A British businessman has appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa for justice over the loss of his million-pound business investment in Harare nearly a decade ago. Paul Westwood claims Temba Mliswa, an independent MP, forcibly took over his company Noshio Motors and Benbar in 2009 under the guise of the indigenisation act, which required large white and foreign-owned firms to cede ...

President Donald Trump says he and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari did not discuss his reported use of a vulgarity in describing African countries earlier this year. Answering a reporter’s question Monday, Trump said he and Buhari did not talk about reports that he used a term for a filthy toilet when telling US lawmakers that he wanted less immigration from ...

Gabon’s constitutional court on Monday dissolved the national parliament and called on the government to step down, criticising its failure to organise legislative elections as required. The court announced that President Ali Bongo would nominate a new ministerial team answerable directly to him, the court’s head Madeleine Mborantsuo said. “It is clear that the government has not been able to ...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s top adviser Christopher Mutsvangwa has reportedly told opposition parties that if they are not happy with the country’s military they should take up arms and fight it. Opposition parties that included the Movement for Democratic Change, and the Robert Mugabe “backed”, National Patriotic Front (NPF), claimed in March that at least 5 000 soldiers were deployed to ...

US President Donald Trump pledged stronger support for Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram jihadists Monday, while demanding greater trade access to Africa’s largest economy. After a meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, the first leader from sub-Saharan Africa invited by Trump to the White House, Trump said he was prepared to sell helicopters to the oil-rich country in addition to ...

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX Certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it has won the 2018 ‘Africa’s Outstanding Food Services by a Carrier’ Award as voted by PAX International readers at a ceremony held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg, Germany in April 2018. Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, Ethiopian Group CEO ...

West Ham’s Andy Carroll was sent home from training yesterday following a furious bust-up with manager David Moyes, Sky Sports News understands. The striker was clearly frustrated during Sunday’s home defeat to Manchester City, remaining on the bench as an unused substitute before disappearing down the tunnel towards the end of the match. In his post-match interview, Moyes promised to ...

Born Rebecca Akosua Acheampong, she has over the years established herself as one of the respected women in the music industry. Her songs are regarded to inspire women which have earned her the name “African Woman”. Last year Becca revealed that she’s ageing and therefore, there’s the need for her to settle down with a man as soon as possible. ...

Roma head coach Eusebio Di Francesco says there are “rotten apples” within all football club fanbases and insists the Italian side are “united against all forms of violence”. Liverpool held an extraordinary meeting with their Italian counterparts last Friday after Reds supporter Sean Cox was left in a critical condition after he was attacked by a group of Roma fans ...

WhatsApp chief executive Jan Koum is to quit the popular messaging service he co-founded. In post on Facebook, he said he was “taking some time off to do things I enjoy outside of technology”. However, according to a Washington Post report earlier on Monday, Mr Koum had clashed with parent company Facebook over Whatsapp’s strategy. He also objected to Facebook ...