Tag: Algeria
Algerian transport mogul arrested in corruption probe
A powerful businessman has become the latest of Algeria's financial and political elite to be arrested as part of a major corruption investigation.
Algeria judges refuse to oversee vote if Bouteflika participates
Algiers - More than 1 000 Algerian judges said they would refuse to oversee the country's election next month if President Abdelaziz Bouteflika contests it, in one of the biggest blows to the ailing leader since protests started more than two weeks ago.
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South Africa election: ANC loses battle for Zuma’s MK party name and logo
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) has lost a legal bid to stop a new party from using the name and logo of its former armed wing. The governing ANC had argued that uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), headed by ex-President Jacob Zuma, had breached trademark law.
‘Distasteful and opportunistic’: Forbes family slams book on AKA and Anele Tembe
The family of slain South African rapper AKA has slammed a book that purportedly details his tumultuous relationship with his late fiancé, Anele Tembe, describing the expose as “distasteful and opportunistic”.
“I loved Kiernan so much:” Anele Tembe’s father denies getting AKA killed
Moses Tembe, the father of slain rapper AKA’s fiancé Anele Tembe, has denied having a hand in the musician’s murder last year, saying that his family had been victims of a smear campaign by faceless people.
Kidnapped Zimbabwean businessman Evans Katumba found dead in SA
SOUTH AFRICA - A body that is thought to belong to kidnapped Zimbabwean businessman Evans Katumba has been found in Hammarsdale in South Africa, three weeks after the fuel trader was taken by unknown assailants.