Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says assets acquired through corruption both locally and overseas have been frozen by the government and challenged the Judiciary to fast-track graft cases by reducing and eliminating what he described as frivolous explo…
MOZAMBIQUE REVISING GROWTH FORECAST DOWNWARDS
Mozambique’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Adriano Maleiane, has accepted that the government’s target for seven per cent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) this year is likely to be beyond reach. Speaking at the opening of a meeting of his Mini…
SOUTH AFRICA’S PUBLIC PROTECTOR SAYS COURT RULING SHOWS NO ONE ABOVE THE LAW
South Africa’s Public Protector (Ombudsman), Thuli Madonsela, has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s judgment relating to her report on upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s private residence at Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal Province.Chief Justice Mogoeng Mog…
BRITAIN TO COLLABORATE WITH NIGERIA IN SWITCH TO DIGITAL BROADCASTING
Britain will collaborate with Nigeria to fast-track the process of the switch-over from analogue to digital broadcasting in this country, says acting British High Commissioner (Ambassador) to Nigeria Simon Shercliff.Speaking when he led a British deleg…
WHISTLING INTERRRUPTS KENYAN PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT
Whistling by opposition lawmakers forced Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta to interrupt his annual State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday, obliging the Speaker to restore order.Kenyatta cut short his address moments after he started, when…
PROBE INTO SEXUAL ABUSE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC MUST ‘LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED’ – UN
The United Nations human rights chief has described the latest reports of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Central African Republic as “sickening,” calling for a thorough investigation into alleged conducts by UN and French troops, as well as local…