane crash death of secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold said on Monday that the United States, Britain and South Africa were withholding information. Tanzanian lawyer Mohamed Chande Othman said in a report released by current Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that he would need more time to […]
UN forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have sent three aircraft to help search for a DRC government cargo plane with eight people on board missing since Thursday. The plane, which had been supplying equipment for a visit to Goma by President Felix Tshisekedi, disappeared after taking off in bad weather from the eastern […]
Four civilians and three soldiers have been killed in attacks in northeastern Nigeria blamed on jihadist fighters, local residents and militias said on Saturday. Gunmen suspected of belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP group raided a military post in the town of Gajiganna in Borno State late Friday, triggering a gunbattle. “The […]
A Zimbabwean company planted the country’s first authorised hemp crop on Friday at a prison in the capital Harare after the production of industrial cannabis was legalised last month. The Zimbabwe Industrial Hemp Trust (ZIHT sowed six varieties of industrial cannabis, also known as hemp, saying it chose a prison yard out of “convenience” as […]
Receding water levels at Kariba Dam have meant the two countries that generate electricity from it have to look elsewhere for power supplies. But if climate change has its way, the two countries might lose another key economic contributor and major tourist attraction – Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe and Zambia both generate most of their power […]
Zimbabwe is now a hyperinflation economy, according to the Public Accountants and Auditors Board, which is mandated to regulate auditing and accounting standards in the southern African country. According to the PAAB, in a statement released Friday, entities in Zimbabwe must now apply IAS 29 in their financial reporting, effective July 1, 2019. IAS 29 […]
A prominent Moroccan feminist activist has been arrested for alleged public drinking and disturbance of order, in what her association called an attempt to quash its campaigning for abortion access and LGBT rights. An online campaign was launched soon after Ibtissam Lachgar’s arrest on Friday in Rabat, demanding her release. Lachgar’s group Alternative Movement for […]
Three researchers won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for the development of lithium-ion batteries, paving the way for smartphones and a fossil fuel-free society. John Goodenough of the United States – at 97 the oldest person to be awarded a Nobel prize – Britain’s Stanley Whittingham, and Japan’s Akira Yoshino will share the 9m […]
The son of poor villagers, a spy boss, and now the man behind dizzying attempts to reform Africa’s fastest-growing economy and heal wounds with Ethiopia’s neighbours, Abiy Ahmed has seen an unpredictable and peril-strewn rise to fame. Another chapter was added to his remarkable tale on Friday when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. […]
Gunmen on Thursday kidnapped a school principal in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, his deputy said, a week after six female students and two staff at another school were seized for ransom. Around 20 assailants stormed the Government Technical Secondary School in Kajuru overnight and hauled away Francis Maji, deputy principal Andrew Auta told AFP. “The […]
Mercedes-Benz is responding to customers who require more features in a smaller SUV package. Although it was the original GLE (launched as the ML), which established Mercedes-Benz’s luxury SUV product line in the late 1990s, customers are now looking to buy-down. This means a migration from GLE to GLC. DRIVEN | Mercedes-Benz launches its new […]
Ghana has charged nine people with treason for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government, in a rare case for one of West Africa’s most stable democracies. The suspects, who were arrested in a security operation last month, pleaded not guilty as they appeared in court in the capital Accra on Wednesday. They include four military […]
Doctors in Zimbabwe are continuing to strike, defying a government order to return to work. They have rejected a 60% pay rise, saying it is not enough to keep up with soaring prices. But with the economy in free fall, patients needing treatment are also suffering. The strike is the latest in a string of […]
Five rhino poachers who were wanted for cases in Kwazulu-Natal have been arrested in Hazyview, Mpumalanga, police said on Saturday. Police officers had arrest warrants for the men after they were linked to rhino poaching by means of forensics and ballistics, said Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane. They were linked to the death of rhinos and […]
Nine Botswana rhinos have been poached since April, the government said on Wednesday, an unprecedented rate of one per month that could see rhinos wiped out in the southern African country by 2021. The thousands of rhinos that once roamed Africa and Asia have been culled by poaching and habitat loss. Very few are found […]
One of the world’s rarest monkeys has been born at an Australian zoo. The male Francois’ Langur with its distinctive orange fur was born at Sydney’s Taronga zoo last week and has not yet been named. Critically-endangered, the animal is only found in China and Vietnam where it is threatened by poachers and loss of […]
The Egyptian capital’s Giza zoo has announced the death of its last elephant, Naima, who spent around 36 of her 40 years in captivity. The African elephant, a star of the neglected zoo, died Sunday after suddenly falling ill, a day after having been active and playing with visitors. “Top veterinarians… gave her the required […]
A policeman was stoned to death Tuesday in Malawi during clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters ahead of President Peter Mutharika’s first public meeting since a disputed election, police said. A wave of protests over the May poll has gripped Malawi since May and Msundwe – a trading outpost west of the capital – has […]
Zimbabwean hoteliers are counting the losses from business disruptions caused by demonstrations earlier this year, with African Sun – which operates hotels in Victoria Falls and Harare – saying foreign occupancy levels are down 19%. Zimbabweans staged violent demonstrations in January after the government hiked fuel prices. Government sent in security forces to crack down […]
Ethiopian Airlines Group would consider buying a stake in South African Airways – should South Africa decide to sell equity in the struggling state carrier. SAA hasn’t made a profit since 2011 and last week delayed the release of annual earnings due to its precarious financial state. While the ruling African National Congress has frequently […]
An Ethiopian Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Dakar with one of its engines on fire, though all 90 passengers and crew were unharmed, airport and airline officials said. The Boeing 767 aircraft had just taken off from Dakar airport en route to Addis Ababa when the pilot asked to return and make an […]
Doctors striking in Zimbabwe for pay hikes defied a government order to resume work on Monday and asked the UN and private businesses to help fund their return to the wards. The doctors are in the second month of a strike over salaries which have dwindled to less than $100 per month in some cases […]