South Africa’s former police chief Jackie Selebi found guilty of corruption
Former chief of police Jackie Selebi has been found guilty of corruption by a court in South Africa. Selebi, who was also a former president of Interpol, was accused of having links to organised crime and accepting bribes worth 1.2m rand ($156,000, £103,000). In a surprise move, the court found him not guilty of perverting [...]
Uneasy calm returns to Guinea as election results to be announced on Sunday
Thierno Balde, the chairman of Guinea’s Research Institute on Democracy and the Rule of Law, a non-governmental organization, has said that an uneasy calm has returned to the capital, Conakry ahead of Friday’s scheduled release of last Sunday’s election results. Balde said the Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has assured Guineans that it will be ready [...]
Rwandan Genocide Pastor Arrested in Uganda
Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi, a pastor in the Kigali-Rural prefecture, accused of leading and coordinating attacks on his country’s minority Tutsis during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, has been arrested in Uganda, a police spokeswoman said on Friday. Uwinkindi was taken into custody on Wednesday in Isingiro district, southwest Uganda. He is accused by the International Criminal Tribunal for [...]
Corruption is the biggest obstacle to doing business in Nigeria
A European Union-funded survey of more than 2,200 businesses in all sectors of Nigeria’s economy, has shown that crime and corruption were the biggest headache for more than 70% of these businesses. It seems Crime and corruption are the main obstacles to doing business in Nigeria and more than half of firms in the country [...]
Apologies for the Downtime
Newstime Africa would like to apologise to all the thousands of visitors who come to our website every day to get the latest news and information from around Africa. Technical difficulties beyond our control meant that we had to be offline for about a week. We have taken measures to prevent any recurrence of such [...]
