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LAGOS – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has declared he has $150,000 (£100,000) in his personal account, in a move aimed at promoting transparency and curbing corruption in government. The amount showed that he had been living a “Spartan lifestyle”, his spokesman Garba Shehu said. Mr Buhari has five homes and two mud houses, as well…

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has the highest number of dollar millionaires in Africa, according to a new report. According to a report by AfrAsia Bank and New World Wealth, Johannesburg alone, known as the “city of gold”, is home to 23,400 millionaires. South Africa has 30% of the total. Egypt’s Cairo comes second with 10,200,…

PRETORIA – The review board which will decide whether South African athlete Oscar Pistorius should be released from jail will meet on 18 September, reports say. The justice minister blocked his early release, which was due last Friday. He said the decision by the parole board to free the athlete after serving 10 months of…

JOHANNESBURG – A South African court has found Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir guilty of attempted murder and kidnapping. Krejcir and his co-accused, two of whom are part of the Hawks elite police unit, had pleaded not guilty to the charges. This is the first conviction against Krejcir, 46, who faces four separate trials in South…

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s currency has fallen to an all-time low against the US dollar. It briefly hit a rate of 14 to the dollar amid concerns about the strength of the Chinese economy, reports the Reuters news agency. Economies that rely on the sale of commodities – such as South Africa’s – have been…

BUJUMBURA – Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has been sworn in for a controversial third term in office. The BBC’s Prime Ndikumagenge in Burundi says the ceremony came as a surprise, as Mr Nkurunziza had been expected to be sworn in next week. At least 100 people have died in protests since Mr Nkurunziza announced in…

JUBA – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir’s refusal to sign a deal to end an 18-month civil war was “mind-boggling”, the chief mediator has said. Regional body Igad would say “enough is enough” if he failed to sign in 15 days, Seyoum Mesfin told the BBC. Fighting between government and rebel forces has resumed following…

PRETORIA – South Africa’s justice department is considering intervening to prevent Oscar Pistorius’ early prison release. Justice Minister Michael Masutha says he is seeking advice over the legality of a parole board decision to free the Olympic athlete on Friday. Pistorius has spent 10 months in jail for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, after…

BISSAU – Guinea-Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz has dismissed the government following a rift with Prime Minister Domingos Pereira. The two men are said to have disagreed on a number of issues including the use of aid money and the return to Guinea-Bissau of a former army chief of staff. The West African state returned…

LUANDA – Angola will destroy 11 million eggs imported illegally into the country, the agriculture minister has said. The chicken eggs were brought in without an official health certificate, Afonso Pedro Canga is quoted by the state news agency as saying. He did not say from where the eggs, seized at the port in the…