2,232 ViewsABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Fuel lines stretched for more than a kilometer (half-mile) on Friday in Nigeria’s capital because of a fuel shortage in sub-Saharan Africa’s top oil-producing country. Drivers in Abuja groaned and shouted in frustration when one station closed because it was apparently out of fuel. Smaller lines formed outside private gas […]
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2,181 ViewsBBC Africa reports that Nigeria’s fuel crisis has worsened with motorists sleeping at petrol stations and generators joining the queues for fuel.
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1,538 ViewsBy Dr. Munyonzwe Hamalengwa Two momentous but diametrically opposite constitutional court decisions were released in Africa on March 31, 2016, one upholding the sham and globally condemned electoral decision in Uganda and the other one in South Africa which ruled that even a corrupt president like Jacob Zuma is not above the law. The […]
Continue reading …“The Zambian judiciary must draw lessons from President Zuma’s Nkandla case”
2 April 2016 2 Comments2,164 ViewsThe Zambian judiciary, especially the newly established Constitutional Court of Zambia, can draw valuable lessons from the South African Constitutional Court’s ruling over President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla case. The judgement has demonstrated the highest degree of the South African Judiciary’s independence and autonomy from the executive in that country. This is rare in an […]
Continue reading …2,490 ViewsSouth African President Jacob Zuma has apologised to South Africans in an effort to end to a long-running scandal over improper state spending at his private home. “The matter has caused a lot of frustration and confusion, for which I apologise,” he said in a TV address. He said he would abide by a […]
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1,791 ViewsKenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has reportedly announced that he and Deputy President William Ruto will be taking a 20% pay cut while cabinet ministers’ salaries will be slashed by 10% in fresh efforts to cut down on the government’s ballooning public wage bill. President Kenyatta who made the announcement on Friday during a cabinet […]
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4,433 ViewsSir Elton John denied yesterday that he had repeatedly groped a decorated Los Angeles police captain who was working as his bodyguard. Captain Jeffrey Wenninger alleged in a legal claim on Monday that Sir Elton twisted his nipples, tried to grab his genitals and put his hands down the officer’s trousers. He claims that […]
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1,753 Views A British passenger kept captive on the hijacked EgyptAir flight that landed at Larnaca Airport posed with his captor for a quick snap before he was released. Pictures emerged on Twitter of Ben Innes, 26, a British health and safety auditor from Leeds, posturing with hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa who can been seen […]
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2,933 ViewsTanzanian President John Magufuli has promised to slash the salaries of senior civil servants, cutting the top wage threshold by almost two-thirds. He told supporters that it was shameful that some top officials were earning $18,000 (£13,000) a month, while others were paid as little as $140. Officials not ready to accept the new […]
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