APA
The re-deployment of senior police officers and the visit of former U.S. President Bill Clinton
dominate the headlines of Nigerian newspapers on Thursday.
A Portuguese diplomat based in South Africa has stunned opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane by saying the local business community preferred President Cyril Ramaphosa to any leader in the country’s opposition, APA has learnt.
Malawi-born and South Africa-based controversial Pastor Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary have been freed from police custody after paying a US$7,000 bail each at the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday. The case resumes on 10 May.
The Sierra Leone government has unveiled a new national policy designed to prevent misuse of government vehicles.
A French warship has docked at the Maputo harbour in Mozambique for a four-day stopover, APA can report on Wednesday.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said reconciliation between Ethiopia and Eritrea has illustrated bright spots on the African horizon, UNECA said on Wednesday in a statement.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said that the rise in violence in the Northeast of Nigeria has displaced more than 59,000 people in the last three months, making it the highest displacement in recent years.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday in Nairobi held talks with the visiting Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi.
Botswana Football Association (BFA) announced Wednesday that the German and Botswana governments have signed a memorandum of understanding geared toward improving the quality of the game in the southern African nation.
The Cameroonian government has signed a concessionary loan agreement to the tune of CFAF3.27 billion with Raiffeissen Bank International of Austria for the construction, rehabilitation and the equipping of a vocational training center in the town of Nanga-Eboko (Center).