Category: Rest of Africa

Guinea's governing junta led by Col Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power in a 2021 coup, have made the fight against corruption one of its key priorities.

Capar is an instrument for recovery of stolen assets from Africa.

The Minister of Economy and Finance Souleiman Seidi and the Secretary of State for the Treasury Antonio Monteiro had been summoned by the judiciary on Thursday morning and then taken into custody.

In the obituaries that have been written, some laud Kissinger’s role in the shaping of East-West relations while he was in office as US Secretary of State. And many in their commentary on the decades beyond call him a “statesman”.

Naval authorities said there were 10 crew on board -- one of whom was Senegalese.

The report, the finalisation of a series of nine studies over two years, and the culmination of the renowned Harvard Growth Lab’s investigations of South Africa’s rapidly deteriorating state-provided infrastructure offers little hope on current trends – and it sharply underlines the hurdles before the...

Freetown residents woke up to gunfire and explosions on Sunday and experienced several hours of armed confrontation between security forces and armed assailants who attempted to break into a military armoury.

"The army has begun a campaign. All the (military) areas are ready, and we will march in all directions," Yasir Al-Atta, the Saf's assistant commander-in-chief, addressed soldiers and officers of Omdurman Military Area.

The charges were announced only three days after Andry Rajoelina secured a new term as the African island's president in an election that was boycotted by most opposition leaders.

General Abdourahamane Tchiani on Saturday signed "an order repealing" the 2015 law "relating to the illegal trafficking of migrants", said a statement from the government's secretariat general read out on public radio and television.