Credit Suisse’s controversial clients included sanctioned Zim tycoon Billy Rautenbach

Credit Suisse Group AG managed accounts for clients involved in human rights abuses, corruption and drug trafficking, according to newspaper reports based on leaked data on more than 18,000 accounts that together held more than $100 billion. An anonymous whistle-blower gave the information to German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, which shared the data with a nonprofit…

Ethiopia dismisses ‘rumours’ Nile mega-dam will ‘starve Egypt and Sudan’

Ethiopia began generating electricity from its mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Sunday, a milestone in the controversial multi-billion dollar project. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, accompanied by high-ranking officials, toured the power station and pressed a series of buttons on an electronic screen, a move that officials said initiated production. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…

Somali opposition presidential candidates fret over election process

Country’s long-delayed parliamentary, presidential polls have led to political infighting. MOGADISHU, Somalia With Somalia failing to meet a timeframe for holding parliamentary elections several times, opposition presidential candidates say they are unhappy over the way the process has been conducted as a new deadline of Feb. 25 looms. Dahir Mohamud Gelle, an opposition presidential candidate…