Beyond the Headlines
Inflation in South Africa accelerated to its highest level in 13 years in July, pushed mainly by surging food, transport and electricity prices, official data showed Wednesday as workers staged protests over the high cost of living. Consumer prices rose at an annual rate of 7.8 percent in July, up from 7.4 percent in […]
Fighting erupted between government forces and Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia on Wednesday, shattering a five-month truce between the warring sides. The renewed warfare follows both sides repeatedly blaming the other for a lack of progress towards negotiations to end the brutal 21-month conflict in Africa’s second most populous nation. The Tigray People’s Liberation […]
No fewer than 91 students from Zamfara state have been expelled by Cyprus International University over the failure of the Northwestern state government to pay the tuition and other fees. The students who are on state-sponsored scholarships in the university were evicted because Zamfara has not fulfilled the agreement for the scholarship signed some […]
Mali’s military junta has appointed a colonel, Abdoulaye Maiga, as the interim replacement for the country’s civilian prime minister, who has been admitted to hospital. Colonel Maiga is also a government spokesman and minister of territorial administration and decentralisation. His appointment was announced in a decree read on state television late Sunday. He provisionally […]
Kenya’s defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga has filed an online petition to the country’s top court, his lawyer told AFP Monday, challenging the result of the August 9 election that handed victory to his rival William Ruto. Odinga, a veteran opposition leader who ran with the backing of the ruling party, has rejected the […]
A drone was shot down over the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea on Saturday, a local official said. “The drone was shot down just above the fleet headquarters” in the city of Sevastopol, city governor Mikhail Razvojaev wrote on Telegram, blaming the attempt on Ukrainian forces. “It fell on the […]
The United Nations is set to end travel ban exemptions for 13 Taliban officials Friday, pending any deal by Security Council members on a possible extension, diplomats said. Under a 2011 UN Security Council resolution, 135 Taliban officials are subject to sanctions that include asset freezes and travel bans. But 13 of them were […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is in breach of its regional court’s order concerning payment of about N400 million judgement debt, PREMIUM TIMES reports. A firm, Vision Kam-Jay Investment Limited, was awarded a contract on November 11, 2014 for the supply, installation and maintenance of power and associated equipment at […]
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of Kenya says four members of the commission allegedly tried to tamper with the results of the just-concluded presidential election. IEBC said this in a press statement released on Wednesday. William Ruto, Kenya’s deputy president, was declared the winner of the country’s election after raking in 50.49 […]
Kenya’s president-elect William Ruto vowed Wednesday that his new administration would be transparent, saying there was no time to waste in meeting the “huge expectations” of Kenyans. Ruto, who has served as deputy president for the last nine years, was on Monday declared the winner of the August 9 poll in a race against […]
