Category: Rest of Africa

President Joseph Boakai proposed the resolution, which lawmakers backed during a vote in Liberia's lower house last month.

In a ruling delivered on Tuesday afternoon, the court dismissed the Electoral Commission of South Africa's (IEC) decision to bar Zuma from returning to parliament. 

An official from the country's Maritime Transport Institute (Intrasmar) said the vessel carrying 130 passengers was an overloaded fishing boat and was not licensed to transport people.

Binance and two of its executives, Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen and Binance's head of financial crime compliance, and Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan who is a regional manager for Africa, have been charged with four counts of tax evasion and with laundering over $35 million.

She was granted bail by a court in the capital Pretoria shortly after the charges were made public. Mapisa-Nqakula, has denied any wrongdoing.

The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate condemned the decision by the Information Ministry, saying it was a clear violation of freedom of expression and freedom of the press.

On Thursday evening, the IEC upheld an objection against Mr Zuma's candidature in the upcoming elections due on May 29. He has a criminal record with a sentence exceeding 15 months.

IEC Chairperson Mosotho Moepya said at a media briefing that they have received 82 objections about candidates nominated by 21 political parties for the 2024 national and provincial elections.

A dispatch from the Igad said Korbandy will provide “pivotal good offices” to engage with stakeholders and help seek common ground for warring factions in Khartoum, including guiding the bloc on the “way forward.”

Everything changed for him when the party's firebrand leader, Ousmane Sonko, who was also detained, was charged with insurrection in July and barred from running in elections to succeed President Macky Sall.