[IRIN] Kousseri/Douala -Nadine Wondje, a native of Manoka, an island off the coast of Cameroon's economic capital, Douala, fears the sea will soon "swallow" her village.
[Monitor] Kapchorwa -President Museveni yesterday declined to rate his chances of securing a fifth term come February 18, 2016, even as Kenyan deputy president William Ruto joined him in Kapchorwa to bolster his campaign.
[News24Wire] The rand tanked to its lowest level yet against major currencies on Wednesday evening, shortly after President Jacob Zuma removed Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister and replaced him with largely unknown David van Rooyen.
[News24Wire] David Douglas Des van Rooyen, the man President Jacob Zuma named as Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's successor in a shock announcement on Wednesday, has been described by economists as largely unknown, with little policy experience.
[News24Wire] The miners injured and arrested during the Marikana shooting, as well as the families of those who were killed, have accused the government of disrespecting them.
[Premium Times] The former administration of Goodluck Jonathan spent billions of naira and millions of dollars on efforts to equip the Nigerian military against Boko Haram, but there was rampant "abuse of trust", President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
