22-Feb-2019 to 23:20

APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — Sierra Leone’s president Julius Maada Bio’s Anti-Corruption hammer has finally fallen on the family of his predecessor. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said on Tuesday it had reached an out-of-court settlement with a brother of Ernest Bai Koroma who was found wanting for tax evasion.

22-Feb-2019 to 18:22

APA-Bangui (CAR) By Pierre Koutoukpe — The Central African Prime Minister Simplice Mathieu Sarandji has handed in his resignation to President Faustin Archange Touadera on Friday afternoon.

21-Feb-2019 to 23:10

APA-Juba (South Sudan) — South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar has met with members of the Technical Boundaries Committee (TBC) in the Sudanese capital Khartoum mid week, his close aide said.

20-Feb-2019 to 17:59

APA-Cotonou (Benin) By Ulvaeus Balogoun — The Prefect of the Department of Littoral in Benin, Modeste Toboula and the minister of Decentralization, Barnabe Dassigli have been sacked by President Patrice Talon.

19-Feb-2019 to 12:36

APA-Bissau (Guinea-Bissau) By Nouah Mancaly — Edmundo Mendes, a Doctor of Law, has been appointed Guinea-Bissau’s Interior minister, a position that has been vacant since November.

19-Feb-2019 to 12:32

APA-Monrovia (Liberia) — Liberia’s President Dr. George Manneh Weah has described payroll padding or the placement of ‘ghost names’ on payrolls, and other corrupt practices as long existing phenomena in the West African country’s public service.

16-Feb-2019 to 11:04

APA-Accra (Ghana) — Ghana now has 16 regions following announcements of capitals of the newly created regions by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo on Friday.