Features | - Part 149

New Congo Voting System Risks Election’s Credibility, Groups Say

KINSHASA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Democratic Republic of Congo began testing voting machines as part of a new system that civil-society groups said will undermine the credibility of long-awaited elections that seek to end the central African nation’s political crisis. The new technology will be used in the vote scheduled Dec. 23 to pick a successor to President Joseph Kabila. His decision to remain in office beyond the end of his final term in…

Nigerian President Buhari Will Seek Second Term in 2019

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has decided to run for re-election in February, ending months of speculation about whether the former military ruler would seek a second term. The announcement of the decision by Buhari, 75, on Monday came at a time of growing criticism of his performance and uncertainty in his ruling All Progressives Congress about his plans. He was in the U.K. for a total of five months last year…

Angola Gets $500 Million From HSBC Account Frozen Due to Fraud

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LUANDA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Angola has recouped $500 million that was frozen in an HSBC Holdings Plc account in London linked to an alleged fraud, the Finance Ministry said. The funds were part of $1.5 billion that the Angolan government was to pay Mais Financial Services, a company managed by a person close to Jose Filomeno dos Santos, the son of Angola’s former president, for the start-up of a $35 billion strategic investment…

Zuma’s Graft Case Adjourned Until June by S. African Court

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s corruption case was adjourned until June 8, signalling that a criminal trial may be delayed until at least the end of the year. Zuma, 75, is facing 16 charges brought by the National Prosecuting Authority that range from corruption to racketeering related to bribes he allegedly took in the 1990s from weapons dealers including French arms maker Thales SA, which is also a defendant….

Ex-Civil War Leader Wins Presidential Vote in Sierra Leone

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FREE TOWN (Capital Markets in Africa) – Sierra Leone elected as president an opposition politician who briefly ruled the West African nation as head of a junta during the civil war in the 1990s. Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party was declared the winner on Wednesday of a tight presidential run-off by the electoral commission after receiving 51.81 percent of ballots cast against 48.19 percent for his opponent, Samura Kamara, of the All…

Tanzania Grants Bail to Opposition Leaders Accused of Sedition

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DAR ES SALAM (Capital Markets in Africa) – A Tanzanian court granted seven opposition officials bail after most were detained for a week on charges of sedition, incitement to violence and unlawful assembly, their political party said. Chadema Party Chairman Freeman Mbowe, Secretary-General Vincent Mashinji and four others had been remanded in custody since March 28. A seventh person, lawmaker Halima Mdee, was arrested April 1 on arrival at the airport in Dar es Salaam, the commercial…

Netanyahu Backtracks on African Migrant Plan, Then Shifts Again

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backtracked on a just-announced agreement with the United Nations to let about 20,000 African migrants remain in Israel, following an outcry from coalition partners and his political base. On Monday afternoon, Netanyahu called a news conference to disclose Israel had cancelled an earlier plan to deport all 38,000 migrants to Africa, following mass demonstrations against the policy at home and criticism from abroad. Instead, he said, he…

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