MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide bomber walked into the mayor’s office in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, during a high-level security meeting on Wednesday and detonated explosives, seriously injuring the mayor and killing at least six people, according to local authorities. The mayor, Abdirahman Omar Osman, was in critical condition with head and stomach injuries, officials said. […]
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Six people were killed and the mayor of Mogadishu wounded in a bombing at the mayoral offices in the Somali capital, the government said on Wednesday (July 24), in an attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants. United Nations special envoy James Swan had met the mayor, Abdirahman Omar Osman, and left just before […]
A Maltese port manager has been shot dead in Somalia’s northern semi-autonomous Puntland state, officials say. Paul Anthony Formosa, who was the construction project manager for P&O Ports, was killed near Bossasso port. Islamist militant group al-Shabab has said it carried out the attack. Puntland, an arid region of north-east Somalia, declared itself an autonomous […]
Revelations from the Panama Papers show how a company based in Jersey, a British crown dependency, attempted to avoid paying $400m (£280m) in Capital Gains Tax to the Ugandan government, writes BBC Africa’s Rob Wilson. In 2010, Heritage Oil and Gas Ltd realised it would be hit with a huge tax bill and started making […]
Kenya’s finance minister has pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption in court, after spending the night in police custody. Henry Rotich is accused of flouting procurement procedures in awarding a contract worth more than $450m (£405m) for the construction of two dams to an Italian firm, CMC de Ravenna. The company has denied any […]
The struggle for independence, land and power runs throughout Zimbabwe’s modern history. Veteran President Robert Mugabe dominated the country’s political scene for almost four decades after independence from Britain in 1980. Once the bread basket of the region, since 2000 Zimbabwe has struggled to feed its own people due to severe droughts and the effects […]
Suspected Islamist gunmen have attacked a hotel in Mali’s capital, Bamako, where 170 people were staying. At least 18 people have been killed and most hostages rescued. The BBC’s Alastair Leithead recently went on patrol with the UN’s peacekeeping mission in the country, which has suffered more casualties than any other in recent years. In […]
South Africa’s highest court has ruled that the public protector – the state official in charge of investigating corruption – lied under oath and acted in bad faith. The devastating judgement will add weight to claims that Busisiwe Mkwebane is involved in a dirty-tricks campaign to undermine President Cyril Ramaphosa and halt his campaign against […]
Kenya’s chief prosecutor has ordered the arrest of the finance minister over allegations of corruption related to the construction of two dams. Henry Rotich is accused of flouting procurement procedures in awarding a contract worth over $450m (£405m) for the dam projects to the Italian company CMC de Ravenna. In March Mr Rotich denied any […]
Unidentified attackers carried out car bomb attack and stole dozens of vehicles in Inates town near border with Mali. Unidentified attackers have killed 16 soldiers in a car bomb attack on a military camp in western Niger near the border with Mali, local residents and security sources said on Tuesday. The raid occurred on Monday […]