LONDON – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says he is not demanding “any apology from anybody” after UK Prime Minister David Cameron labelled his country “fantastically corrupt”. Speaking at an anti-corruption event in London, Mr Buhari said he was more interested in the return of stolen assets held in British banks. Mr Cameron made the unguarded…
JOHANNESBURG – A white South African judge has sparked a racism row after she purportedly said on social media that rape was part of the culture of black men. Judge Mabel Jansen said the gang-rape of babies, girls and women was seen as a “pleasurable” past-time. A petition has been launched to demand her removal…
KIGALI – At least 53 people have been killed by landslides caused by heavy rains over the weekend in Rwanda, officials say. Most of the victims are believed to have been children, reports say. The downpours have also destroyed more than 500 homes and damaged infrastructure across the country, especially in the north. There have…
CAIRO – Eight plain clothes policemen in Egypt have been shot dead on the outskirts of the capital, Cairo, officials say. Their white police van was ambushed in the early hours of Sunday morning in the southern district of Helwan. Four gunmen in a truck sprayed the vehicle with bullets from automatic weapons, the interior…
NAIROBI – A controversial and wealthy businessman has been shot dead in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Jacob Juma was driving home from a bar to his home in an upmarket suburb on Thursday night when unknown gunmen attacked his car. He had been involved in several high-profile legal cases against the government over failed business…
NAIROBI – Authorities in Kenya’s capital Nairobi have begun demolishing homes in an area where the collapse of a building killed at least 36 people last week. Eight buildings deemed unfit to live in were the first to be destroyed in the district of Huruma. More than 200 are to follow. Officials say many of…
JOHANNESBURG – Load shedding is now a thing of the past according to President Jacob Zuma, who was addressing staff at Eskom’s Megawatt Park in Johannesburg on Friday. Zuma was flanked by a large contingent of bodyguards and tactical police during a visit to the power utility’s head office. He is expected to visit South…
CAPE TOWN – A brawl broke out in the South African parliament on Wednesday after security officers were ordered to forcibly remove opposition MPs from the chamber. Several punches were thrown as members of the left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were expelled for heckling President Jacob Zuma. It was Mr Zuma’s first appearance in parliament…
LAGOS – About $15bn (£10bn) was stolen from the fight against militant Islamists in Nigeria under the previous government, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said. The money was diverted through fraudulent arms contracts, he added. Several allies of ex-President Goodluck have been put on trial after being accused of awarding fake arms contracts worth $2bn. They…
CAIRO – Egypt’s journalists’ union has demanded the dismissal of the interior minister after two journalists were arrested at its headquarters in Cairo overnight. The union also called for a sit-in to protest against the security forces’ “blatant barbarism and aggression on the dignity of the press”. The interior ministry has denied the union was…
