The Democratic Alliance (DA) party in South Africa balks at the idea of taxpayers continuing to foot the legal bill for former President Jacob Zuma, and has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to reconsider his decision to do so. “In March, the DA filed papers with the North Gauteng High Court…
Former president of Malawi Joyce Banda plans another run at the office in the 2019 elections, if she’s elected as chairwoman of her opposition People’s Party (PP). Banda made the announcement during a political rally Sunday in Blantyre, one of more than a dozen she has held since returning to…
Africa Day celebrations begin at 11 a.m. Friday in Addis Ababa, where the African Union plans a day of celebration at its headquarters beginning with speeches from Rwandan President Paul Kagame, the current AU chair, and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia. They’ll be speaking alongside AU Commission head Moussa…
The launch of a new investigative journalism series has all eyes on West Africa, where the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has partnered with reporters in 11 countries to, among other things, track down money in offshore tax havens and expose the elite clientele connected to the funds. “Leaked…
The United States has issued an arrest warrant for a South African hunting guide accused of illegally shooting elephants inside Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe and bribing officials to have the ivory released. The U.S. Department of Justice says that 44-year-old Hanno Van Rensburg took an unnamed Colorado resident on…
Wealthy French businessman Vincent Bolloré, facing charges in a corruption case involving the African countries of Guinea and Togo, publicly denied the allegations in an op-ed piece published Sunday in Le Journal du Dimanche and blamed a condescending attitude toward Africans and stereotypes about African corruption in the case. The…
Former president of Malawi Joyce Banda, returning this weekend to the nation after four years in exile, says she has documentation from Interpol to prove she is not under investigation in the country’s “Cashgate” scandal. Banda made the comment during a rally Sunday in Zomba attended by thousands of People’s…
In South Africa, the property and assets of the Gupta family were seized Monday in a raid on their Saxonwold compound in Johannesburg, in connection with an ongoing corruption investigation into a dairy project – one of many such cases implicating the influential Guptas, who are tied to former president…
The UK-based Global Witness NGO has called on the United States to investigate oil major Exxon for its role in a 2013 oil block deal in Liberia, one it says implicates Exxon in corrupt business dealings. A Global Witness investigation released this week charges that Exxon knew that the oil block,…
Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France long shadowed by allegations of improper campaign financing, denied Thursday that he betrayed the country by accepting illegal cash from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy said during an extended TF1 interview that he was outraged and deeply wounded by formal indictments…
Former South African president Jacob Zuma will face 16 charges on fraud, corruption, racketeering and money laundering tied to a 1990s-era arms deal that has haunted his political career for years. The decision announced Friday by National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shaun Abrahams reinstates charges originally filed against Zuma…
China has fired back at the United States after claims by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that Beijing’s approach to African development is one of dependency and indebtedness. Tillerson, now in Ethiopia as he begins a five-nation African tour, made the remarks prior to departing the U.S. “We partner…
New President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa will deliver the country’s State of the Nation address at 7 p.m. Friday in Cape Town. The address follows the swearing-in ceremony for Ramaphosa held Thursday, after the sudden reversal of Jacob Zuma and his decision to resign just hours after he said,…
South Africa’s African National Congress is following a decision-making process on the future of President Jacob Zuma, but has not reached a conclusion to force his removal, the party secretary said at a press briefing in Johannesburg on Monday. Ace Magashule confirmed that the matter was discussed during the ANC’s…
Reports from South Africa say that President Jacob Zuma may at last be forced out by his own African National Congress party, whose National Executive Committee (NEC) met in Tshwane over the weekend. The NEC plans a 3 p.m. media briefing Monday in Johannesburg to discuss results of the meeting….