International commercial arbitration and international investment treaty arbitration both offer effective and efficient alternative dispute resolution mechanism to assist with Africa mining related disputes and avoid some of the downsides often associated with judicial resolve. When a mining project does not run according to plan, there is an immediate increase in the probability of disputes […]
ALGIERS — Algeria’s 81-year-old president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been infirm since a stroke in 2013, is planning to run in April’s presidential elections, the state news agency, APS, reported on Sunday. A record number of people are planning to run for president this year, amid growing uncertainty about whether Mr. Bouteflika is fit for […]
Algeria’s 81-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will seek a fifth term in April’s elections, state media announced on Sunday. A message to the nation would be released later on Sunday, they said. Mr Bouteflika has been in office for 20 years but has rarely been seen in public since he had a stroke in 2013. He […]
The Organisation of African Unity was formed 50 years ago – on 25 May 1963. It was a compromise between those who wanted something like a United States of Africa and those who wanted each country to remain independent. It was based in Addis Ababa the capital of Ethiopia, one of just two African countries […]
DAKAR, Senegal — When terrorists in Africa delivered two devastating attacks last month, they invoked a battle cry seldom heard in recent militant activity on the continent: the Palestinian cause. The gunmen in a hotel complex in Kenya and a military installation in Mali were lauded by Al Qaeda’s central leadership, which praised its branches […]
Ugandan police have detained a team of BBC journalists in the country’s capital, Kampala. The journalists were looking into the illegal sales of government drugs and were arrested on Wednesday night. The Ugandan government spokesman has demanded the immediate release of the team, according to Reuters news agency. In a statement, the BBC said it […]
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has been active in north-eastern Nigeria for well over a decade. President Buhari says its activities have been largely brought under control since he assumed office in 2015. His political opponents disagree and say the situation has recently deteriorated both in terms of the number of attacks and kidnappings […]
Six people have been killed by a gas explosion in an abandoned coal mine in South Africa, the national broadcaster is reporting. About 20 others are still trapped at the Gloria coal mine in Middelburg, east of the capital, Pretoria. A police spokesman said some people had gone into the mine to steal copper wires […]
The government of Democratic Republic of Congo has defended the decrees that grant ministers lifetime salaries and other benefits. In a statement released on Monday, the government said the payments “are not to enrich the officials”. The two decrees, which grant former ministers benefits worth at least $2,000 (£1,530) have been widely criticised. Most of […]
Laurent Gbagbo has been acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), almost eight years after his arrest for crimes against humanity. The former Ivory Coast president was accused of playing a role in murder, rape, persecution and other “inhumane acts” amid the violence that erupted after the country’s disputed 2010 presidential election. Mr Gbagbo and […]