Two more Zimbabwe banks face collapse
HARARE - Two more indigenous Zimbabwe banks face collapse due to the persisting liquidity crisis’ systemic risk inherent in the financial sector, a report...
World Bank ponders role in claims of Zimbabwe farmers
Commercial farmers in Zimbabwe whose holdings were seized in land invasions backed by President Robert Mugabe’s administration say the World Bank is considering underwriting...
Namibian MP fumes at German MP over genocide
Namibia - Swapo backbencher Kazenambo Kazenambo has fumed over a statement by visiting German parliamentarian Doris Barnett that her country will no longer entertain...
Rio Tinto offloads Mozambique assets
A group of Indian state-run metal and mining companies is planning to buy three of Rio Tinto's coal mines in Mozambique for around $US108...
Sudan ‘apostasy’ woman Meriam Ibrahim meets Pope
A Sudanese woman who fled to Italy after being spared a death sentence for renouncing Islam has met the Pope. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag...
Tunisia faces dilemma in anti-jihadist campaign
Tunis - Tunisia has hit back at a deadly jihadist attack on troops by closing mosques and media outlets seen as sympathetic to extremists,...
Gaddafi’s spy chief to be tried in Libya
Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have upheld a decision that allows Libyan authorities to put on trial a former Gadaffi intelligence...
Egypt sides with Israel in conflict with Hamas
Cairo - An echo of the anti-Hamas rhetoric coming from Israel during its conflict with Gaza is resonating from what many would consider a...
Sierra Leone’s top Ebola doctor gets virus
The head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, the president's office said, as the West...
Nigeria Health Ministry tests Liberian for Ebola virus
The Lagos State Ministry of Health in Nigeria, on Thursday, said it is testing a Liberian man, in his 40s, for the deadly Ebola...