Staff Reporter The African Union (AU) recently suspended Gabon’s membership shortly after military officers removed President Ali Bongo from power, thus bringing an end to Gabon’s 55-year-long Bongo dynasty. Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, expressed deep concern about the situation in Gabon and strongly condemned the attempted coup d’état in response...
No police officers have been suspended in connection with the deaths of five alleged robbers shot dead by officers at Okahandja in April. Police deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi said investigations in the Okahandja shooting incident are at an advanced stage, with about 80% of the investigative work done. “According to the Police Act policy on...
Martin Endjala The Bank of Namibia (BoN) has temporarily suspended Trustco Bank Namibia’s license for a period of six months to rectify certain stipulated and communicated instances of non-compliance. This comes after BoN issued a statement last week Friday stating that the suspension is in accordance with Section 15(5) of the banking institutions Act no...
Suspended Secretary-General of the All People’s Party has resigned from the party with immediate effect. Vincent Kanyetu’s resignation was communicated in a short letter addressed to the party’s president Erastus Shuumbwa. In this document, Kanyetu said he is taking with him 200 of his family members, noting that “The decision has come as a result...
Nigeria’s suspended central bank governor- Godwin Emefiele will appear in a high court in Abuja. This is when he is expected to enter a plea in a 20-count indictment. Government lawyers say they had filed additional graft charges against the governor, including allegedly “conferring unlawful advantages” and “unlawful procurement”. Emefiele is being charged alongside a central...
Uganda’s President denounced the World Bank’s decision to suspend new funding in response to a harsh anti-LGBTQ law and vowed to find alternative sources of credit. Reuters reports the World Bank said that the law, imposed by the Yoweri Museveni government, imposes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, contradicted its values and that it...
South Africa’s suspended Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkwebane, faces an uncertain future as her days are seemingly numbered. According to TV news-outlet eNCA, an independent panel’s findings have been voted upon by the committee investigating her fitness to hold office, and the verdict is in: Mkwebane is largely found guilty of incompetence and misconduct. The suspended...