By DAVID MAYEN Juba South Sudan will start implementing a new law on cybercrime by setting up a special court, the presidency has announced. The order by the Presidency on Tuesday said the Cybercrime and Computer Misuse Bill will be initiated by the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs which will create a special court to…
By AFP Somalia is facing a “very alarming” situation after more than four years of drought have devastated livestock many people depend upon, a top UN official said on Tuesday. The United Nations has warned that the Horn of Africa nation is on the brink of famine for the second time in just over a…
KAMPALA, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Uganda will hold its third oil block licensing round next year, its energy minister said on Tuesday, as it seeks to develop its petroleum sector in a bid to expand its economy. Uganda discovered crude oil reserves in the Albertine rift basin near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006…
Burkina Faso condemns ‘barbaric, cowardly’ attack after fighters ambush an army-escorted resupply convoy in the Sahel region. Burkina Faso’s government says at least 11 soldiers have been killed and 50 civilians were missing after armed fighters attacked a 150-vehicle military-escorted convoy taking supplies to a northern town. In a statement on Tuesday, the government said…
Central London’s historic Trafalgar Square is set to get a new statue on Wednesday. But this time, it is not a monument to one of the UK’s war heroes or kings. Instead it will be a larger-than-life statue of Malawian Baptist preacher and pan-Africanist John Chilembwe, who fought against British colonial rule. The sculpture, named…
Kenya’s President William Ruto on Tuesday appointed his cabinet ministers and advisers who include 10 women and elected politicians. The president had promised 50% appointments to women but out of the 22 ministers, only seven were women but he further appointed two more women as advisers and a female secretary to the cabinet. The appointments…
The trial of former Guinean dictator, Moussa Dadis Camara, opens this Wednesday in Conakry, 13 years to the day since the massacre that killed more 150 people at a political rally in the capital. On Tuesday, the former dictator and another five defendants were sent to prison by the Appeal Court. One of the lawyers, Me Salifou Béavogui, denounced the move. “We set out…
Nigeria’s national electricity grid collapsed on Monday leaving many parts of the country without power, electricity distribution companies said. The grid has collapsed at least four times this year, which authorities blame on technical problems. Last month workers from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) went on strike and temporarily shut the grid. Electricity distribution…
The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department (COGTA) will host a two-day summit which aims to improve the performance of local government. The summit, which will start on Tuesday, will be held in Boksburg east of Johannesburg. CoGTA@GDCoGTA·Follow Local Government Summit : 27 – 28 September 2022 : Birchwood Hotel & Conference Centre, Boksburg, Gauteng…
By KITSEPILE NYATHI Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has cancelled his two-day state visit to Cuba, citing bad weather. Weather reports indicate Cuba will be hit by Tropical Storm Ian, which has strengthened into a hurricane. President Mnangagwa travelled to New York on September 19 for the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly and…