Author: foulah baldé

The historic summit of Kigali on the Continental Free Trade Zone is scheduled for March 21, 2018. Some 29 heads of state will participate. In addition, 16 other countries will send high-ranking delegates. The following countries will be represented by their Heads of State: Niger, Uganda, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Djibouti, DR Congo, Togo, Mauritania, Gabon, Guinea, Senegal, Kenya, Mali, Madagascar, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Nigeria, Burkina Faso Faso, the Central African Republic, Libya, Comoros, Rep. Sahrawi, Ghana, Lesotho, Gambia, Somalia, Angola, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The countries to be represented by their Prime Ministers, Vice-Presidents or Foreign Ministers are: Ivory Coast,…

Forced by the African National Congress (ANC) to resign, Jacob Zuma could be prosecuted for corruption. South African prosecutor Shaun Abrahams has indeed decided to pursue the case to the end. The former President of the Republic is suspected of receiving bribes for a € 4.2 billion arms deal signed in 1999, when he was vice-president of the country. Suspected of having paid bribes on the sidelines of this contract, the South African subsidiary of the French industrialist Thales is also being sued. Zuma will face 16 counts of 783 cases of alleged wrongdoing, said Friday the spokesman of the…