02-Feb-2019 to 11:35

APA-Pretoria (South Africa) — South Africa’s newly-appointed National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shamila Batohi has vowed to fight corruption, saying “it is now time for justice to win the fight against the scourge” in the country.

02-Feb-2019 to 10:52

APA-Pretoria (South Africa) — Malawi-born Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and wife Mary, who head the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church, have been arrested by the South African police on alleged fraud and money laundering charges, the police have confirmed.

01-Feb-2019 to 20:38

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) — Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Friday called for efforts in emulating the sacrifice and dedication demonstrated by all the country’s past heroes.

01-Feb-2019 to 19:06

APA-Dakar (Senegal) By Edouard Toure — The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday ordered the conditional release of detained ex-Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo and his former close aide Charles Ble Goude.

01-Feb-2019 to 17:11

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — “We often allow statisticians to sit on their own and make decisions on required data without the involvement of development planners,” said Oliver Chinganya, Director of the Africa Centre for Statistics (ACS) at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Friday.

31-Jan-2019 to 16:40

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) — Rwanda was ranked at the 48th place at global level and 4th in Africa on the scale of corruption perception index for 2018 obtained Thursday from the Berlin-based corruption watchdog - Transparency International.

30-Jan-2019 to 16:04

APA-Juba (South Sudan) By Janet Adongo — It’s been four long years since His Majesty Kongo Dak Padiet occupied his throne in his kingdom, situated in Fashoda, north of South Sudan.