TV anchor cleared of murder gets top government job
A TV anchor who was acquitted of murder has now been hired for a senior job in the Kenyan government, to the astonishment of some in the country.
Category: Africa
Ghana’s deputy finance minister dies aged 45
Tributes are being paid to Ghana’s Deputy Finance Minister John Kumah, who died of an undisclosed illness on Thursday.
He was aged 45.
Senegal poll body allays fears over its readiness
It’s been a joyful mood in Senegal as the government finally fixed a day for the delayed presidential election.
Sale of meat banned in Kampala – reports
Animal authorities in Uganda have reportedly banned the sale of meat in the capital, Kampala, as part of restrictions to curb an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease, which affects animals.
CHADEMA wakaza mguu kwenye maandamano, wataja mkakati mpya wa maandamano0
Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) jana kilitangaza awamu nyingine ya maandamano yenye utofauti na awamu ya kwanza ya maandamano iliyomalizika hivi karibuni.
Wapandishwa kizimbani kwa kukutwa na sukari na mafuta ya magendo.
Wakazi saba wa Jijini Dar es Salaam, wamefikishwa katika Mahakama ya Hakimu Mkazi Kinondoni mbele ya mahakimu watatu tofauti wakikabiliwa na kesi ya uhujumu uchumi yenye mashtaka manne yakiwamo ya kusafirisha sukari na mafuta ya kupikia kwa magendo vyote vikiwa na thamani ya shilingi milioni 10.7.
Safu mpya ya uongozi wa ACT Wazalendo ilivyoweka kipaumbele cha uchaguzi ili kushika dola.
Wiki hii ilikuwa ni wiki ya hekaheka za vikao vya kamati kuu vya chama cha upinzani cha ACT Wazalendo, ambayo imeishia katika mkutano mkuu wa chama hicho ambao ulitambulisha safu ya viongozi wapya ikiwa ni sehehmu ya kupokezana kijiti kama ambavyo Katiba yao inawataka kufanya hivyo kila inapofika miaka mitano.
US court dismisses suit over child labour in DR Congo mines
A US federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit that alleged that five major tech companies were complicit in the use of child labour to mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Six dead after flash floods in Malawi
At least six people have died and four were injured from last week’s flash floods in central Malawi, local authorities said.
Ghanaian chef fails to break cooking marathon world record
Guinness World Records (GWR) has dismissed a Ghanaian chef’s attempt to break the world record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual, her team says.
