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South African Speaker resigns amid corruption case

South Africa’s Parliament speaker and ANC member Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula gave up her seat, after she lost a bid that would block her arrest over a corruption case. The Speaker, like many of ANC leaders, is accused of receiving bribes amounting to 135,000 dollars from a defense contractor when she was defense minister. Her case highlights […]

Ghana accuses Burkina Faso of paying Wagner mercenaries with mine proceeds

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has said he finds it “particularly worrying” that “Wagner mercenaries are at the northern border” of Ghana, operating in neighboring Burkina Faso, and are allegedly being paid with proceeds from a Burkinabe mine. “Burkina Faso has now made an arrangement to, like Mali, use Wagner forces,” Akufo-Addo said during a meeting […]

Niger’s new strongman makes maiden foreign trip to Mali

General Abdourahamane Tiani, the leader of junta in power in Niger is expected in Mali this Thursday November 23, for his first foreign trip since ascending to power on July 26, after ousting elected leader Mohamed Bazoum. Tiani’s visit is a friendly and working trip to his Malian counterpart Assimi Goita, Mali’s Foreign Ministry said […]