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Angolan inflation rises from 20.3% in February to 23.6% in March

Angolan inflation rises from 20.3% in February to 23.6% in March

Angola’s Central Bank. (Bloomberg) According to the statistics agencies of Nigeria and Angola, Inflation keeps rising in Africa’s top two oil producers, driven by food prices. Angola’s inflation in March rose to 23.6% year-on-year from 20.3% in February. This comes on the back of rising healthcare, food and drink prices, the country’s bureau of statistics said on Wednesday. Month-on-month, prices…

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Mali extends state of emergency until 15 July

Mali extends state of emergency until 15 July

The Malian government has extended the state of emergency in the country until July 15. The objective – According to a government press release – is to continue the fight against terrorism in the face of attacks from the jihadists. A state of emergency was declared by the Malian authorities last year and then extended following a vote in the National Assembly. “Through the adoption of a draft…

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Nigeria: Chibok girls shown alive in new Boko Haram video

Nigeria: Chibok girls shown alive in new Boko Haram video

A new video released by Boko Haram appears to show some of the schoolgirls kidnapped two years ago from the town of Chibok. BBC reports. The video, apparently the first footage to be seen since May 2014, was sent to the Nigerian government and shows 15 girls in black robes identifying themselves as pupils abducted from the school. “Proof of Life” video shows Chibok schoolgirls are alive and well…

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Uganda's sole radiotherapy unit breaks down

Uganda’s sole radiotherapy unit breaks down

Ugandans were alarmed on Friday to news that the only working radiotherapy machine in the country – serving 75 percent of the country’s cancer patients – had broken down, meaning Cancer patients in Uganda may have to wait for as long as two years to get their radiotherapy treatment. The Cobalt-60 machine was donated to Mulago National Referral Hospital in 1995 by the International Atomic Energy…

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South Africa and Xenophobia

South Africa and Xenophobia

Last month‚ at least one person was killed in Katlehong‚ on Gauteng’s East Rand‚ after being caught up in a service delivery protest, as reported by Timeslive of South Africa. At least seven people were killed after violence started in Isipingo‚ south of Durban‚ in early April last year‚ and spread to Johannesburg. Xenophobic attacks In May 2008, at least 62 people lost their lives and hundreds…

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Central African Republic Gets New Government

Central African Republic Gets New Government

Faustin-Archange Touadera (C) is seen speaking to the media in downtown Bangui, Central African Republic, Jan. 5, 2013. (VOA) The recently elected president of the Central African Republic, unveiled his first cabinet in an effort to bring about reconciliation to his country following years of sectarian violence. State-owned radio announced Monday, that Touadera named both political allies to the…

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African Development Week in Addis Ababa

African Development Week in Addis Ababa

African Ministers and leaders gathered in Addis Ababa at the annual joint AU-ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development closed their activities Tuesday, with the adoption of 17 resolutions that support Africa’s efforts towards implementing sustainable development goals. The Conference reaffirmed the need to align the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 20…

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Mogadishu car bomb kills 5 at local government HQ

Mogadishu car bomb kills 5 at local government HQ

A car bomb at local government headquarters in Mogadishu killed five people and wounded five, an official said, in an attack claimed by Somali Islamist group al Shabaab. Al Shabaab has frequently attacked government targets, hotels and restaurants in the capital since being pushed out by African Union peacekeeping forces in 2011 and rebasing in the country’s south. “We are behind the governor HQ…

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The great escape: How Kenyatta and Ruto beat the ICC

The great escape: How Kenyatta and Ruto beat the ICC

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (L) and his Deputy William Ruto (R) In late 2010, about three years after the brutal post-election violence in Kenya that had killed more than 1,400 people, the slow-moving wheels of justice finally kicked into gear. With the Kenyan government struggling to prosecute by itself, it asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to step in, and they came up with a list…

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Japan's Africa ambitions

Japan’s Africa ambitions

[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hosted Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe for an official five-day visit in Tokyo. Abe has now met Mugabe three times, despite Harare’s isolation from the West – and, more acutely to Japan – especially the United States. Zimbabwe remains under a number of sanctions from the US and some European countries, which have repeatedly…

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Somalia Executes Al-Shabab Journalist

Somalia Executes Al-Shabab Journalist

Somalia has executed a journalist accused of helping al-Shabab to kill at least five journalists in the capital. Hassan Hanafi, who was accused of helping fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked group identify possible targets in the journalism community between 2007 and 2011. Hanafi, who was captured in neighbouring Kenya in 2014, was executed on Monday morning by a firing squad in Mogadishu after his…

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CIA Director: We Won't Waterboard Again - Even if Ordered by Future President

CIA Director: We Won’t Waterboard Again – Even if Ordered by Future President

CIA Director John Brennan, right, has dismissed the idea of waterboarding | Gabriella Demczuk/Getty Images CIA Director John Brennan said Sunday the intelligence agency will not engage in “enhanced interrogation” practices, including waterboarding — even if a future president demands it. Speaking to NBC News, Brennan said he “absolutely” would not agree to having “any CIA officer carrying out…

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To break or to build: The choice now facing Uganda’s opposition

To break or to build: The choice now facing Uganda’s opposition

‘When the going gets tough, the tough must get going Especially when leaders become misleaders and mentors become tormentors When freedom of expression becomes a target of suppression Opposition becomes our position’ – Bobi Wine, Situka (Rise up) Last Thursday afternoon, in downtown Kampala, a crowd of a hundred boda-boda (motorbike taxi) drivers gathered for a victory parade. To the front of…

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U.S. Navy officer charged with spying for China

U.S. Navy officer charged with spying for China

A U.S. Navy officer with access to sensitive U.S. intelligence faces espionage charges over accusations he passed state secrets, possibly to China and Taiwan, a U.S. official told Reuters on Sunday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, identified the suspect as Lieutenant Commander Edward Lin, who was born in Taiwan and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen, according a Navy…

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Chris Christie Endorses Donald Trump for President

Chris Christie Endorses Donald Trump for President

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered up the latest twist of the Republican presidential primary when he endorsed Donald Trump on Friday, saying the GOP frontrunner is “rewriting the playbook of American politics.” The backing from his vanquished primary opponent came the day after Trump found himself under fierce attack from Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz in the final debate before next week’s…

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Is Corruption Responsible for Africa's Migration Problem?

Is Corruption Responsible for Africa’s Migration Problem?

The claim by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) that the death toll of migrants from Africa trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to seek greener pastures abroad, mostly in Europe, has hit a whopping 438,000 figure and still counting, must be a worrying news to any true African. What is even more frightening is the IOM report that the staggering figure was recorded between January…

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Google Self-Driving Car Stoped by Police for Going Too Slowly

Google Self-Driving Car Stoped by Police for Going Too Slowly

A police officer in the tech giant’s Silicon Valley hometown pulled over the prototype car Thursday because it was going a traffic-tying 24 mph in a 35 mph zone. The officer spoke with the person in the driver’s seat but issued no citation, according to the Mountain View Police Department. Though the car was driving itself, state law requires a person to be able to intervene when the technology…