Chief Mandla Mandela says the PAP leadership doesn’t feel accountable to the house
Ending his first session as a member of the Pan African Parliament Chief Mandela says the continental body is not playing by rules on rotational leadership. The ANC MP adds that the PAP has issues of accountability Sworn in two weeks ago as one of the five South Africans on the 255-member Pan African […]
Oromiya shooting leaves cement factory manager and two staff members dead
The Indian manager of an Ethiopian cement plant owned by Africa’s richest man has been killed in the violence-torn Oromiya region. Deep Karma, his secretary and driver were all shot dead while returning from the Dangote cement factory to Addis Ababa. The Dangote cement plant, established four years ago, is the largest in Ethiopia and […]
Ebola outbreak reaches a city in northwest DRC
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a big city in the northwest of the country, making it much tougher to contain. Health Minister OLY KALENGA confirms a case of the deadly hemorrhagic disease in MBANDAKA, which a million inhabitants. 23 have already died in this outbreak. 4 000 doses of […]
Burundians go to the polls in a dubious referendum
Burundian’s are voting today on a referendum that will allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to stay at the helm until 2034. The United States is among countries saying they don’t expect the poll to produce a fair result. President Pierre Nkurunziza’s hardly trying to convince his naysayers that the referendum will be above board. He’s thrown […]