01-Jan-2020 to 14:07

APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio used his New Year message to call for renewed commitment from his compatriots towards national development.

01-Jan-2020 to 13:59

APA - Kigali (Rwanda) — Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has urged Rwandans to set their sights beyond 2020 to ambitions set out in Vision 2050 as a new development strategy to succeed the outdated "Vision 2020".

30-Dec-2019 to 09:47

APA - Kigali (Rwanda) — The current head of the Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) Seraphine Mukantabana has been relieved of her duties with "immediate effects", an official statement from the Prime Minister Office in Kigali confirmed Monday.

28-Dec-2019 to 16:00

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The High Court in Ethiopia has charged 50 people including the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) engineer Azeb Asnake with corruption and alleged misuse of public power.

21-Dec-2019 to 12:35

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — Ethiopia’s draft Proclamation on Hate Speech and Disinformation Prevention and Suppression can significantly curtail freedom of expression if approved, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has cautioned.

19-Dec-2019 to 13:37

APA-Johannesburg (South Africa) — Two former managers from South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom have been arrested on allegations of involvement in manipulation of contractual agreements involving procurement transactions at Kusile Power Station in Mpumalanga Province, the South African Police Services (SAPS) announced on Thursday.

17-Dec-2019 to 19:41

APA-Accra (Ghana) — President Akufo-Addo has called on judges of the superior courts to exhibit honesty, integrity and sound knowledge of the law in the discharge of their duties, warning that there will no tolerance of acts of corruption from their type.