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MTN Group Limited shares jumped as much as 8,2 percent after the phone carrier settled allegations it illegally transferred $8,1 billion of funds out of Nigeria, ending a crisis that had threatened its operations in Africa’s most populous country. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to clear MTN of wrongdoing in its repatriation of dividends […]

Congolese President Joseph Kabila pledged at the United Nations on Tuesday that elections planned for December will go ahead, promising to take steps to ensure the vote is peaceful and credible. In power for two decades, Kabila this year bowed to international pressure and agreed to step aside, allowing a new candidate to stand in […]

The highest court in South Africa lived up to its name yesterday and upheld a Western Cape High Court decision that it is legal to be in possession of dagga in your private capacity. The State’s arguments on the limitation of the use of dagga went up in smoke as Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo […]

An Egyptian court has suspended a ruling that allowed the return to work of policemen with beards which are usually reserved for pious Muslims, a judicial source said on Thursday. Wednesday’s decision came after a lawyer appealed against a ruling to allow them to return to work and demanded the interior ministry apply regulations that […]

Fighting in and around the Libyan capital has displaced thousands of people, the government said on Tuesday as the UN prepared to host talks seeking to halt the violence. Clashes since August 27 between rival militias in and around Tripoli have killed at least 50 people and wounded 138 others, most of them civilians, the […]

A beetle smaller than a sesame seed is killing huge trees throughout South Africa, and little can be done to stop it.

Former Democratic Republic of the Congo warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba on Tuesday denounced a long-delayed December presidential election as a “parody” after he was banned from contesting and accused President Joseph Kabila of trying to hand pick a successor by eliminating serious rivals. Bemba was one of six presidential hopefuls who was excluded by the election […]