Africa’s top 4 economies are in trouble

April 17, 2016 0

Growth in Africa has outpaced most emerging markets in recent years, but that’s changing fast as a slew of problems beset its leading economies. Here’s what you need to know about sub-Saharan Africa’s big four: 25

Nigeria’s Obasanjo Sees Hope Beyond Boko Haram

April 16, 2016 0

The rebuilding of northeast Nigeria communities destroyed during the seven-year insurgency of Boko Haram terrorists will take a long time, but improvements are being made, former President Olusegun Obasanjo says. The Nigerian military has dislodged 25

Thousands protest against Mugabe in Zimbabwe capital

April 14, 2016 0

Harare (AFP) – Demonstrators in Zimbabwe held the largest protest against President Robert Mugabe in nearly a decade on Thursday, marching through central Harare demanding that the “tired” leader make a “dignified exit.” Under the 25

Somalia: Man executed for journalists’ killings

April 11, 2016 0

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A former journalist who joined the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab was executed in Somalia’s capital for the killings of five Somali journalists. Hassan Hanafi Haji, who was extradited from Kenya last 25

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