The COMESA Commission has also recently issued Draft Guidelines on Fines and Penalties, Draft Guidelines on Settlement Procedures and Draft Guidelines on Hearing Procedures Staff Writer, Africa Business July 11, 2023 By Lerisha Naidu, Partner, Angelo Tzarevski, Associate Director, Sphesihle Nxumalo, Associate and Zareenah Rasool, Associate, Competition & Antitrust Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg Baker McKenzie’s…
By Africanews The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) announced on Saturday the lifting of Mali’s suspension from its bodies and institutions. Since January 2022 that Mali had been suspended from the organisation to sanction the junta’s intention to remain in power for five years. Mali was also suspended from regional bloc, ECOWAS, following…
As a member of the ICC, South Africa would be expected to arrest Putin if he sets foot in the country Staff Writer, Agence France-Presse (AFP) July 10, 2023 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday that next month’s BRICS summit, which Vladimir Putin has been invited to attend, will be held in-person despite an…
Xinhua , Sunday 9 Jul 2023 The African Union’s high-level delegation wrapped up their four-day visit to Somalia on Saturday to assess the first stage of a planned troop withdrawal, which it said was successfully concluded at the end of June. The team, headed by Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, the director of Conflict Management within the…
Staff Writer, Mubasher UAE – Dubai-based human resources technology (HR tech ) startup alfii secured $2.50 million in pre-seed funding to expand its team and widen its product offerings, according to a press release. US-based Preface Ventures, Kayan Ventures, UAE-based Aditum Ventures, and Wayfinders led the fundraising, along with a number of local and regional angel…
By Africanews West African heads of state elected Nigerian president Bola Tinubu to lead regional bloc ECOWAS next year, replacing Guinea-Bissau leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo. Speaking at a summit in Bissau after being named president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Bola Tinubu said democracy was “the best form of government”, although…
By Rédaction Africanews A second group of the South African female footballers of the national team was set to leave South Africa on Thursday (6 July 2023) to join up with the rest of the team and continue with preparations for the final friendly match against Costa Rica on 15 July 2023 before the official…
By Africanews Protestors were out in force this Friday in the Kenyan city port of Mombasa to demonstrate against a raft of controversial tax increases. “We are tired” chanted the demonstrators as they clashed against police forces. Kenyan president, William Ruto, signed a law last week imposing new taxes on Kenyans already suffering from a…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP Meta unveiled an app to rival Twitter on Wednesday, appearing to target users looking for an alternative to the social media platform owned — and frequently changed — by Elon Musk. Called Threads, the new offering is billed as a text-based version of Meta’s photo-sharing app Instagram that the company…
By Rédaction Africanews The Kenyan Head of State, William Ruto, on a state visit to Congo-Brazzaville has announced the removal of visa restrictions to ease movement of people between his country and Received on arrival by his counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso, President Ruto addressed a message to members of parliament (deputies and senators) gathered in congress….
