ADDIS ABABA/WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – An Ethiopian Airlines pilot told senior managers at the carrier months before one of its Boeing 737 Max jets crashed that more training and better communication to crew members was needed to avert a repeat of a similar disaster involving a Lion Air flight. According to emails and documents reviewed by […]
The call for the two-day strike comes hours after army chiefs accuse protest leaders of not wanting to share power. Sudan is bracing for a two-day nationwide strike from Tuesday called by protesters to pile pressure on the military to hand power to a civilian administration as talks remain deadlocked. Leaders of the umbrella protest […]
The results of last week’s election have been delayed by an injunction and claims of vote tampering. Malawian President Peter Mutharika has been narrowly re-elected for a second five-year term following a hotly-contested vote, according to the country’s electoral commission. Mutharika beat out opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera with 38.57 percent of the vote, the Malawi […]
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has been narrowly elected to a second term in office with 38.5% of the vote. The incumbent leader, 78, had faced stiff competition in the 21 May election, including from his deputy. The result was announced on Monday after an injunction ordered by the country’s high court was lifted. Challenger Lazarus […]
Somalia’s militant Islamists remain relatively undiminished, despite a 12-year UN-backed campaign against them, largely thanks to its sophisticated web of spies, writes the BBC’s Mary Harper. Often, when I return to the UK from Somalia, I get a phone call from al-Shabab. It usually happens even before I talk to my family, while I am […]
More than 26 million South Africans registered to cast their ballot in the polls, expected to be won by the ruling ANC. South Africans are voting in presidential and parliamentary elections in what is being seen as a pivotal election after years of corruption scandals that have plagued the “rainbow nation”. Some 26.8 million voters are registered […]
The former head of a notorious Ethiopian prison has been arrested and is expected to face trial. Hassan Ismail Ibrahim, also known as Hassan Dhere, was arrested in neighbouring Somalia in a town where he had been hiding, following a tip-off. Campaigners say inmates were routinely tortured at “Jail Ogaden”, which he ran in Ethiopia’s […]
PRETORIA (AFP) – Cyril Ramaphosa vowed a “new era” Saturday (May 25) after he was sworn in as president of South Africa at a colourful ceremony in the capital, as he looks to revitalise his push revive the economy and fight corruption. Foreign heads of state from more than 40 countries were among 36,000 people […]
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to bring about “hope and renewal” as he was inaugurated at a stadium in the capital Pretoria. The African National Congress (ANC) leader vowed to tackle corruption and rejuvenate the struggling economy. He was elected earlier this month with a majority of 57.5%, the smallest since the party came […]
The quality of life may have improved for many South Africans since the landmark 1994 elections that ended white-minority rule but huge inequalities remain. As South Africans prepare to go to the polls on 8 May, we take a look at how much has changed. South Africa is Africa’s most-industrialised economy, with industries ranging from […]