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Ethiopia’s Executive body, the Council of Ministers on Friday announced it has approved a proposed budget of $15.23 billion for the upcoming 2022/2023 fiscal year, which will start on July 8.

President Lazarus Chakwera has instituted a raft of measures to cut public spending as part of efforts to cushion Malawians from global economic headwinds triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war and the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Lazarus Chakwera has given Malawi’s anti-corruption watchdog to three weeks to furnish him with a report into allegations that his deputy and several senior government officials were involved in a money laundering and bribery scandal involving a British businessman.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Vincent Magwenya as his new spokesperson starting on June 1, his office announced on Tuesday.

The South African government on Monday denied news reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula from “attending a meeting for being unprepared and failing to read cabinet memos.”

Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) on Monday confirmed the arrest of Dr Emmanuel Nibishaka, former top diplomat in New York (USA) currently serving as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) over fraud and use of forged documents.

Malawi plans to set up a special court to deal with corruption-related cases as part of government efforts to expedite trials of those accused of graft, a cabinet minister said late Wednesday.

Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Benin, Nigeria, Congo and Angola have been chosen by the Turkish and American companies Ilaç and Interglobe IEG, respectively, the sponsors of the project.

Mali’s decision to withdraw from the G5 Sahel has caused a reaction from the European Union (EU).

President Uhuru Kenyatta, Tuesday 17 May, opened the ninth edition of the Africities Summit in the western Kenyan city of Kisumu.