AFRICA NEWS

Teargas and live bullets have rocked Kampala streets this Monday afternoon. Police and the army have fired teargas and bullets to contain rioters who have lit fire in the middle of roads in Kisekka Market, Namirembe Road and Kikuubo Market Lane.

Legislators from across the African continent have been urged to take a lead in ensuring that there is security in their respective regions.

A 37-year-old former staff of Addosser Micro-Finance Bank ltd, Aliu Mustapha, on Thursday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged N1 million theft.

At least 22 children drowned on their way to school when their boat capsized in swollen waters of the Nile river north of the Sudanese capital yesterday.

Libya’s parliament suspended on Tuesday discussions on the constitutional referendum draft-law until after next week’s Eid al-Adha holiday.

A disgruntled politician who suffered a defeat in Uganda's parliamentary elections has reacted by removing boreholes he commissioned while in office.

Jack Ma, the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, launched the Netpreneur Prize foundation on Wednesday in South Africa, which has been designed to support and fund African entrepreneurs.

 South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has promoted his wife to major general, bolstering speculation that the wife’s rise in the army could eventually lead to a political career

Harriett Baldwin, British Minister of State for Africa, starts on Tuesday a three-day-visit to Sudan for talks on bilateral relations and ways to support Sudan to achieve political stability and economic reform.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has joined other World leaders in congratulating the new Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

The US has formally locked out apparel products from Rwanda after the East African nation banned imports of second-hand clothes and shoes.

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has won parliament’s vote of confidence after the majority of lawmakers gave their green light to the cabinet’s policy statement and line-up, Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal announced.